Ljublja Jože Pučnik Airport ended 2016 as the only major airport in the former Yugoslavia to see its passenger numbers decrease compared to the year before. However, with figures improving in the last quarter of 2016 and Adria's plans to expand its operations in the near future, the airport expects a busier 2017. Over the last year it welcomed a total of 1.404.831 travellers, a decrease of 2.3%. The number of aircraft movements declined by 0.6% to 32.701. Ljubljana Airport was hit by Adria's consolidation measures, which saw the carrier suspend several routes. Furthermore, Swiss International Air Lines ended its short-lived service from Zurich. However, at the start of the 2016/17 winter season, figures began to improve with Slovenia's national carrier introducing additional frequencies on popular routes, while easyJet launched flights from London Gatwick Airport. As a result, Ljubljana's passenger numbers grew 18.7% in December alone.
| Month | PAX | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| JAN | 73.567 | ▲ 0.6 |
| FEB | 77.976 | ▲ 7.9 |
| MAR | 93.923 | ▲ 3.3 |
| APR | 100.549 | ▼ 10.5 |
| MAY | 116.499 | ▼ 9.3 |
| JUN | 135.757 | ▼ 9.2 |
| JUL | 163.267 | ▼ 5.0 |
| AUG | 165.137 | ▼ 8.1 |
| SEP | 151.658 | ▼ 3.7 |
| OCT | 132.081 | ▲ 2.8 |
| NOV | 99.082 | ▲ 5.5 |
| DEC | 95.335 | ▲ 18.7 |
The General Manager of Ljubljana Airport, Zmago Skobir, is upbeat on future prospects. "I have no reason to be sceptical. Currently, all signs point to a positive trend. Adria's management is attempting to improve the business and we are seeing a change. The number of Adria's transfer passengers (from the Balkans) are growing again. In addition, we see an increasing number of tourists, presenting another opportunity for the airport", Mr Skobir told the "Delo" daily. He added, "In 2015 we were the leaders, but now we have our biggest competitors, Zagreb and Venice, with sharp growth. However, the Slovenian market is strengthening and Ljubljana is becoming a popular tourist destination. If the product is there, then the market is too".
This year, Transavia will launch flights from Amsterdam to the Slovenian capital, while Adria, which holds an over 60% share at Ljubljana Airport, plans to expand its operations, with Ukraine and the Middle East being considered as potential new markets. The carrier is also working on positioning itself as a link between Western and Eastern Europe by shuttling passengers through Ljubljana to their final destination. Slovenian media recently reported that Ljubljana Airport is in the early stages of talks with carriers such as Iberia Express, Vueling and even Ryanair, while Norwegian Air Shuttle told EX-YU Aviation News of its interest in the Slovenian market.
TOP FIVE BUSIEST YEARS AT LJUBLJANA AIRPORT
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 1.673.050 |
| 2007 | 1.524.028 |
| 2015 | 1.438.304 |
| 2009 | 1.433.855 |
| 2016 | 1.404.831 |
Hope they can turn it around in 2017.
ReplyDeleteThey must reduce dependence on Adria.
ReplyDeleteHahahahhahahahah that made my day. Thank you.
Delete😂😂😂😂
DeleteThey should work on bringing new carriers! how are the announcements for this year?
Delete"The number of Adria's transfer passengers (from the Balkans) are growing again."
ReplyDeleteWhy? Has Adria done something to its network which has caused this?
They added a few extra frequencies and moved around some departure times. Not sure if that had an impact. Also, their fee strcture might have changed.
DeleteIt's funny how they refer to the Balkans when their transfer passengers come from ex-YU plus Albania.
DeleteDo they serve any other destination besides these:
SJJ
TGD
PRN
SKP
TIA
They cut the transit time in LJU, thats why journeys on JP are in reservation systems timewise within the top offers
DeleteI mentioned that before, especially ex ZRH FRA MUC VIE
For exampe 1025 ETD VIE and MUC gives u 1240 ETA SJJ or 1250 TGD or 1300 PRN
DeleteSo MUC to SJJ via LJU in 2h15.
Good thing they got some momentum going now. I expect 2017 will be much much better for them.
ReplyDeleteFinally numbers going up. December was very strong. Let's see how January goes considering it was not bad last year.
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is that they had more passengers in 2008, 2007, 2015 and 2009 then today...
ReplyDeleteHe added, "In 2015 we were the leaders, but now we have our biggest competitors, Zagreb and Venice, with sharp growth.
ReplyDeleteLeaders in what sense?
Passenger growth rate.
DeleteLeaders in growth as a % of the previous year. 2015 was good for Ljubljana. He however forgot to mention that after the peak in 2008 they had 4 years of consecutive decline and that the airport in 2012 fell under 1,2 mil.
