Low cost carrier Ryanair has total of 669.004 seats on sale on 3.612 flights to and from former Yugoslav markets this coming winter season. The figures are slightly down on last year (just over 1%), with the airline to discontinue several routes. The budget carrier will serve Zagreb, Banja Lika, Podgorica and Niš, with the Croatian capital accounting for 401.282seats of its total winter capacity in the region. As previously reported, it will terminate three routes out of the Croatian capital from late October - Podgorica, Sofia and Manchester - but will increase frequencies on several other services, such as Malaga, Dublin, Gothenburg and Malta. This will result in the airline having just forty fewer flights across the entire winter period compared to last year but still bosting greater capacity.
Ryanair winter capacity development in Zagreb
In Banja Luka, Ryanair will reduce capacity by some 2.000
seats on last winter for a total of 117.308. The carrier will operate a total
of 618 flights, maintaining services to Berlin, Charleroi, Memmingen,
Gothenburg, Stockholm, Nuremberg and Vienna. It will no longer serve Bergamo,
which was terminated in late January. Bosnia and Herzegovina's second largest city will become Ryanair’s
second busiest destination in the former Yugoslavia this winter, overtaking
Podgorica.
Ryanair winter capacity development in Banja Luka
The airline will make the biggest cutbacks in Podgorica, with 92.338 seats available throughout the winter, down 21% on last year. “Due to Podgorica Airport’s decision to increase their fees, we are forced to discontinue flights from Podgorica to Barcelona, Manchester and Zagreb this winter. The fee hike makes Podgorica Airport completely uncompetitive compared to other European airports which reduce their fees to stimulate recovery and traffic growth. This will have a detrimental impact on Montenegro’s connectivity, tourism and the economy”, the low cost airline said. The no frills airline will continue to operate flights from Podgorica to Berlin, Charleroi, Gdansk, Krakow and London Stansted.
Ryanair winter capacity development in Podgorica
This winter, Ryanair will be offering a record 58.076 seats on its Niš operations, up 3% on last year. The carrier no longer maintains operations between Niš and Bergamo, which were terminated in January, but will continue to serve Vienna, Stockholm and Malta. “Ryanair has launched its biggest ever winter schedule with over 56.000 seats for Serbia’s holidaymakers looking to soak up some winter sun with friends and family or simply looking to liven up the drearier winter months with some overseas adventures”, the airline said.
Ryanair winter capacity development in Niš
There is some (but very little) winter capacity in Zadar as well
ReplyDeleteNo need to spread false information. Last flight from Zadar is on 28 October. Not a single flight in winter season.
DeleteIt's time for Ryan to open a permanent base in Zadar.
DeleteIs there enough demand during winter?
DeleteNo
DeleteYes there is 🤣 I don’t know why people like to state opinions on places they don’t live in. Zadar is full of tourists over winter not on the same level as summer obviously but they are there! And they are all arriving with their own cars. Of which they would not have to do had there been permanent flights over winter
DeleteThere is nothing wrong with coming by car. Locals also prefer to travel by car than by plane
Delete@anon13:59
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Je sve ti gori Zadar zimi od turista :)
DeleteMuch more stable than Wizz in the region.
ReplyDeleteAnd much fewer flights and routes.
DeleteBut are they restoring flights in ZAG after winter or is it gone forever?
ReplyDeleteGone forever.
DeleteNobody knows yet. We will know after November
DeleteI can tell you right now Zagreb-Podgorica is not coming back. Neither will Manchester. Ryanair had terrible performance on both routes.
DeleteAny chances they will add new routes instead of those 3? Can't understand what they are doing, as much as I know, they have same amount of planes based in ZAG so i don't think they will just lay around for nothing? and boosting those routes, I don't think it will replace those 3 routes regarding number of flights?? am I wrong??
DeleteWell they more or less replaced those 3 routes by increasing frequencies on other routes from ZAG.
DeleteThey promised they would have over 40 routes and a lot of planes in ZAG but their initial enthusiasm seems to have worn off.
DeleteIn Zagreb, there are extra flights on just over half of the routes around 1 November so actually capacity is almost identical to last year's. There's about 16 flights less across this winter than there were last winter.
ReplyDeleteCapacity is up 2,000 seats.
DeleteHow can there be less flights but more capacity in Zagreb?
ReplyDeleteGreater use of B737-800 and 737 MAX 8s
DeleteLess routes, but more flights actually as frequencies on some routes were increased, at least that is my udnerstanding
DeleteBut the article clearly states flights not routes
DeleteI told you. They are using B737-800 and 737 MAX on many flights in winter instead of A320.
DeleteLast year there were more 737 flights than there will be this year. The A320s are used more this winter. Do I don't understand how capacity is up
Delete^ You would understand if you realized that your first statement is false.
