EX-YU cities shortlisted for Ancona service
Ten airlines have responded to an exploratory notice issued by the Marche region in central Italy to nominate destinations to which they would operate subsidised flights out of Ancona. A total of 45 cities have been shortlisted, among which are Skopje, Pristina and Split. Local authorities are now awaiting approval from Brussels before launching tender procedures for carriers to bid to operate a select number of routes. The ten companies which responded to the exploratory notice were Air Corsica, Alitalia, Bulgarian Air Charter, Danish Air Transport, easyJet, Eden Viaggi Tours, Nordica, Transavia, Volotea and Wizz Air. The tender was open only to carriers registered within the European Union.
Ancona Airport (commonly known as Marche) has no scheduled passenger services to the former Yugoslavia. It is believed that low cost carrier Wizz Air nominated Skopje and Pristina among others, while Volotea, which has extensive seasonal operations in Split, opted for the Croatian city. Ancona is located on the Adriatic Sea, some 280 kilometres northeast of Rome. It is one of the main port cities on the Adriatic coast. Only a handful of airlines maintain flights to Marche Airport, with Volotea serving the largest number of destinations, albeit all of them on a seasonal summer basis. The only legacy carrier present in the city is Lufthansa. "We are working to relaunch our airport", Governor Luca Ceriscioli, said.
Split, Skopje and Pristina are all linked to Italy with the Croatian coastal city having the greatest number of flights. In addition to Croatia Airlines, which connects Split to Rome throughout the year, Alitalia, easyJet, Volotea and Vueling also maintain seasonal flights from the Croatian city to points across Italy. In Skopje, Wizz Air runs year-round operations to both the Italian capital and Milan, while Alitalia had previously operated flights from Rome. On the other hand, Pristina Airport boasts only seasonal services to Verona, with the Italian market accounting for just 1% of all travellers flying to and from the Kosovan airport in 2019.
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