Italian carrier Aeroitalia will commence seasonal summer flights from Forli in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy to Mostar, Belgrade, Dubrovnik, and Zadar. The carrier will put tickets on sale for the new routes next week. Operations from Forli to Mostar will commence on April 7, to Belgrade on April 8 and to Dubrovnik and Zadar on June 15. Services will be maintained until the end of the summer season in late October, with the carrier to station an ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft and a 148-seat Boeing 737-700 jet in Forli. Tickets will be available for purchase through Aeroitalia’s website, as well as the GoTo Fly and GoToTravel tour operators.
Neither of the four cities in the former Yugoslavia are presently linked to Forli with a nonstop air service. The development is important for Mostar which has now secured its first scheduled flights for this year. Aeroitalia’s arrival will also result in Belgrade being linked to a record ten cities in Italy, five of which will commence this summer season. Forli will become Dubrovnik’s fifth destination in Italy, three of which are launching this year, while Zadar will now be linked to four cities on the Italian market. Exact frequencies for the new routes will be unveiled next week when tickets go on sale.
Aeroitalia is Italy’s newest private carrier which launched operations only last year. It is owned by a former consultant to Italy's Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, Francesco Gaetano Intrieri. The airline is financially backed by German Efromovich, who is AeroItalia's president, and who was previously the owner of Colombian airline Avianca. The Italian carrier currently operates a small fleet of four Boeing 737-800 aircraft and one ATR72-600. It will soon add another ATR72 and a further three B737-800s to its fleet and plans to introduce three B737-8 MAX jets as well. Aeroitalia offers a single cabin configuration on its aircraft with a buy on board in-flight service.
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That’s surprise!
ReplyDeleteGreat news for Mostar
DeleteUnexpected. Nice addition!
ReplyDeletewow so ten routes from BEG to Italy. The entire country is covered.
ReplyDeleteBravo Mostar!
ReplyDeleteI wonder which aircraft type they will use for each route.
ReplyDeleteI think it would be best they use the ATR72 for OMO and BEG.
DeleteATR 72 600 for all the "ex yugo" routes are planned. Just Informed
DeleteGood choice
DeleteAlghero: starts on June 17th; 1x weekly; ATR-72
DeleteBelgrade: April 8th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Brindisi: June 17th; 1x weekly; ATR-72
Cagliari: June 16th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Catania: March 27th; 2x weekly; 737-700
Comiso: June 24th; 1x weekly; 737-700
Dubrovnik: June 15th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Kefalonia: June 25th; 1x weekly; 737-700
Lampedusa: June 17th; 2x weekly;
Lourdes: April 10th; 2x weekly; 737-700
Mostar: April 7th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Naples: March 26th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Olbia: June 15th; 2x weekly; 737-800
Oradea: April 10th; 2x weekly; 737-700
Pantelleria: June 17th; 1x weekly; 737-700
Trapani: March 26th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Zadar: June 15th; 2x weekly; ATR-72
Zakynthos: June 25th; 1x weekly; 737-700
nice, but they should have left the design of livery to professionals....
ReplyDeleteI like it. It is positively "retro".
DeleteMe too!
DeleteTaste is certainly subjective.
DeleteBut having said that, there are terrible livery designs and then there is this thing making the Italian flag and colours look cheap.
If it was so "retro" all branding agencies would have been all over such designs, but they're not.
I don't really care much about logos, liveries and designs but the one I definitely can't stand and find disgusting, is the new Lufthansa one - cold, sterile, boring, cheap - actually appropriate for LH today, compared to LH before, both in livery and product
DeleteActually I flew recently from Athens to Frankfurt and v.v. in LH business class (upgrade challenge 65 EUR per flight) and their business class product is lifted to what it was during the pandemic mid 2020 - mid 2022. Well-inspired menu, stylish dishware in LH livery, pleasant crew..... Well German passengers are a story for itself but mentality is a mentality. Overall, in my case, good value for money, on almost a three hours flights.
DeleteAnd again no Ljubljana. Will we ever be included in some airline's plans!?
ReplyDeleteIsn't Forli too close to LJU?
DeleteSlovenia is just too small of a market, Bosnia for example last year had more than 2x more passengers than Slovenia.
Deletelol, please check google maps... no point for flights to ljubljana from Forli.
DeleteHm, FR just announced Rijeka to Bergamo. Road distance Ljubljana to Forli is 447 km, road distance Rijeka to Bergamo 444 km. So,.....
Deletesure. lets see for how long. maybe in summer. and dont fotget u can get another flight from bergamo. my friends are flying zagreb-bergamo just to go on a new flight and not as p2p to bergamo ;) and i know u know that ;)
DeleteOf course I know. And I also know you can fly to Forli and than go to BLQ which is half an hour away and is also big FR base. For the summer, I agree, all RJK international flights except MUC are summer season only. On the other hand, LJU is bigger and richer than RJK. So, once again....