DeleteAll Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday flights last year were 737 flights. This year they're almost all A320s. There's some 737 flights on Fridays and Mondays but that was also the case last year
DeleteA320 and its pilots will soon be just a footnote in the history of RYR with 300 MAX-10s signed with Boeing. Back to Wizz I guess.
DeleteTheir statement for Podgorica is terrible, sounds like they are bullying and putting a lot of pressure on airports. I really dont like that approach.
ReplyDeleteThey're just saying the truth: the higher the fees, the fewer flights there will be
DeletePodgorica's fees were lower then the famous 3€ in Nis
DeleteNis charges (or charged) 3 euros for all services - handling, landing, passenger tax. The tax in Podgorica is just the passenger tax.
Deletethx for the explanation
DeleteI mean they left TZL because of an extra 1.5 EUR tax per passenger
DeleteAnonymous 09:08 you are correct, Ryanair are big bullies. When they don't get their way, they spread lies and leave.
DeleteThat's not bullying but following the money (they call it business these days).
DeleteFunny that they had the most flights and capacity from Zagreb during the winter of 2021/2022 which was really hit by Covid.
ReplyDeleteWhy is that funny? They have a big base in Zagreb, it would actually been funny if Banja Luka had more capacity than Zagreb
Delete^ Are you crazy? I'm just saying it's ironic that their best year was the one which was the most impacted in the aviation industry. Seek help.
DeleteGoes to show how media can create completely false narrative with the flights from Nis. Reading the media you would think Ryanair is pulling out of Nis, yet they have the biggest winter on record from Nis.
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DeleteI wish they offered more routes.
DeleteThey might have the most seats ever but they are stagnating.
DeleteI wouldn’t be surprised if Ryanair are looking at NIs for expansion. Lots of people I know have been flying from Nis on their holidays with full planes. Definitely an opportunity. Especially as the theory of them at Belgrade is nice, as we have seen elsewhere. If one of the budget airlines comes the other leaves, as they just dont like to compete at Ex-yu airports on the whole. So best they focus on Nis and Wizz in Belgrade.
Deleteyou think Ryanair goes for the sloppy second ones? They already tried few things at Nis
DeleteIf nothing, they could launch more leisure routes from Nis during the summer. Their Corfu flights are packed.
DeleteWhen was the last time they added a new route from Nis? I think it's been a while.
DeleteSeasonal Corfu route is their last new destination from INI.
DeleteThey have been quite successful on some INI routes such as VIE and MLA. I think even Bergamo was performing well, but not as profitable as their other routes so it was cancelled due to staff shortages
DeleteNis passengers should celebrate being the only airport in the EX YU region with increased Ryanair capacity. Airport is also getting a new terminal building in the coming months.
Delete"I think even Bergamo was performing well, but not as profitable as their other routes so it was cancelled due to staff shortages" - this sentence makes no sense
DeleteBergamo was seldom more expensive then 19.99€
I don't see Ryanair being able to expand too much in ex-Yu due to high taxes, for their standards, across the board.
ReplyDeleteWishing Ryan a lot of success
ReplyDeleteCome to SKP
ReplyDeletethat tender was too strict for the likes of Ryanair. Remember they had to oblige to fly the route for the same amount of time after the subsidies finish. Same for LJU tbh.
DeleteWhy they don't consider any routes from SKP, is it that hard to compete with Wizz?
Deletenobody tried. I dont see how they cannot succeed on some gasto heavy route like Weeze
DeleteJednoga dana kada se osposobi Aerodrom Morava Kraljevo za prijem mlaznih putnickih aviona, verujem da ce Ryanair opsluzivati i Centralnu Srbiju. To za sada nije moguce.
ReplyDeleteNot going to be a good winter for TGD by the looks of it. Ryanair generates a lot of its traffic.
ReplyDeleteShame they didn't keep Osijek over winter. I was under the impression it would beb a year round route.
ReplyDeleteThey said from the beginning it was seasonal.
DeleteThe "analyst" said it was year round but he was wrong as usual
DeleteHe also said Jazeera is launching ZAG in September. So much for that.
DeleteGood that despite fewer flights, passenger numbers should not be impacted.
ReplyDeleteDevelopment by FR in Zagreb is tragic, their impact on other airlines is more than tragic for Zagreb. When we remember fairytales from Zagreb funboys about acumulation.... Cruel reality came.
ReplyDeleteZagreb is booming thanks to Ryanair. Without it, its passenger numbers would be down 20% because the long-haul demand is yet to recover.
