Skynet Airlines was an airline operating from Ireland to Russia via Amsterdam, that was operational between 2001 and 2004.

History

Skynet began operations from

Shannon Airport Shannon Airport () is an international airport located in County Clare in Ireland. It is adjacent to the Shannon Estuary and lies halfway between Ennis and Limerick. With almost 2 million passengers in 2023, the airport is the third busiest ...

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , ; ; ) is the capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, largest city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It has a population of 933,680 in June 2024 within the city proper, 1,457,018 in the City Re ...

, with onward connections to

Moscow Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents with ...

, Russia, using Boeing 737 aircraft. Skynet rented unused routes and airport slots from and operated code shared routes with

Aeroflot PJSC AeroflotRussian Airlines (, ), commonly known as Aeroflot ( or ; , , ), is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. Aeroflot is headquartered in the Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow, with its hub being Sheremetyevo Interna ...

. In May 2004 the aircraft leasing company impounded Skynet's two

Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft, narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton factory in Washington (state), Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the t ...

aircraft at Shannon amid a rent dispute, and the airline was forced to cancel all flights indefinitely. In June 2004 the airline announced it was in talks with

Pulkovo Aviation Enterprise Pulkovo Federal State Unified Aviation Service Company (ФГУАП “Пулково”) was an airline with its head office in Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Moskovsky District, Saint Petersburg, Russia. It operated the Pulkovo Airport ...

of St. Petersburg, but as of October 2004 no flights had taken place. A further plan to resume flights in May 2005 between Shannon, St Petersburg, Moscow and New York has also failed to occur. After the company became defunct, its website was acquired by the Russian airline of the same name.

References

External links

Web archive of official site from May 2005
{{Airlines of the Republic of Ireland Defunct airlines of the Republic of Ireland Aeroflot Airlines established in 2001 Airlines disestablished in 2004 Irish companies established in 2001 2004 disestablishments in Ireland