HiSky is a Moldovan

low-cost airline A low-cost carrier (LCC) or low-cost airline, also called a budget, or discount carrier or airline, is an airline that is operated with an emphasis on minimizing operating costs. It sacrifices certain traditional airline luxuries for cheaper fa ...

headquartered in

Chișinău Chișinău ( , , ; formerly known as Kishinev) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Moldova, largest city of Moldova. The city is Moldova's main industrial and commercial centre, and is located in the middle of the coun ...

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, with its main base located at

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. HiSky Europe is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

headquartered in

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, Romania with its main base at

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and secondary bases at

Cluj International Airport Avram Iancu Cluj International Airport is an airport serving the city of Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Initially known as ''Someșeni Airport'', it is located east of the city centre, in the Someșeni area, which is now within the Cluj-Napoca city limi ...

and

Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport () is an international airport serving Timișoara, Romania. Located in the historical region of Banat, the airport is named in honor of Traian Vuia, a Romanian flight pioneer and a Timiș County native. ...

History

The company's

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, Iulian Scorpan, is a former pilot of

Air Moldova Air Moldova was the flag carrier airline for The Republic of Moldova, headquartered in the country's capital Chișinău. It mainly operated scheduled and charter services to destinations within Europe from its base at Chișinău International A ...

. In February 2020, the Moldovan aviation authorities stated that HiSky currently was not granted an

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due to irregularities found during the certification process, and that an investigation had been launched.aerotelegraph.com - "HiSky - Authority warns from new airline that wants to serve Düsseldorf"
(German) 1 March 26 February 2020 One of the issues noted was that Cobrex Trans, the airline which was supposed to operate Airbus A320s on behalf of HiSky, did not have this aircraft type in its fleet yet. According to the Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Moldova, as of 12 May 2020 HiSky was still not licensed for commercial operation. At the same time, the company was offering tickets for flights originating from Chisinau over its own website. The airline had then stated its plans to launch flights in July with two

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aircraft from

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. HiSky was forced to delay their route launches several times in the wake of the

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.routesonline.com - HiSky revises operation from August 2020
22 July 2020routesonline.com - HiSky further delays service launch to mid-Sep 2020
20 August 2020 As of 18 September 2020, the airline removed their planned schedule entirely. However, on the 11th of December 2020, the airline obtained the operational certificate in Romania and on 19 February 2021 the airline obtained the operational certificate in Moldova. On 22 February 2021, the airline announced it would start flying to

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and

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from its first hub in

Cluj-Napoca Cluj-Napoca ( ; ), or simply Cluj ( , ), is a city in northwestern Romania. It is the second-most populous city in the country and the seat of Cluj County. Geographically, it is roughly equidistant from Bucharest (), Budapest () and Belgrade ( ...

. From 28 April 2021, HiSky Airlines launched new flights from Chisinau to Paris, from

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and

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Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; ; ; ) is a Municipiu, city along the Săsar, Săsar River, in northwestern Romania; it is the capital of Maramureș County. The city lies in the region of Maramureș, a subregion of Transylvania. It is situated about from Buchare ...

, from April 29 from

to Iasi, from May 1 from Frankfurt to Satu Mare and from Chisinau to Frankfurt.http://www.hisky-airlines.ru/news/raspisanie-novyh-rejsov-hisky-airlines-na-vesnu-leto-2021-goda/ Flight schedule for spring 2021 (in Russian)

Destinations

, HiSky operates to the following destinations:

Fleet

, ''HiSky'' operates the following aircraft: , ''HiSky Europe'' operates the following aircraft:

References

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