Adria to suspend Moscow and Dusseldorf flights
Adria Airways will discontinue flights from Ljubljana to Moscow and Dusseldorf as of next month. Services to the Russian capital will end just months after Aeroflot commenced operations between the two cities, while flights to Dusseldorf will be shelved ten months following their launch. The Slovenian carrier noted that both destinations will be accessible to its passengers through codeshare agreements with Aeroflot and Lufthansa, which will come into effect at the start of the 2019 summer season, in late March. "Adria Airways will further optimise its network of flights in such a way so as to respond to the needs of its passengers, while at the same time improving connectivity on existing services", the company said in statement.
Adria will operate its final service between Ljubljana and Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport on February 16. The airline has been maintaining daily flights between the two cities this winter season. On the other hand, Aeroflot introduced daily services between the two capitals on October 25 of last year with the Superjet SJJ100 jet. Adria quickly responded to the competition by including 23 kilograms of checked-in luggage free of charge on flights to and from Moscow for its lowest "Basic" fare, which usually allows only one free carry-on item. However, Adria conceded that since Aeroflot commenced flights to Ljubljana, its passenger numbers took a hit, with Russian nationals preferring to fly with their own national carrier. As of late March. Adria will conclude a codeshare agreement with its competitor on the route.
Services to Dusseldorf, which were maintained three times per week this winter, will be discontinued as of February 7. The route was launched in late April along with six other new destinations, all of which have since been discontinued. Low cost carrier Eurowings planned on launching three weekly services between Dusseldorf and the Slovenian city last January, however, these never materialised. Adria will now offer codeshare flights to the capital of North Rhine-Westphalia via Munich and Frankfurt through Lufthansa. The Slovenian carrier said it will increase frequencies between Ljubljana and Munich next summer from double daily to nineteen weekly, while services between Pristina and Frankfurt will see an additional weekly service for a total of eight per week.
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