Representatives from the Anisos Holding Company, registered in the British Virgin Islands, with investments in aviation and aviation technology, recently held talks with the Slovenian Ministry for Finance concerning the establishment of a Slovenian-based carrier called Slovenia Air. They had previously met with representatives from the Ministry for Infrastructure. According to the Finance Ministry, “The representatives of Anisos Holding Company presented us with their plans regarding the establishment of a new airline based in the Republic of Slovenia. They were interested in our view of Slovenia's air connectivity and possibilities regarding potential (existing) tax incentives for foreign companies or so-called greenfield investments. In this regard, we provided them with brief general information that applies to all foreign investors”.
Based on initial plans, Slovenia Air would operate out of Maribor to points in Europe, as well as Hong Kong, in a bid to turn Slovenia’s second-largest city into a transfer hub between Europe and Asia. The plan draws striking similarities to those of SHS Aviation, which won a concession for Maribor Airport in 2017, and planned to establish a similar airline with flights to Europe and Asia. Although a carrier was established, it was short-lived and SHS Aviation eventually terminated their concession agreement of the airport in 2019. The two are not related. During the first three quarters of the year, Maribor Airport, which has no commercial flights, handled 3.536 passengers.
The Slovenian government is still considering the possibility of establishing a new national carrier through a Public Private Partnership model. So far, it has held talks on the matter with Slovenian-registered Amelia International, as well as Cyprus Airways, while it suggested for Air Baltic to establish a base in Ljubljana. Previously, the government said additional details about a planned new carrier set to replace Adria Airways, which went bankrupt over four years ago, would be outlined this autumn. "Slovenia needs an airline, it's a matter of discussion under what conditions, and it will definitely need a strategic partner. We should not be complacent just because there are enough airports in our neighbourhood", the Slovenian Minister for Economic Development and Technology, Matjaž Han, said in September.
Yea, its April 1st in November.
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DeleteRepresentatives from the Anisos Holding Company, registered in the British Virgin Islands
Money-laundering at its finest. Well done to all who pushed for this, including the ones on this blog. Prepare to bear responsibility for this mega-theft!
Who on earth pushed for it on this blog?
DeleteWe need another Adria! We need another Adria! Sound familiar? It does to me! Countless champions argued for it here constantly. Now they are going to get it. What else did they expect, other than this money-laundering scheme?? Truly well done.
DeleteYes sure. Anon you know everything.
DeleteBritish Virgin Islands? Country with 30000 people? Lol.....
DeleteWhy Is Slovenia a magnate for scams in aviation? 4K Invest, SHS Aviation, now these guys…
ReplyDeleteBecause the state lets them.
DeleteSHS Aviation wasn’t a scam. They acquired VLM and even launched flights from Maribor. Were their initial announcements megalomanic? Yes. But also the government didn’t deliver what it promised and to this day hasn’t adopted a spatial plan for Maribor Airport which SHS Aviation requested in order for them to expand the airport to make their plans become a reality.
DeleteWhere did VLM fly to from Maribor?
DeleteI was on their flight to split - load factor of about 15 souls
DeleteWhat equipment did they use again?
DeleteFokker50s if I'm not mistaken
DeleteConsidering it was their first (and only) season and few people knew about them, 15 passengers is not that bad.
DeleteIf I remember correctly, to Antwerp with a stop in Munich with a Fokker 50. A lot of the flights were cancelled as no tickets were sold at all.
DeleteThey had average of 10 souls on each leg. I still think that if they had the finance to keep operating for a year, numbers would pick up...but you can't operate for 2 months and leave
DeleteYou need at least 3 months so that your business start to make profit. Airline is something else and needs maybe even more then 3 months.
DeleteMore like 3 years or more in aviation
DeleteThere's a lovely saying in Slovenian (Gorenjska dialect) that fits perfectly here: "rajtam ja".
ReplyDeleteWhen does the subsidies tender end?
ReplyDelete27.11
DeleteHow is that related to these guys?
