Aegean Airlines to further grow EX-YU operations
Greece's Aegean Airlines will continue to grow its network in the former Yugoslavia for a fifth consecutive year in 2019, with one new route to be launched this summer, while there will be further capacity and frequency increases on almost all existing services. Sarajevo will become the carrier's newest seasonal destination, with two weekly flights from Athens set to launch on June 13. Services will be maintained each Thursday and Saturday with the 78-seat Dash 8 turboprop aircraft until September 14. Furthermore, Aegean will strengthen its offer to Skopje this coming summer season. The airline will maintain three weekly services on the route between June 1 and September 28 with the Dash 8, up from two this winter.
In Croatia, the Greek carrier will boost operations to Zagreb, Dubrovnik and Split but will not be returning to Zadar, which it introduced on a seasonal summer basis last year. Aegean will add an extra rotation from Athens to Zagreb between July 4 and September 16 for a total of four per week, while an additional weekly flight will be run to Split during the peak summer months in July and August, totalling five weekly services. Both cities will be served by the Dash 8 turboprop aircraft. The Greek airline faces fresh competition in Split with low cost Volotea to introduce flights from Athens to the sea-side city this summer. On the other hand, the carrier will decrease operations to Dubrovnik to five per week, down from daily, but will boost capacity by operating its mainline Airbus A320 aircraft instead of the Dash 8, with the capacity to seat 174 passengers, on four out of the five weekly departures.
Aegean Airlines will increase frequencies to Belgrade from three to five per week from April 1, with all services to be maintained with the Airbus A320 aircraft. In contrast, Podgorica will be one of the few routes to be reduced compared to last year, with services to run twice instead of three weekly. The Greek carrier told EX-YU Aviation News, "The former Yugoslav region is an important market for Aegean Airlines. Demand for these routes remain strong as passengers are able to travel to Athens and beyond. Our performance is satisfactory on this market, as is the cooperation we have with partner airlines in the region. Almost all flights from the former Yugoslav republics to Athens offer very good point to point coverage, as well as access to thirty Greek domestic destinations, connections to Cyprus and destinations in the Middle East and Southern Italy, which have proved popular with passengers from the Balkan region. Aegean is considering increasing frequency on existing routes as well as adding further destinations in the region".
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