LOT plans first inter-EX-YU flights
LOT Polish Airlines is considering introducing its first flights between three former Yugoslav markets. The airline is planning on commencing seasonal services from Ljubljana to Podgorica and Brač during the upcoming summer. Based on preliminary schedules, operations could commence from May 29. Flights to both Podgorica and Brač will run once per week, each Saturday, until October 2. Departure from Ljubljana to Brač is currently planned for 16.40, while the flight from the Slovenian capital to Podgorica is scheduled to leave at 20.05. In addition, LOT plans to operate a one weekly service between Ljubljana and Olbia, on the Italian island of Sardinia, from May 30 until October 3. All plans are preliminary and subject to change.
The development comes just weeks after the Slovenian Minister for Infrastructure, Jernej Vrtovec, met with representatives from LOT Polish Airlines in Warsaw. LOT plans to restore flights between its hub and Ljubljana on April 29. Although it has not put tickets on sale for its newly planned flights out of Ljubljana to Podgorica and Brač, its timetable for services between the Polish and Slovenian capitals change on May 29, indicating that the inbound and outbound service will not be operated by the same aircraft. The Slovenian government recently entered talks with Air Serbia over the possibility of employing a similar model as LOT for flights to a select number of destinations.
Last summer, the Head of Airline Management at Ljubljana Airport, Janez Krašnja, said the airport was is in talks with one of the “largest carrier’s in the region”, which may hire local pilots and crew for their flights from the Slovenian capital. “We hope this project will see the light of day as soon as possible and that, perhaps, it will best enable members of the Slovenian aviation sector to quickly become active again". Mr Krašnja said at the time. It is unclear whether developments from last summer are related to LOT’s current plans. Flights between Ljubljana and Brač were last operated in the summer of 2018 by Adria Airways with limited success. The seasonal route was cut short by two months and were not restored the following year. Services between the Slovenian capital and Podgorica were last run by Montenegro Airlines in December of last year, prior to the carrier’s collapse.
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