Deletelol your comment is a joke. u just compared transfering in bergamo (same airport) with transfering on two different airports (30min apart). Im sure you know most of tourists will fly to rijeka mostly because they will stay 7/14 days at more or less one place. If you visit slovenia you will visit because you wanna see Ljubljana, Postojna, Piran, Bled, Bohinj. And to do that its the easiest way with a car. And the cheapest way if you simply drive to Slovenia. but im sure u know that
DeleteEven if I disagreed with you, I didn't call your post a joke. So some manners for the beginning, please. And as the second, not all people like to drive the car, especially abroad, there are aged people, retired, who like to use tour operators to visit, Slovenia in this case, or why not the other way round. Rimini and San Marino are just aop from Forli. And these services, as I understood, are mainly for tour operators. In any case, LJU can for sure sustain two or three weekly ATR flights to this big and wealthy part of Italy. You still may think opposite, but there is no reason to call my posts joke because of it. Ok?
DeleteThis airline is still in a very fragile state. They recently announced expansions and then ended up cancelling them:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/221230-xz1q23
Until the flights do not materialise, those big expansions are just an illusion in times of war and crisis.
lol ok. Btw these flights to ex-Yu are being operated on behalf of tour operators.
DeleteWhat is funny? When you are shown facts and official data, you end up twisting the plot. So what if they are tour operators? Does that guarantee their future operation? Also, if an new airline downsizes Heathrow like it is the case in the link provided then there are concerns.
DeleteThey are a new airline that successfully launched many new routes. Them reducing frequencies on some routes during the slowest months of the year doesn't prove much. And yes, it is important that the flights are operated on behalf of a tour operator because the tour operators assume the risk.
DeleteI don't know what would make you happy. For me to have written the flights will be cancelled. I guess that would make you happiest?
Nothing makes me happy. Just being sceptic with wannabe airlines in times of recession and war when even the bigger boys are massively cancelling flights. Realism may be considered as something negative. Let us see how they will progress. Forli is not a major destination. Someone have a very good example with Nis and the older folks remember.
DeleteBigger boys cancelling flights? In fact most European airlines plan major growth for this year.
DeleteAnd the one with the biggest growth plan is definitely OU! LOL!!!
DeleteOU'S growth plans are more sustainable. They are less likely to cancel flights!
DeleteSince when does OU have growth plans?
DeleteA ti's Jasmine, aj neka vala, neg sto's jos budan u 23.52, je'l ne moras u Buzin izjutra da pijes kahvu?
DeleteA mozda pane i neki ugovor novi za ploce i kasete 😃
DeleteOnly going to last until the purpose of the previous owner of Avianca Colombia (location tells you all you need to know) is fulfilled.
ReplyDeleteWould you be able to buy the most known colombian export product on board? Maybe that's how they count to attract particular customer group. New niche! 😃
DeleteAs long as the flight captain and the crew are not allowed to buy any colombian products, I guess everybody would be fine.
Delete😃
DeleteI'm sure they will serve Columbian coffee on board. ;)
DeleteServed by Juan Valdez.
DeleteNice! The more airlines the better
ReplyDeleteWill be interesting to see the frequencies. Will they be once per week or more.
ReplyDeleteProbably more. Once per week on Q400 is mainly reserved for Croatia Airlines
DeleteDo you remember times when INI was linked to Forli some 14 years ago with belly-up airline Wind Jet?
ReplyDeleteHaha yes, that's why it's so familiar. And that airline was paid million to fly to INI.
DeleteForli area actually has a very large Serbian diaspora. Flights could work.
ReplyDeleteYes it could work. But they need good advertising.
DeleteClose to Forli are FLR and BLQ.
DeleteI think JU will destroy their attempt to fly from Forli to Belgrade.
If Aeroitalia did their homework, they would found out Air Serbia flew charters to nearby Rimini couple of years ago. It was a fail and charters didn't resume.
DeleteWith VCE, BLQ and FLR already covering all sides by Air Serbia, Aeroitalia has absolutely zero chance of success on Belgrade route.
Will the fares be LCC style?
ReplyDeleteAnyone flown with them?
ReplyDeleteThey are a very new airline. I highly doubt it.
DeleteI did, was booked on 737 and got delayed atr flight (atr was leased), so can't really say about their core product, but what you get is louder Ryanair experience for double the price
DeleteFor those interested, there is a trip report about them from just 3 days ago
Deletehttps://www.aviacionline.com/2023/01/trip-report-trying-out-aeroitalia-from-heathrow-to-florence/
Why no SKP :O
ReplyDeleteThe airline itself is after one year of operation seemingly in desperate position. A lot of canceled routes, orders of new 737s and operating atrs when they were supposed to be an 737-only airline. Likelihood of them being gone soon is high
ReplyDeleteHow can an airline be equipped only for one aircraft type when they have been operating the ATR for a while now?
