Earlier this month, Cimber Sterling fell for bankruptcy after funding was pulled by Mansvell Enterprises. Today, the owner of Skyways Express and City Airline (also Mansvell Enterprises) have pulled the plug on these airlines.
All flights operated by Skyways Express and City Airline are cancelled.
Or to put it blunt:
“The owners of the company have decided not to fund the company any longer and therefore the board of directors was forced to decide to stop all payments and to stop all flights”
“We deeply regret that we have not been able to resolve the situation and that our passengers have been affected“
Those who booked with Credit Cards are advised to head back to their issuers to reclaim compensation. Those who booked with travel agents are advised to head back to them for rebooking. If you booked on the website without a debit card… you’re stuffed sadly.
As it’s a full bankruptcy, all staff at the airports have been pulled as well, with a recommendation to rebook with another airline or train.
Mansvell Enterprises seems to have given up funding Skyways and City after the failure of Cimber Sterling, with them seeming not being able to turn the companies around. So they’ve gone for the “easy” way out and declare bankruptcy.
Skyways Express and City Airline operated a mix of regional aircraft – Fokker 50s, BAe 146’s, and Embraer ERJ-135’s/145’s series aircraft, operating routes routes in domestically in Sweden and to some European cities.
The casualties are mounting up this year in terms of airlines heading to the wall – and my gut feeling is that there will be more losses before the year is out sadly.