SuperNova Airlines, a subsidiary of the Ukrainian postal and courier company Nova Poshta, has received a license to conduct regular international air cargo transportation on Lviv-Prague and Kyiv-Prague routes.
However, Timur Tkachenko, Deputy Minister of Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, stressed that this commercial permit for cargo transport should not be misconstrued as an authorization for flights.
“Some channels understood this news in their own way and began to announce the ‘partial opening of the sky’,” Tkachenko said in a Telegram post. “Currently, we all understand that the security situation does not allow civil aviation flights. Unfortunately, the sky over Ukraine is still closed.”
Ukraine closed its airspace for civil aviation on February 24, 2022, following Russia’s invasion of the country. Since then, Ukrainian skies have remained unsafe for civilian aviation due to the ongoing conflict. As such, the airline is restricted to operating flights to and from the European Union, bypassing Ukrainian airspace entirely for now.
Once the conflict ends, the airline plans to expand its operations to include flights from major Ukrainian airports such as Boryspil and Lviv. Until then, SuperNova will continue to serve European routes, with hopes for future expansion once the skies over Ukraine reopen.
SuperNova Airlines was founded in 2021 and received its airline operator’s certificate in January 2023. The carrier recently added the first Boeing 737-800SF to its fleet, which was introduced into its operational specifications on September 27, 2024. Currently at Siauliai International Airport (SQQ) in Lithuania, the aircraft is set to begin service later this year, strengthening the company’s cargo transport capabilities.