DeleteZagreb is not booming, i ll rather call that surviving, numbers are barelly under the 2019 year with the difference taht in thus year 30% passangers pays 5 euro per passanger, you cant call that "booming"
DeleteZagreb is substantially above EU average for YTD 2023 vs. 2019 whether you like it or not. And yes, it's booking because of the 5 euro passenger service charge.
Delete^ so what is the EU average YTD?
DeleteCompared to most Ex Yu peers, Zagreb Airport is doing really bad. Coincidentally, this blog is about Ex Yu.
DeleteDevelopment by FR in Zagreb is tragic?? What reality do you live in? Seriously?
DeleteFR has altogether got 669k seats on offer to and from the entire ex yu region this winter season and out of all of that, over 400k is reserved just for ZAG.
If that seriously says "tragedy" to you...which honestly is hard to believe, then look up the word tragedy in the dictionary.
Could they have done better? Maybe. Maybe not. However, recovering from covid and having a record year, surpassing 2019. is not tragic by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, if you check out the charts for the first half of the year, posted right here on this portal very recently, you'll see that only BEG is doing better than ZAG.
What is tragic has nothing to do with FR or ZAG. It concerns OU and ZAG having to work against the inertness of the flag carrier, but that's a different story.
At any rate, those are the facts, but the lengths some folks here are willing to go to in order to either whine or purposefully misrepresent the actual state of affairs, are quite remarkable.
Out of context but I don’t know why they don’t expand in BEG and SKP, they would be successful for sure
ReplyDeleteI meant expending their network by adding BEG and SKP, sorry for the misunderstanding
DeleteI doubt they can get the reduces fees in BEG that they require.
Delete*reduced
Deletesame for SKP. TAV are known to be not so flexible when it comes to discounts (read stubborn)
DeleteDoes not seem to have been the case in Zagreb where TAV also runs the entire airport.
DeleteZagreb needed a quick solution to its covid long-haul problem and found it in Ryanair.
Deletein ZAG they were "stuck" with OU
DeleteNow OU is putting less focus on ZAG and looking elsewhere. Long term I don't think it will be worth it for ZAG.
Delete"I don’t know why they don’t expand in BEG and SKP, they would be successful for sure"
DeleteSince you asked for it, they are waiting for Wizz to come to your airport and then combined FR+W6 put your second best exyu airline out of business.
Could have been much worse.
ReplyDeleteThis Ryanair network is kind of what I think we will see across ex-Yu this winter with almost everyone - stagnation. Many airlines are saying the post-Covid boom is beginning to end and demand is dropping.
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DeleteSo will Wizz have more flights from Podgorica than Ryanair for the first time?
ReplyDeleteThey will be close but Ryanair will still have more flights.
DeleteFR - 16 weekly from TGD this winter
DeleteW6 - 12 weekly from TGD this winter
Thanks!
DeleteIt will be interesting to see what happens with Ryanair in Zagreb. They started off big but have been stuck since. They have been complaining about rise in fees so let's see what happens next summer.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDuSrJttgCc
ReplyDelete@ExYu Admin
ReplyDeleteWhen are Belgrade numbers for July going to be published?
August 29.
DeleteWhy that late?
Deleteand I thought the "former yugoslav airports handle"- articles were coming late because of the late Skopje results :D
DeleteThey might still add some new route here or there. They have added some in the last week. Let's see.
ReplyDeleteI really hope they resolve the tax issue with TZL and start fights again from there.
ReplyDeleteI expected more to be honest
ReplyDeleteCompared to Wizz Air, their ex-Yu network is a joke.
ReplyDeleteagree
DeleteMaybe because the region is an economic disaster zone. Also, in the summer Ryanair is all over the region.
DeleteCompared to Wizz, Ryan is way better price wise. And their stuff is nicer
DeleteTheir stuff is nicer? LOL
DeleteWizz YU crews are like Qatar Airways compared to Ryanairs non YU ctews
I'm surprised there is demand between Nis and Malta
ReplyDeleteBig Serbian diaspora in Malta, all of them mostly from Nis and surrounding areas. So makes perfect sense.
DeletePeople keep forgetting that the Balkans population is going down and down every year and shrinking slowly. This is what the big powers want. To destroy the Balkans, the richest and most interesting and diversified part of Europe. Region with talents and good people whereever yo go. The market is getting smaller and smaller for LCC.
ReplyDeleteMost stupid post ever!
DeleteWithout dispora all these airports would have even half of the passengers. More diaspora more routes
Slovenia has more ppl than in '90.
DeleteIs the rich Balkan here with us now?
DeleteJust a fact… no need to be upset ;)
DeleteThe Balkans destroyed itself. Multiple times
DeleteAnd someone knows about Brx Charleroi - Podgorica? They say the line will continue but they cut all flights from novembre !
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