Join Up! tour operator stops using Airbus A330, repeatedly cuts flight program
The Join Up! tour operator stops using Airbus А330-200 aircraft, which SkyUp Airlines affiliated with the tour operator was taken for wet leasing from Egypt's Air Leisure) and will carry tourists using Boeing 737 planes, the press service of Join Up! reported on Tuesday.
"In connection with the inability to obtain permission to fly to Kharkov airport on a permanent basis for a large aircraft of this type, the company decided not to use this aircraft in Ukraine," the press service said.
According to the press service, flights are redistributed between smaller planes of SkyUp Ailrlines and partner airlines of Join UP!
"Today the first flight Kharkiv-Sharm-el-Sheikh, which was to be carried out by one plane, is carried out by two planes: Bravo Airways flight BAY2731 and SkyUp Airlines flight KUP 7311," the press service said.
In the flight program of tours from Kharkiv to Sharm El Sheikh, in addition to flights on Tuesdays and Fridays, one flight was added on Sunday.
At Lviv airport, SkyUp Airlines canceled a number of Airbus A330-200 slots: on July 25 and July 28 flights Hurghada-Lviv-Hurghada (KUP5414 and KUP5413), on July 26 and July 29 flights Sharm-el-Sheikh-Lviv-Sharm El Sheikh (KUP5314 and KUP5313). These flights will be serviced on the same dates, but by two planes of partner airlines, the press service said.