DeleteTender will actually deliver
DeleteHope so
DeleteWhich airlines can we expect to apply besides Norwegian which is already known?
DeleteIt’s scary that the logo is very similar to this 😂
ReplyDeletehttps://sanela.info/wp/bola/08/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/alksandar-vucic-av.png
Maybe.... Nah it can't be?
DeleteAnon 09:09 nice catch :)
Delete🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
DeleteHaha it really does look the same. Plus they can use the same colors as it fits Slovenian flag.
DeleteThis company actually has a seaplane service in China
ReplyDeleteDo they operate?
DeleteThey do
DeleteName of the airline?
DeleteNah I'm a huge optimist and even I think this is beyond the scope of reality
ReplyDeleteWhy does the ministry even meet with these fairytale investors?
ReplyDeleteNot only do they meet with them, they strike deals with them. See SHS Aviation, 4K Invest...
Delete^True
DeleteAleksandar Vučić?
ReplyDeleteI think Amelia is only serious potential partner for a new national airline.
ReplyDeleteMe too but as time passes, there is less and less of a chance of it happening.
DeleteI still don’t get it why LCC won’t base planes in LJU. Problem would be solved, is this so hard?
ReplyDeleteProbably market not too big for LCC to base planes (just guessing)
DeleteIf you dont get why LCC wont make a base in LJU, you absolutely understand nothing about aviation business and LJU market conditions. NOTHING.
DeleteLCCs are mearly point to point airlines. There is a very limited market to this in Slovenia, specially since it's mostly already covered by airport close to LJU.
DeleteWhat LJU needs is some other network carriers, such as ITA, Iberia, KLM. With those three, problem is solved. Airlines such as Ryanair are very unreliable and can move out of the market from today to tomorrow. Just look at MBX case. What they do is destroy a market for other carriers that do not even consider it.
Flights for 20EUR are a past and they should be. Having a competition with network carriers is much more sustainable and long term profitable for everybody.
No carrier will start a destination just because there are people there wanting to spend 20 EUR on return BCN flight.
So when u get ita, iberia and klm the traffic will recover and everything will be perfect?
DeleteYes. And I understand that you think that traffic will only "recover" with loss-making national carrier, right?
DeleteBound to fail
ReplyDeleteWhy Maribor? Why not Ljubljana?
ReplyDeleteCheaper
DeleteThese guys are not giving up :D
ReplyDeleteAt the end they'll introduce flights to Zagreb, Ljubljana and Belgrade with Let410
ReplyDeleteIf they ever launch?
DeleteI do not understand why Croatia and Slovenia don't join their efforts for a common company
ReplyDeleteThere were plans 10 yrs ago but Croatia didn't want to.
DeleteBecause it would make too much sense. Our government (speaking for Croatia) isn't exactly on good terms with rationality or mere common sense even.
DeleteAgain MBX... said it once, said it a million times: never gonna happen..
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteIt's private investment so it has no impact on state funds. In that case hope it works.
ReplyDeleteAgree, if public funding is not involved, why not?
DeleteBecause, if they launch flights, people will be scammed and loose money.
DeleteHistory remembers other interesting events like this. I will remember this article!!!!! Haha I'm interested to hear the stories of the guys who traveled with them.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2011/10/golden-air-takes-off-from-maribor.html?m=1
That was really gold :D
Delete" The first week of service saw only three passengers with the airline, which originally planned to operate a Boeing 737-300 on the route, using a Cessna 510 Citation instead"
DeleteIMAGINE
When you pay for a 737 but a business jet comes.
DeleteInteresting that all of the weird start ups chose Maribor.
DeleteLJU is too expensive even for well established airlines, let alone these wannabe carriers
DeleteThat's right LJU is too expensive but establishing a flight to Hong Kong is not so let's do that from MBX
DeleteFrom the British Virgin Islands... not suspicious at all
ReplyDeleteIt's for tax evasion purposes. Not uncommon
DeleteNo. They are not thieves. No.
DeleteSeems legit..
