About Sky Europe
SkyEurope Airlines is a low-cost airline with its main base at M. R. Stefanik Airport (BTS) in Bratislava, Slovakia, and other bases in Kraków, Prague, Budapest and Vienna. SkyEurope services from Budapest are operated by its wholly-owned subsidiary airline called SkyEurope Airlines Hungary (IATA: 5P, ICAO: HSK, and Callsign: Matra).
With bases in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia it was the first multi-based airline in Central Europe. The airline operates short-haul “point-to-point” scheduled and charter passenger and cargo services.

History
The airline was established in November 2001 and started operations in February 2002. It was founded by Alain Skowronek (Chairman) and Christian Mandl (Chief Executive) financed by EBRD, ABN-Amro and EU funds. The airline employs around 700 people. On 27 September 2005, the airline went public on the Vienna and Warsaw stock exchanges. The Initial public offering price was 6 EUR, valuing the company at 120 Million Euro.