Russian carriers plan to establish Skopje flights
Russian carriers have expressed interest in commencing operations to Skopje with the two countries reaching an agreement to ease aviation regulations. In a letter to the Macedonian Civil Aviation Agency, the Russian Ministry for Transportation noted, “Russian airlines have expressed interest in operating flights to Skopje, however, in accordance with the Air Services Agreement between the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of the Republic of Macedonia dated March 22, 2001, "the frequency of flights ... of designated airlines will be agreed between the aeronautical authorities of the parties". In connection to this, we propose to conduct an agreement by exchange of letters about the absence of frequency restrictions on all specified routes for the designated airlines of the parties”.
The Macedonian air regulator accepted the proposal of the Russian ministry. “We would like to point out that we fully agree for designated airlines from the Russian Federation to operate to our country without restrictions on the frequency of flights on all specified routes. On the basis of this Agreement by the exchange of letters, Russian airlines may submit applications to operate public air services without restrictions to/from North Macedonia”, the Civil Aviation Agency said. Its head, Tomislav Tuntev, noted that Russian carriers have expressed interest in establishing flights between Moscow and Skopje this year.
There are currently no scheduled services between the two countries. During the last normal year for the aviation industry, in 2019, Moscow was Skopje’s eighteenth busiest unserved route, with 5.518 passengers traveling indirectly between the two cities. This is based on passengers traveling on a single ticket or itinerary, prior to market stimulation, which would result from the launch of a nonstop air service. During 2020, Moscow retained its position as the eighteenth busiest unserved routes from the Macedonian capital, although with a significantly reduced passenger volume. Russian low cost carrier Pobeda, an Aeroflot subsidiary, featured Skopje in its first draft of international destinations in 2016, however, the service was never launched.
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