Sky Wings Airlines

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Sky Wings
IATA ICAO Call sign
NDGSWARROW JET
Founded2004
Ceased operations2012
AOC # GR-023 [1]
Hubs Athens International Airport
Fleet size7
Headquarters Athens, Greece
Website www.skywings.gr

Sky Wings was a Greek charter airline that was founded in 2004 and started operations in June 2006. Sky Wings was owned by Greek (51%) and Ukrainian interests namely Khors Aircompany (49%). In December 2012, Sky Wings suspended flights, passing its scheduled flights to Khors Aircompany. [2]

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Destinations

Sky Wings Airlines Boeing 757-200, Tehran - Mehrabad International Airport Sky Wings Airlines Boeing 757-200 Sharifi.jpg
Sky Wings Airlines Boeing 757-200, Tehran - Mehrabad International Airport

Sky Wings Airlines serves the following scheduled destinations (at August 2011): [3] [4] [5]

Fleet

As of 31 August 2012, the Sky Wings fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 15.9 years: [6]

Sky Wings fleet
AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengers[ citation needed ]Notes
Avro RJ100 4-
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 2-
Airbus A320-200 1-180
Total7

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References

  1. "Action Plan on Emissions Reduction of Greece" (PDF). ICAO. Civil Aviation Authority. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  2. "Sky Wings suspends operations, transfer Kyiv flight to Khors". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  3. "Sky Wings Airlines official homepage". Skywings.gr. Archived from the original on 18 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  4. "New flight destination – Kyiv – Sky Wings Airlines". Skywings.gr. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  5. JL (2 June 2011). "Greek carrier Sky Wings Airlines to start scheduled service to Ukraine from Jun 2011". Airline Route. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  6. "Sky Wings fleet list at planespotters.net". Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 19 June 2011.