DeleteGovernment gave them legitimacy by meeting with them.
DeleteSlovenia's only chance is with Amelia
ReplyDeleteActually I see there being a chance with other well established scheduled carriers.
DeleteI think that AirBaltic and Cyprus Airways represent a good chance as well. Actually I see them doing this before Ameila as they are not really interested becouse the other two are especially Cyprus
DeleteHahahahahahahaha, you made my day 😆😆😆
ReplyDeleteHahhahaahahahahahahahahaaha
ReplyDeleteBest comment on this post
Hahahahahah, all I can say
ReplyDeleteAt least there is some interest
ReplyDeleteAnother SHS Aviation.
ReplyDeleteSo now the government plans to have an airline (Air Slovenia) in Maribor with flights to Hong Kong and another one in Ljubljana where AirBaltic bases some planes. An extremly big plans which we all know the outcome of.
ReplyDeleteThe government has nothing to do with these people. In the article it says how much the government is involved.
Delete"They were interested in our view of Slovenia's air connectivity and possibilities regarding potential (existing) tax incentives for foreign companies or so-called greenfield investments. In this regard, we provided them with brief general information that applies to all foreign investors”.
Nowhere else but here on this website you can find ANY information about this, so it MUST be FAKE!
ReplyDeleteYou can find information on ministry website with who they held talks. Obviously the Ministry didn't think they are fake.
DeleteCan anyone copy a link from the ministry website, because I cannot find that informations about talks...?
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DeleteMINISTRATVO ZA FINANCE
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anisos holding company
Status lobista:
Lobist je vpisan v register lobistov v RS: ✗
Lobist lobira za interesno organizacijo v kateri je zaposlen: ✔
Lobist je zakoniti zastopnik interesne organizacije za katero lobira: ✗
Lobist je izvoljeni predstavnik interesne organizacije za katero lobira: ✗
Namen lobiranja: Vpliv na odločanje v drugih zadevah
Prestavniki podjetja ANISOS Holding Company so nam predstavili njihove načrte glede ustanovitve nove letalske družbe s sedežem v Republiki Sloveniji. Zanimal jih je naš pogled na letalsko povezljivost Slovenije in možnosti glede morebitnih (že obstoječih) davčnih spodbud za tuja podjetja oz tako imenovane greenfield investicije. Glede tega smo jim podali kratko splošno informacijo, ki velja za vse tuje investitorje."
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DeleteYou really think someone sat and made this up? Seriously?? As if someone could be as imaginative all with quatation from ministry
What?
DeleteBrother I just asked where can I find that data I am not doubting anything??. What on earth is your problem
DeleteHmm, I don't really know why but something is telling me that there will be no Maribor- Hong Kong flights....
ReplyDeleteIMAGINE if MBX would get long-haul flights before ZAG. Everyone near Hungary, Graz, Venice and Zagreb will drive to MBX, exactly the opposite of what is now happening with inhabitants of Maribor. JU will then also have concurrence if they launch flights to HKG, because everyone will choose MBX direct flight rather than JU with a stop.
ReplyDeleteLook man I live about 40km from Maribor and would absolutley love that but there is zero to none chance that this will happen.
DeleteWe share the same oppinion. It would be nice but it wont happen
DeleteInvesting in Slovenian aviation is most likely only interesting for Slovenian capital on the sunny islands. On the other hand, the representatives of the state are the same people who destroyed Adria Airways. High government officials should not even talk to people who have avoided paying taxes!
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteThis airline saga in Slovenia needs to come to an end.
ReplyDelete?
DeleteWhat did happen to Pragusa One?
ReplyDeleteCan Maribor handle wide bodies?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteEthiopian A350 landed recently
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/08/ethiopian-airlines-a350-touches-down-in.html
Beyond ridiculous... Basically any clown can go to our state officials and get a free coffee while discussing flights to Hongkong. Heck, why not Papeete? That would be a slammer.
ReplyDeleteS trenutno vlado Slovenija nima denarja in ga tudi ne bo imela za take projekte.
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