Adria Airways shuts down Paderborn base
Adria Airways has abruptly suspended all operations from its base in Paderborn as of this morning, just three months after commencing operations from the north-western German city. The Slovenian carrier has discontinued flights to Vienna and Zurich, which were jointly maintained a total of fifteen times per week. In a statement, the airline said, "Adria Airways and Paderborn Airport could not agree on the conditions of the airport services agreement anymore under which flight operations would continue. Unfortunately, this resulted in the suspension of further Adria Airways operations from the base in Paderborn". Initially, Adria also operated services from the German city to London Southend Airport, however, the flights were discontinued as of January 6 due to poor loads.
Adria's Paderborn base has been beset by problems since it was opened. Services were originally to commence during the 2018 summer season but the airline was unable to secure the lease of Saab 2000 turboprops on time. It eventually launched operations from the German city in November and utilised a wet-leased ATR72 turboprop from Nordica's subsidiary Regional Jet. Outside of Ljubljana, Adria boasts a base in Pristina from which it handled 157.931 passengers in 2018. In 2017, the carrier closed down its base in Lodz in Poland. Over the past few years it also considered stationing aircraft in Klagenfurt in Austria, as well as Verona, Bratislava and Bern.
Paderborn Airport, which handled 736.000 passengers in 2018, said, "As of February 3, 2019, Adria Airways will cease all operations at Paderborn. The airline has assured us that all measures will be taken to rebook affected passengers on time". It refused to comment on why the airline was pulling out of the airport. In October, Adria Airways' General Manager, Holger Kowarsch, said, "The cooperation between Adria Airways and Paderborn Airport exemplifies how, thanks to good partnerships, new travel opportunities can be created that appeal to both business and tourism customers, and we look forward to establishing our promising relationship with Paderborn Airport".
Adria Airways will also be suspending operations from Ljubljana to both Moscow and Dusseldorf this month.
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