Ukuwa kwe-SkyEurope kwiintsuku ezilishumi ezidlulileyo kuye kwavakala kakhulu kwiSikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBratislava, esasifudula sisisiseko somthwali weendleko eziphantsi ongasebenziyo. Kunzima ukulinganisa umphumo we-traffic ye-Bratislava kodwa ngokwedatha evela kwisikhululo seenqwelo-moya, kwi-2007 i-SkyEurope ithuthe abagibeli abangaphezu kwe-868,000 ngaphandle kweBratislava okanye i-43 yepesenti ye-traffic traffic. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku kulo nyaka, i-SkyEurope imele isithathu sabo bonke abakhweli kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya saseSlovaki kunye neendawo ezingama-26 ezihanjiswa zivela eBratislava.
I-airline yayisetyenziselwa ukuba nemisebenzi ebanzi ephuma ePrague naseVienna. I-Sky Yurophu imelwe kwi-2008 nje i-6 ekhulwini ye-traffic yabakhweli bebonke kwi-Airport yaseVienna kunye ne-9 yeepesenti yazo zonke iintshukumo zabakhweli ePrague, emva kwesabelo semarike yabakhweli sabathwali belizwe i-Austrian Airlines eVienna (ipesenti ezingama-49) kunye ne-CSA ePrague (ipesenti ezingama-43) . I-Prague kunye neVienna nangona kunjalo iya kuchaphazeleka kancinci kukunyamalala kwe-SkyEurope kunesikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBratislava. Ngaphandle kobukho bemisebenzi eyomeleleyo yehabhu ngabathwali belizwe abahlukeneyo, zombini izikhululo zeenqwelo moya zineendleko eziphantsi kakhulu zokusebenza. E-Vienna, i-duo i-Niki / i-Air Berlin iyinombolo yesibini kunye nesabelo semarike yabakhweli bebonke kwi-13.7 yeepesenti kwi-2008. E-Prague, abathwali bexabiso eliphantsi bamele kufutshane nekota yabo bonke abahambi. I-Hungarian Budget carrier Wizz Air ngoku yakha ubukho bayo. Ivule isiseko ngoFebruwari 2009 kwaye ngoku isebenzela izixeko ezithandathu.
Ukubuyela eBratislava, iRyanair sele iyindawo yeenqwelomoya yesibini ngobukhulu kunye nesabelo semarike esingaphezulu kweepesenti ze-36 kwi-2007. Kusenokwenzeka ukuba indawo egqwesileyo yeBratislava kunye kufuphi neVienna ingena ngokuchanekileyo kwiqhinga le-Ryanair lokusebenzela izikhululo zeenqwelo-moya zesibini ezijikeleze izixeko ezinkulu zaseYurophu. . I-Ryanair okwangoku inikezela ngeendawo ze-14 ngaphandle kwe-Bratislava kwaye isanda kubhengeza iindawo ezintsha ukusuka ngo-Okthobha kunye nokongezwa kwe-Bologna, i-Liverpool kunye ne-Rome-Ciampino. I-Wizz Air ikwafunda amandla eBratislava. Inqwelo moya iza kuphehlelela iinqwelomoya ezine qho ngeveki ezingamisiyo ukuya eRoma ngoNovemba. Ethetha ngokufudukela kwi-Wizz Air kwikomkhulu laseSlovakian-esele ibhengezwe ngoJulayi- usekela-mongameli weWizz Air uJohn Stephenson ubhengeze ukuba "iSlovakia kudala"isondele" kumthwali ..."
Yayiza kuba yintoni ikamva? Kwiveki ephelileyo, i-CEO ye-SkyEurope u-Nick Manoudakis uxelele i-Czech yemihla ngemihla uMladá Fronta Dnes ukuba wayethethathethana nabatyali-mali abanokubakho ukuba basungule inqwelomoya entsha eza kugcina igama lebrendi ye-SkyEurope. Kodwa nokuba uyaphumelela, uya kujongana nokuthandabuza kwabathengi ukubhabha kunye nomthuthi njengoko bebone ukuzithemba kwabo konakala ngokuwa kwenqwelomoya.
Kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, ibingenakuba lelona xesha libi kakhulu njengoko umsebenzi omkhulu wokwandisa ukuphuculwa kwesikhululo seenqwelomoya ukuya kumthamo wabakhweli abazizigidi ezihlanu sele uqalile. Itheminali eyandisiweyo kufuneka igqitywe ngo-2012 kodwa ngoku iza kuthatha ixesha ngaphambi kokuba iBratislava ifikelele kweli nani. Izithuthi zabakhweli zahluke kabukhali ukusuka kuJanuwari ukuya kuJulayi walo nyaka njengoko iBratislava yamkele abakhweli abangama-975,000 kuphela. Kubalwa unyaka nonyaka, isikhululo seenqwelomoya siya kwamkela ipesenti ezingama-20 zabahambi abangaphantsi ngo-2009 xa kuthelekiswa no-2008, elilingana ne-1.7 ukuya kwi-1.8 yezigidi zabakhweli. Ngexesha elide, nangona kunjalo, isikhululo seenqwelomoya saseBratislava ngokuqinisekileyo siya kukhula kwakhona.
Ubuncinci, ukunyuka ngokukhawuleza kwe-SkyEurope ukusuka kwi-2004 ukuya kwi-2008 kubonise ukuba iBratislava, njengesango lokuhamba ngeenqwelomoya, inamandla amakhulu. Kwaye yakube ibuyile iYurophu kule ngxaki, iinqwelomoya ezininzi ziya kuyikhumbula le nyani.
