NEWS FLASH
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport handled 133.740 passengers in May, representing an increase of 20.6% on the same month last year. During the first five months of the year, Ljubljana Airport welcomed 502.971 travellers, up 23.5%, representing an additional 95.551 travellers.
Ljubljana’s largest airlines by scheduled seat capacity, May 2024
Any news on Cyprus Airways?
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DeleteTheir application was incomplete so it was returned and asked to be done properly. No news since then
DeleteWith one of their A220 grounded I don't think they will send their application again. Stupid Slovenian politicians.
DeleteThis isn't a political thing. Those funds are granted by the EU, so paperwork must be done properly for them to go through
DeleteGreat results! Does anyone know how well are the AirBaltic and Norwegian routes performing?
ReplyDeleteAirBaltic is probably operating at 80-90% full every time, they even sent A319 last time, which has more capacity than the A220
DeleteThe A319 has one seat less in capacity then the A220-300. Max capacity of the A319 with six exits is 144 seats, while the A220-300 of Air Baltic has 145 seats.
Deletelol
DeleteYR-ABA and YR-ABB both have seating capacity of 150 pax
DeleteThe reason for A319 is not overbooking but the lack of A220s due to engine failure as well as being leased to other carriers (i.e. Swiss, Eurowings).
DeleteFinally the results, always the last to put them out.
ReplyDeleteCan July and August bring around 400k passengers?
ReplyDeleteNo?
DeleteCombined, it would still be hard. I think with charters, it could definitely get to 350k, though. We should strive for 400k in 2025
Deleteit will be between 340-360k
Delete-25% compared to 2019. Bravo Fraport!
ReplyDelete+ 400 million for the state budget - that didn't have to be paid to Adria during Covid and other crises they would inevitably get into.
Delete-1 billion for state budget for terrible connectivity.
DeleteAdria swalled too many funds and Fraport is doing nothing to attract carriers while having a pricing far too high for a minor airport. Both are harmful to Slovenian aviation as things stand
DeleteReal picture will be seen when Slovenes come to senses and start asking "why are we spending public money to subsidize foreign airlines to fly to LJU? This doesn't sound like free market. We have privatized the airport, let the investor do its job!"
DeleteAdria was expensive to operate but the benefit it brought was more than worth it. We were very well connected and their times were amazing. I wish someone would put focus on LJU and offer several flights to key European destinations. I miss JP!
Delete@11:16, -4.5 billion, since we are already pulling numbers from where the sun doesn't shine.
DeleteWasn't Adria the best ex yu carrier until early to mid 2010s?
DeleteAny recommendations for a deep dive article or something like that on what happened, and how?
Sell and lease back...
DeleteMichael 07:51 - Poglobljenega članka o tem, kaj se je zgodilo ne more biti, ker je bilo v to zgodbo vpletenih preveč stvari: nesposobna politika (brez strategije), mediji (neoliberalni prispevki o Adriji), odnos velikega dela Slovencev, slepo zaupanje v svobodni trg ipd. Popolno nepriznavanje posrednih koristi, ki jih omogoča letalska povezljivost (glej komentarje, ki so še vedno v večini na tem portalu - v smislu, koliko je Slovenija prihranila z uničenjem Adrie).Nedojemanje tega, da morajo, predvsem majhne države, letalski promet delno subvencionirati in da tuji prevoznik nikoli ni stalna in stabilna rešitev. Za LJU je dovolj samo pogledati jutranji vozni red, vendar to večine Slovencev ne zanima. Zanima jih le poceni prevoz na počitnice.
DeleteAir France went from being one of the largest carriers to below British Airways which didn't even fly before lol
ReplyDeleteAlso, bravo to Transavia and Swiss for their incredible growth
is there any country other than slovenia whose biggest lcc is transavia?
DeleteTransavia should increase capacity. Maybe add other destination?
DeleteEdinhoven
DeleteParis-Orly year-round, daily Amsterdam during summer, maybe seasonal Lyon and Eindhoven
DeleteAmsterdam would work great, since they codeshare with KLM. Transavia would basically unlock KLM's network to Slovenia at LCC prices
DeleteLufthansa is stepping it up, Turkish used to have more capacity at some point
ReplyDeleteWow ! This must be such a quiet airport ! I just got in ATH airport to catch my flight ( DL 213 ) to New York and it's literally a Zoo !
ReplyDeleteATH is always a zoo in summer, too many passengers and not enough room.
DeleteI prefer quiet airports to zoos.
DeleteThen my friend, you would absolutley love Ljubljana!
DeleteLJU is actually a very nice airport. It is not quiet only when there are 2 charter flights with a close departure time, which is rare 😂 I love LJU.
DeleteWhen will the BEG results be published?
ReplyDeleteNot really related but today I found out that even Slovenian tourist agencies are organising trips to the destinations from neighbouring airports instead if Maribor and Ljubljana. From my reasearch which I made on the websites from agencies like Palma, Sonček and Kompas, around 50% of all flights are from airports other than Lju. For example I booked a 5 day trip to Istanbul with Palma and instead of the flight from Lju we need to fly from Venice??? And before u say anything prices are pretty much the same from both airports. If only we had a national carrier…
ReplyDeleteBravo Fraport!
DeleteI also booked this year's holiday (Antalya) with the Sonček travel agency, which gave me a choice of flights from LJU, GRZ, VIE and MUC. I chose GRZ (parking fee included), which is about €300 (which is approx. 10% of the whole arrangement) cheaper than LJU. The trip to Graz from Ljubljana will cost me max. €60 (petrol and vignette).
DeleteAnon 19:28 And "national" carrier would solve Istanbul capacity problem.
DeleteAnon 04:41 This was the case even in times of Yugoslavia. So, nothing new. But agree, LJU should work on competitiveness. Before Fraport there were special weekly prices for holidaymakers.
ReplyDeleteBravo Fraport!
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