DeleteLjubljana is kinda getting wrecked by its neighbors, the airport increased pax by 41% compared to 2000. And Slovenians are traveling more, their neighbors are traveling more, and Slovenia had over 3 million foreign visitors in 2016. Probably 7-8 times more than in 2000.
I only care about Norwegian. I want that 1 stop access to all their nordic destinations without having to go to venice to get it and without having to book through 2 different airlines.
ReplyDeleteNorwegian is something I'd like to see at LJU too. But damn they be if they introduce Gatwick service. Hihly unlikely, but still. It's super unlikely they'll fly here anyways
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ReplyDeleteJe li netko zna da li je prosirena pista u Zracnoj luci Zagreb? Ja sam mislio da je, ali procitao sam negdje kao da nije, sto mi nema smisla jer je ipak sagraden jedan aviomost za prihvat airbusa A380...ima li netko vise informacija o tome?
Nisu sirili pistu. Mislim da moze da sleti na sadasnju pistu.
DeletePostojeća pista je dovoljno dugačka 3125 m, problem mogu biti avio mostovi jer nema za sad onih duplih za A380...
Deletedva-stropne mostove ne treba tako brzo, to rade samo one aerodrome, koje imaju redovne linije sa A380.
DeleteAli trebalo bi dvojne mostove za boardinga A330/B767, pogotovo za B773.
Jel ima dosta mjesta na novom terminalu za 773 - dosta je dugacak?
O boze kao da slece space shuttle. Pa sletao je valjda B777 i B747 ranije u Zagreb pa ce sleteti i ovo. Mnogo je interesantnije kako ce ga ZLZ handlovati posto trenutno ne mogu da obezbede ni obroke za povratni let Qatar Airways-a pa ih pakuju u Dohi.
DeletePa nesto je negdje pisalo da ce jedan gate biti posebno dizajniran za prihvat vecih aviona tipa 777 i 380. Sad ne znam koliko je to istina. Valjda se nece do emiratesovog 777-300 dolaziti s autobusom uz postojece avio mostove...to bi bilo bez veze. Ali sjecam se da sam u Melbourneu s Qatar Airwysom putovao u 777-300er i tamo nije bio dvostropni aviomost koji nas je povezivao.
DeleteYes but it was given up when the plan was revised and reduced.
DeleteYou want to say that bridges at new Zagreb terminal cannot accept 777 aircrafts?
DeleteBut the other airlines in summer schedule will introduce Zagreb service with wide-body aircraft..like Air Transat, charter from Seoul..and new possible flights to JFK and PEK.
Naravno da za 773 ne treba dvostropni/dvospratni avio most, jer avion nema dva sprata. Može dupli avio most. ZAG ih nema, ali to nije preterani problem. Ovo je avion sa tri klase, dakle putnika neće biti tako spektakularno mnogo, uz dobru organizaciju boardinga sa zonama to može brzo da se završi. Uostalom, turnaround je oko tri sata, nema tu nikakvih problema.
DeleteDupli aviomost? Mislis da jedan gate ima vise mostova?
DeleteAli ni to nije imao aerodrom u Melbourneu...prvo su ulazili ljudi za business i prvu klasu, pa kad su se oni popunili onda smo ulazili mi za ekonomsku...vjerojatno tako bude i u Zagrebu.
Mislim na jedan most sa dva izlaza, dakle, tek se u hodniku, nakon kontrole boarding passa, most deli na dva "izlaza", uglavnom jedan za prvu i biznis, i drugi za ekonomsku. Na izlazu je drugačije - putnici koji su bliži prvom aisleu izlaze na taj most koji je bio za ekonomsku, a drugom na ovaj za biznis i prvu.
DeleteTo se radi jer se često stvara "čep" u samom tunelu, jer se ljudi sporo ukrcavaju (ubacivanje stvari u overhead i slično). Cilj je da putnici u F i J ne čekaju.
To je samo pitanje komocije za premium putnike i skraćuje vreme boardinga, ali kažem, sa turnaroundom od tri sata, potpuno nepotrebno. Kao i na svim letovima, prvo se zovu putnici u prvoj, biznis i frequent flyeri sa statusom, a potom ostali po zonama (prvo se ukrcavaju putnici ekonomske u repu, pa u sredini, itd., to ide po onim zonama).
Hvala na iscrpnom odgovoru!
DeleteAnonymousJanuary 15, 2017 at 10:19 AM
DeleteA380 teretski ne može da sleti u Zagreb, krajnji motroi na A380 se približno poklapaju sa krajevima piste i preti opasnost od usisavanja ukoliko se nešto nalzi na travnjaku do piste. U realnosti mogao bi da sleti ali je preveliki rizik i trošak oštetiti takav avion, njegovo isključenje iz redovnog saobraćaja je jako skupo.
teoretski* izvinjavam se za pravopisne greške
DeleteA380 će moći sletjeti na ZAG, i ima gate za njega na novom terminalu. Emirates će prvi let napraviti sa A380. Jedan od pilota će biti Saša Pavlović, bivši vojni pilot i pilot Croatie, sada pilot Emiratesa.
