Ryanair becomes Montenegro's third largest carrier
Budget airline Ryanair has become the third largest in terms of offered capacity in Montenegro behind only the national carrier and Air Serbia. The low cost airline has overtaken Turkish Airlines and plans to handle over 175.000 passengers on its flights to and from Podgorica this year, up from 150.000 in 2018. This summer, Ryanair added a further two routes to the Montenegrin capital, for a total of seven, with Barcelona becoming its latest addition last month. The carrier offers the most capacity out of Montenegro among low cost carriers. Furthermore, Ryanair's subsidiary, Lauda, commenced services between Stuttgart and Podgorica earlier this summer season.
Ryanair launched operations to the Montenegrin capital in the summer of 2013 following two years of negotiations with the government. In February it handled its 500.000th passenger in Montenegro since it commenced flights to Podgorica. It has expanded its network from the city each year ever since. "The interest for flights to Barcelona was huge. We always tend to meet the needs of our customers and we have been pushing for the introduction of this route", the head of operator Airports of Montenegro, Danilo Orlandić, said. He added, "After a year of negotiations with several companies, we secured cooperation with Ryanair and we kept our promise".
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