NEWS FLASH
Turkish Airlines will make slight reductions to its planned operations from Istanbul to cities in the former Yugoslavia over the next two months. The airline is having to ground between 40 to 45 of its Airbus narrowbodies this year and into 2025 due to new required inspections of the aircraft’s Pratt & Whitney PW1100G geared turbofan (GTF) engines. The planned reductions are currently filed for most of July and August. All cities served in the former Yugoslavia will be impacted, with exception to Tivat. Changes remain possible. Weeks not listed below are not impacted by frequency reductions.
Belgrade
July 8 - 16: reduces from 21 weekly to 20 weekly
July 22 - 28: reduces from 21 weekly to 18 weekly
July 29 - August 11: reduces from 21 weekly to 20 weekly
August 12 - 25: reduces from 21 weekly to 19 weekly
Dubrovnik
July 1 - 14: reduces from daily to six weekly
July 22 - 28: reduces from daily to six weekly
August 5 - 11: reduces from daily to six weekly
August 19 - September 1: reduces from daily to six weekly
Ljubljana
July 8 - 28: reduces from 14 weekly to 13 weekly
July 29 - August 4: reduces from 14 weekly to 12 weekly
August 5 - 18: reduces from 14 weekly to 13 weekly
August 19 - 25: reduces from 14 weekly to 11 weekly
August 26 - September 1: reduces from 14 weekly to 13 weekly
Podgorica
July 1 - August 11: reduces from 17/18 weekly to 16 weekly
Pristina
June 24 - July 1: reduces from 10 weekly to 8 weekly
July 1 - 7: reduces from 10 weekly to daily
July 8 - 14: reduces from 10 weekly to 8 weekly
July 15 - 28: reduces from 10 weekly to 9 weekly
Sarajevo
July 1 - 7: reduces from 20 weekly to 18 weekly
July 8 - 21: reduces from 20 weekly to 19 weekly
July 22 - 28: reduces from 20 weekly to 17 weekly
July 29 - August 18: reduces from 20 weekly to 19 weekly
August 19 - 25: reduces from 20 weekly to 18 weekly
August 26 - September 1: reduces from 20 weekly to 19 weekly
Skopje
July 1 - 21: reduces from 14 weekly to 12 weekly
July 22 - 28: reduces from 14 weekly to 13 weekly
Zagreb
July 1 - 14: reduces from 18 weekly to 15 weekly
July 15 - 21: reduces from 18 weekly to 16 weekly
July 22 - August 11: reduces from 18 weekly to 17 weekly
August 12 - 25: reduces from 18 weekly to 16 weekly
August 26 - September 1: reduces from 18 weekly to 15 weekly
Turkish Airlines has removed a total of 4.591 flights from its entire network from July 1 until August 31.
Can't imagine the penalties Airbus is paying to the airlines...
ReplyDeleteIt is not the Airbus.
DeleteIt's like saying it's not Boeing it's Spirit.
DeleteThe problem accours on Airbus plane and this Airbus is solely to blame, Airbus ofc will try to pay compensation from the compensation received by Pratt & Whitney, but airlines will try to get money from Airbus
Actually no, airlines are seeking penalties directly from Pratt&Whitney.
DeleteExactly. Compensation will be directly from Pratt&Whitney.
DeleteAnd from us, passengers. Don’t think we won’t be paying for this eco-mess through higher ticket prices.
DeleteWhy would Airbus be liable for damages inflicted by Pratt & Whitney is my question. And that's why most airlines are going directly to P&W for compensation
Delete@anon 11:08
DeleteChances for passangers to pay the ultimate price are:
50% no
100% yes.
@10:50
DeleteNo airline has seeked damages from Airbus, only from Pratt&Whitney.
Aircraft engines are procured seperately from the airframe, separate contract directly with the engine manufacturers... this will be one for P&W to compensate.
DeleteHow long has to be plane grounded to repair this?
DeleteUp to 45 days I think.
DeleteWith engine choice on the neo, why do airlines keep choosing the PW engine over the CFM?
DeleteEco mess???
DeleteSuch a good move for Air Serbia to walk away from 320Neo order. Can you imagine impact on business if 50% of your fleet is with NEO engines?
DeleteThey are not all Neo engines. Just the PW engines. The CFM ones are just fine.
DeleteLjubljana and Belgrade hit the hardest, it seems. A bit unfortunate, but expected, same as with Wizz Air
ReplyDeleteI would say Zagreb is hit harder.
DeleteDuring July and August, Turkish Airlines has removed (return flights included):
Delete- 36 flights on Zagreb route
- 32 flights on Sarajevo route
- 26 flights on Pristina route
- 22 flights on Ljubljana route
- 22 flights on Skopje route
- 20 flights on Belgrade route
- 16 flights on Podgorica route
- 12 flights on Dubrovnik route
It seems to be the weakest to Zagreb.
Deleteand the strongest one is Dubrovnik if you look it like that. but then again...
DeleteActually only in BEG they have a codeshare partner and they still had modest cuts. They must be doing extremely well here.
DeleteIf you see it that way then SKP is the least affected. DBV has least flights canceled but they operate there just once a day, so id you compare it by total number of flights, i wouldnt say that ZAG is the most hit.
DeleteWell actually it is, because proportionally to the number of scheduled flights ZAG has the most cancelled flights.
DeleteI dont understand this , TK will fix 40 to 45 planes for 2 months ?
ReplyDeleteNo, it says aircraft will be grounded into 2025. They just removed flights for July and August. It is possible that they won't remove any on ex-Yu routes past August or they will update the timetable in mid August for September and October.
DeleteYes but with which planes they will fly to this routes , thats my question? Because all this routes that are mentioned in the text are served exactly with that types of planes that are going under maitenance...
DeleteFrom what I understood they have to ground their A321neo. They can always replace them with A321ceo, the older version. At the end of the day they can always send the smaller A320 or even the larger A330 and then rebook passengers from the cancelled flight.
DeleteYes but A320 especially summer months should be enough for some routes , but they can send Max,737 or even something bigger if needed , so thr A320 are not for maitenance?
DeleteTK removed over 4,000 flights just 2 weeks before they were supposed to operate and no one flicks an eye. Imagine if it was one of the ex-Yu airlines. There would be mutiny in the comments.
ReplyDeleteSmall fishes are always fault , the big ones eee they are always right even when they are not .. thats the reality my friend. I wonder why nobody is saying nothing about this , and for Wizz cutting's there was everyday comments.
DeleteAre you really comparing one of the biggest airlines in the world, the airline which flies to most countries in the world with a small ex-yu carrier? 4.000 flights of TK are like 40 of JU. Stupidity.
DeleteReductions are moderate.
ReplyDeleteTurkish is still king of frequencies.
Btw, isnt there a possibility that Pegasus Airlines or Ajet increase frequencies ?
ReplyDeleteFor example in Belgrade..
Good point!
DeleteShifting frequencies to others wouldnt be in violation of the bilateral.
Pegasus should use that opportunity.
Maybe thats why Pegasus increased SKP to 10 weekly as of August.
DeleteMy flight to
ReplyDeleteVenice on 16 July was cancelled, wonder if it’s to do with the same problem, free and easy change to Ljubljana through their portal.