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Five carriers have submitted bids in the latest public call for the provision of subsidies for the introduction of flights to Sarajevo, with four of them meeting the conditions set out by the tender. They include Ryanair with its planned Thessaloniki service, which has already been scheduled and put on sale, LOT Polish Airlines for the upkeep of its existing seasonal Warsaw flights, TUI Airways for its winter seasonal London Gatwick operation, and Aegean Airlines for the continuation of its Skopje - Sarajevo service launched this winter season. Norwegian, which also took part, did not submit all the necessary documentation required and will not be eligible for subsidies in this round. A new public call for the provision of subsidies for the introduction of new routes from Sarajevo was launched today, with airlines having until February 12 to submit their bids.
So they just converted 3 routes from free to paid ones? And I thought Slovenia had it bad
ReplyDeleteNot only that, it's after they announced all airports would be exempt from taxation
DeleteJust goes to show how poorly the conditions of the tender are made. Subsidizing existing routes that have been operating without subsidies until now... Why not make a condition that no route operated in the last year is eligible for subsidies?
ReplyDeleteI believe there is such exemption. However, the tender also includes "strategic routes" including Warsaw... So that makes it eligible again.. Apparently it's an OR rather than an AND tender...
DeleteDoes that mean that Aegean will be receiving subsidies from both Macedonia and Bosnia for the Skopje-Sarajevo route?
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Deletethere is no proof of your statement that it is receiving money from Macedonia
DeleteThey were chosen by our government for subsidies together with Wizz and Lufthansa.
Deletelol @18.16 they didnt even apply for it
Deletethey did
Deleteare you trolling us? That tender was annuled and they never applied after that https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/02/macedonia-annuls-airline-subsidy-tender.html
DeleteI read somewhere that Aegean will introduce Athens?
ReplyDeleteMaybe
DeleteWell they applied for subsidies for Skopje-Sarajevo route. If they plan to introduce Athens, they would have applied for Athens-Sarajevo.
DeleteAnaliticar at it again :P
DeleteBut Analiticar said Aegean is launching ATH-SJJ...
DeleteThey said that Athens and Thessaloniki will be introduced from SJJ with Thessaloniki already bookable with Ryanair. For Athens they didn't specify the airline that gonna run the route but most likely will be Aegean, they didn't announce their summer expansion yet so maybe this month or February.
DeleteAnd they are most likely referring to Athens-Skopje-Sarajevo. But Aegean did not apply for subsidized Athens-Sarajevo flights, it only applied for Skopje-Sarajevo for summer 2024.
DeleteNobody mentioned that those flights will be subsidised they just mentioned that Thessaloniki and Athens will start from SJJ without saying the airline. FR announced SKG now ATH remain.
DeleteAegean still haven’t put SKP-SJJ flights on sale for summer season. If you try to book a flight during that period it will say that there are flights until 27th march and again as of 30th october until late march 2025. Maybe with these subsidies the route will continue during the summer?
ReplyDelete@14.39 yes that is exactly what the tender results say, the route will become year-round
DeleteOh yes i missed the word “continuation”, thanks.
DeleteIm from Skopje... Their summer schedule to SKP doesnt really allow for an additional routing like in winter unless it is in the middle of the night but isnt Sarajevo closed @ late night? Either they change their schedule which I dont believe, flying late in the night or there is room for speculation for a summer seasonal SJJ-ATH route with an additional routing to SKP
DeleteThey need those ATRs especially in summer when islands are on fire, even Athens-Podgorica is with A320 in summer so I'm assuming a seasonal 2 weekly ATH-SJJ with an A320 is most possible.
Deleteso SKP-SJJ 2 weekly with A320? wouldnt mind though
DeleteATH-SJJ would differ from ATH-SKP-SJJ I guess
DeleteMaybe when SJJ reopens 24hrs during summer timetable you will have a proper one-stop on the inbound leg to ATH as well.. Now it requires a night stop in SKP
Deletethat could be a solution yes
DeleteThere were comments here about subsidizing ski flights - Well there you go😁👌
ReplyDeleteAre there any tender conditions at all? looks like first come forst serve
ReplyDeleteIt would have been great if JU was also selected. It naturally can provide the best options for SJJ given its close proximity.
ReplyDeletehow can be somone selected when they didnt even apply
DeleteWhy OU and JU don't apply for their flights to ZAG/BEG? They should obviously.
ReplyDeleteLH, OS too :D:D
DeleteIt's nonsene to have Skopje-Sarajevo, and not having Ljubljana-Sarajevo
ReplyDeleteIf its nonsense according to you why is the LF very good on the SJJ-SKP route?
DeleteMaybe bc its used by passengers travelling from ATH to SJJ via SKP too?
Delete@22.04 your comment is nonsense
Delete@22.04 That flight was always skewed roughly 70-30 or even 80-20 towards transfer passengers and with Adria gone it would make little to none business sense to recommence it. ADR used mostly CRJ7s in 50 seat configuration, some days CRJ9 in 86 seat conf. And I suppose most of the Bosnians working in Slovenia are coming from the parts of BiH which are faster and easier to reach by car. On the other side, have you ever tried to get from Sarajevo to Skopje, we are talking proper XIX century travelingm, even in 2023, hence Aegean. [S.K.]
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