DeleteSomeone is really annoyed about these flights.
DeleteRead my comment again, when they started they were SUPPOSED to be 737 - only airline, but they shifted their business model within 3 months of operations starting
DeleteBetter to shift than be stuck with an unsustainable model in market conditions that are constantly changing
DeleteAnn 9:30
DeleteI'm not annoyed at all, actually I'm quite happy, especially for Mostar. All i did was tell others about the airline they are booking flights with
To ve fair to OP their CEI managed to put Avianca in bankruptcy... Everything is possible, we are seeing it with Pragusa in Croatia :)
DeleteI don't think they stand much of a chance against Air Serbia which is operating all around Italy including to cities near Forli but let's see.
ReplyDeleteU guess it will be for Italian tourists going to the balkans. Especially for Bosnia where they chose Mostar.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteMostar is planned twice per week: Tuesday and Friday. For the schedule wait next week. They will present officially all the details. Just informed
DeleteGood. I think they will all be 2 per week.
DeleteI can confirm. All the flights are planned twice X week. Just informed
DeleteHope these work out
ReplyDeleteEspecially for Mostar's sake.
DeleteThey are trying with Međugorje pilgrimage.
DeleteGood luck!
ReplyDeleteExcellent news
ReplyDeletePity they don't come to Sarajevo.
ReplyDeleteMostar (Međugorje) is much more interesting for Italians then Sarajevo.
DeleteI doubt these flights will last long.
ReplyDeleteExactly. This is a joke.
DeleteMorava Kraljevo mogla bi da bude sledeca destinacija. Obzirom da AeroItalia ima turboprope ATR 72 -600 u floti...
ReplyDelete🛫😀✈
Dobra fora Radovane.
DeleteHvala sto ste primetili Anon 14:24. Dok se ne izgradi nova pista, postojeca ne prima avione A319/20/21..., B737/3/4/5/7/8/9,... i vece, Morava ostaje na Er Srboji samo. Odnosno na budzetu Srbije. ✈🌐🛫😀
DeleteDa, to znamo. Možda jednog dana... živimo u nadi.
DeleteWhat is their service like? LCC style?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteExcellent news. Wish them good luck.
ReplyDeleteVINCI has done well in attracting European airlines to BEG. Air France, Lux Air, KLM, airBaltic, Eurowings and now Aeroitalia.. I'm sure there will be more in the future.
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteHope to see return of easyjet. British and Iberia would be great addition, frankly more for image than for the operations.
DeleteReturn of easyjet? Easyjet flies to Belgrade and has flights to Belgrade on sale for the whole of 2023.
DeleteAnd easyJet is more retreating than returning taking in consideration that they cancelled Berlin and Basel from Belgrade in last 12 months.
DeleteSo you admit you falsely posted that easyjet does not fly to Belgrade?
DeleteWell, i guess you're right.
DeleteIberia would be a great addition? LOL do you live under a rock? Belgrade has scheduled flights to Madrid, Barcelona, Palma, Valencia and Malaga. That's much more than your airport already served by Iberia.
DeleteAnd that Iberia also flies to them seasonally.
DeleteIberia would be great for south America transfers
DeleteWith all due respect, who is going to fly this airline?
ReplyDeleteTourists
DeletePassengers
DeletePositively surprised :)
ReplyDeleteDo they sell connecting flights?
ReplyDeleteNice addition!
ReplyDeleteForli Airport is the Aeroitalia base. They will start 18 seasonal destinations in the following months (all before the end of June 2023).
ReplyDeleteThey are quite serious with their plans!
good to see this region is on their radar.
ReplyDeleteWhy no Zagreb?
ReplyDeleteGood question. If I remember correctly, Bologna was listed in 10 top unserved markets from ZAG. Forli is basically second Bologna airport. TAP used to fly between BLQ and ZAG on 320 and actually had some passengers. So ATR could work for this service 2-3 per week. Why not, unfortunatelly I can't answer. Maybe in the next round of growth. Because some airlines, actually most of the airlines, are growing, unlike OU
DeleteI give them 3 years, at the tops.
DeleteTo do what?
DeleteTo survive.
DeleteFor OMO it will be the same situation as Skyalps launches MBX flights😂
ReplyDeleteI fly with Aeroitalia to Rome from Bergamo for work almost weekly since the beginning of their operations and I have to say I’m very satisfied. Cheaper than trains and time to get there and back is basically the same. Glad to see Mostar will finally get some action.
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