NEWS FLASH
Lumiwings, which will open a base in Tuzla on December 18, is off to a strong start according to the airport’s General Manager, Dževad Halilčević. Commenting over the weekend, less than 24 hours after tickets for its five new routes from Tuzla went on sale, Mr Halilčević said, “600 tickets have already been sold. The public is delighted by this development because they no longer have to drive for thirty hours or more. Our project with Lumiwings has only just begun, and it seems like it will be very successful”. The Greek airline will station a 149-seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft in Tuzla and commence operations to Saarbrucken in Germany, Halmstad and Stockholm Skavsta in Sweden, Esbjerg in Denmark, and Maastricht in the Netherlands. Services to Istanbul will also be put on sale once necessary regulatory approvals are secured.
That's... 2 full rotations for 5 routes operating 2 rotations weekly
ReplyDeleteMost people don't follow ExYu aviation on a daily basis to know new developments. Give it time. Why everything has to be welcomed with negativity?
DeleteAll I'm saying is that it was cheap PR that if delved into is a complete disaster
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DeleteNormal balkan tradition
Well if they sell 600 in 24h, this means that per year they will sell 219000 tickets. Not bad at all. This is one full B737 return per day. If they fly schedule of 10 weekly return flights, math is on their side. And tickets are not that cheap, around 70€ one way is cheapest what I have seen. Believe it or not, people will use these flights.
DeleteI am always surprised about the bubble ppl who comment here live. There will be Bosnian guys organizing shuttles from around Denmark, take them to this village. In this village airport there will be only this flight in hours. And old ppl will feel secure to travel, WHILE even if let's say ideally Croatia iloe Austrian offer cheaper fares CPH-VIE/ZAG-SJJ, everything beyond security point until landijg in Sarajevo sounds like thebworst nightmare for average typical TZL pax from last years. I think that most would choose Kantic Bus over this flight.
This is the reality and that's it. Some don't want to accept it. Those who worked with pax Balkan ULCC pax on gasto routes will absolutely agree with every word.
Geeks showing Wizz how it'd done
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DeleteHoly... I guess we can expect some passengers around christimas time, but those flights will definitely not pass beyond 5 percent Load Factor in the difficult months like February, where even Ryanair and Wizz Air cut frequencies or pause routes.
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DeleteLet's just hope that this nightmare ends before it really started and W6 or FR return for higher subsidies...
ReplyDeleteNot a bad result at all, that's roughly 120 tickets per destination or 80% of the plane in one direction. Still, the Boeing 737 has a comfortable number of seats - 149. It can easily be filled compared to a 180 seater Wizzair A320 or 189 seater Ryanair plane.
ReplyDelete80% of the plane in one direction is a disaster.
DeleteI bet It's beyond average Lumiwings LF. What was the LF on OMO-FOG? No subsides, flown all summer 2pw.
DeleteOk we be optimistic for once and give this one a shot? Airlines always have poor load factors when starting out so if you think about it that way, it's not even that bad
DeleteThis is very good result! 600 tickets sold under 24 hours is very good. I guess many more will further book tickets as they plan their trip home for this upcoming period.
ReplyDeleteThis is great!
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