Four carriers to run Ljubljana flights in January

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport will be served by four commercial airlines next month, as one of the toughest years in its history draws to a close. At this point, the airport is set to offer just 104 departures for the entirety of next month, with Lufthansa, Air Serbia, Montenegro Airlines and Turkish Airlines serving the Slovenian capital. Jointly, they will offer 12.218 seats each way from Frankfurt, Belgrade, Podgorica and Istanbul. Despite the relatively low volume of flights, if all operations are carried out as scheduled, it will represent an over 50% increase on the current month. However, Ljubljana will still offer the lowest number of departing commercial flights among the capital cities of the former Yugoslavia, pipped by Sarajevo with 107 departures. 

Ljubljana Airport frequencies by airline in January

During January, Lufthansa will operate fifty flights each way from Frankfurt, Air Serbia 26 from Belgrade, Montenegro Airlines fifteen from Podgorica and Turkish Airlines with thirteen flights from Istanbul. In terms of capacity, the most will be offered by the German carrier with 5.000 seats each way, followed by Turkish Airlines with 2.232 seats, Air Serbia with 1.716 and Montenegro Airlines 1.635 seats. Lufthansa will maintain its operations with the Embraer 190, Turkish with a mix of Airbus A321 and A320 aircraft, Air Serbia with the ATR72 turboprop and Montenegro Airlines with the Fokker 100 jet. The Montenegrin carrier will restore operations to Ljubljana later this month, and for now plans to continue operating the service for the foreseeable future. 

Ljubljana Airport capacity by airline in January

Low cost carrier easyJet, which initially planned to return to the Slovenian capital in January has postponed its service resumption. Flights from London Gatwick have been pushed back from early January to February 12, while plans to inaugurate its new service from London Luton to Ljubljana has been delayed from early January and then February to March 28. The Slovenian government approved state aid amounting to five million euros to the operator of Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport - Fraport Slovenija - last week pending approval from the European Commission. The amount corresponds to about a third of the estimated losses the operator expects as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The aviation sector in Slovenia has been hit hard by the latest wave of the virus with travel for Slovenian nationals severely restricted.

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