DeletePista u zg je 3252m, sasvim dovoljno duga i široka (45) za 380, koji vjerovatno neće još dugo doći u ZAG. Na kraju krajeva je došao i AN225, pa nije bio problem, a on je i veći od 380. Problem bi bio prihvat i otprema toliko velikog broja putnika, cateringa, goriva. Kad dođe 747 ili 777 ili čak i 330, napravi kaos jer uzme sve cisterne da puni gorivo. Onda drugi avioni moraju čekati. Ne znam kako će to smisliti za 777 od Emirata.
Deleteako već pokušavate pisati hrvatski, onda bi bilo dobro naučiti:
Deletevjerovatno = vjerojatno
pa nije bio problem = pa nije bilo problema
da puni gorivo = za punjenje goriva
Kao što rekoh Emirates će svoj inauguracijski let obaviti sa A380 i pilotom Sašom Pavlovićem.
nema nikakvih problema sa sletanjem/poletanjem A380 s Plesa.....nije to najveci zrakoplov koji je koristio tu pistu.....vec su na Pleso sletali, a i s njega poletali, kud i kamo veci zrakoplovi od njega kao sto su C5, AN124/225.
Deletedakle, nema nikakvih zapreka s aspekta ogranicavajucih faktora PSS.
s druge strane, nisam bas siguran da li je novi terminal adekvatno opremljen za prihvat putnika na terminal. mislim kako su postojeci aviomostovi izvedeni tako da ce se zrakoplov dockirat na samo 1 tocki sto bi moglo prouzrokovat sporiji iskrcaj/ukrcaj putnika.
Great news. Go Ljubljana!
ReplyDeleteOT TUIfly Belgium will inaugurate first regular flights from Brussels to Brac. From 23.5. once a week. It seems there will be a second destination from Brac, because it will be a W-pattern. BRU-BWK-XXX-BWK-BRU
ReplyDelete+1, Emb 190?
DeleteThis was already announced a while ago.
Deletehttp://www.exyuaviation.com/2016/10/brac-airport-to-begin-runway-extension.html
"A recent deal with tour operator TUI will see new flights to the airport next year, which will bring an additional 30.000 passengers to Brač who had previously used Split Airport".
It was mentioned in an interview that Brač expects TUI this year and is negotiating with Eurowings for 2018.
DeleteBrac is extending its runway to over 1700 meters. Should be ready for the summer season.
DeleteActually they will extend the runway to just a little bit over 2.100 meters. They recently bought land on the other (north) side of the runway and are planning an extension there as well.
Delete1760 meters. And it is already done. Finished.
DeleteYes
DeleteAnd then an extension will happen on the north side as well. The owners already bought the land
Ljubljana should really try and capitalize on the fact that Zagreb is increasing its fees and try to get some LCCs. Especially since many of them are avoiding Zagreb at the moment. Instead of people from Ljubljana going to Zagreb they could really reverse this trend.
ReplyDeleteThey need to attract more airlines. If nothing they should give some incentives.
DeletePerhaps, but mind if LCC enter LJU aggressively, Adria will be hurt even more...I would say more legacy carriers plus some LCC not too many.
DeleteI was expecting better results under Fraport.
ReplyDeleteAdria plans to expand with flights to Ukraine and Middle East(?!). Is it for real?
ReplyDeleteYep their CCO announced they were in talks with Kiev and another city in Ukraine (starts with V can't remember its name but was reported in an earlier article here). There is a rumour going around that they will start Tehran in summer 2017 and extend seasonal Tel aviv flights to yearly.
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DeleteSvakako ima jos destinacija gde bi JP da leti i tako da doprinos LJU sa porastom putnika.
DeleteJel ima U2 jos planova sa novim Destinacijama iz LJU.
I bice zaninimljivo videti hoce biti nesto od novih linija iz BNX sto pisu pijedine novine.
INN-NS
Svakako.
DeleteOT Montenegro Airlines doesn't have but two functional airplanes today. As a result they were forced to cancel flights from Podgorica to Belgrade (YM100) and to Ljubljana (YM180). Moreover, flights TGD-FRA, TGD-FCO and TIV-BEG are late couple of hours, while BEG-TIV will be diverted to Podgorica because of the dark.
ReplyDeleteYM will not survive 2017, Rip
DeleteDidn't they experience similar issues about a week ago? YM is a joke, time to shut them down.
DeleteOne of their planes was hit and demaged by lightning.
DeleteYeah like 20 days ago.
DeleteFew PRN flights are diverted to SKP, and OS is returning to VIE, any info?
ReplyDeleteWeather again ?
Deleteyou can't have growth with airport still set in the mid 70' (by mentality and infrastructure)
ReplyDeleteespacially the landside
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