Lufthansa, Turkish and Air Serbia become Ljubljana’s busiest in H1
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Air Serbia were the busiest carriers operating out of Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport during the first half of the year, data from the Statistical Office of Slovenia shows. The three flag carriers accounted for over a half of the airport’s traffic. The trio were also the only airlines to have maintained operations to the city for the entire six-month period, during which Ljubljana saw limited passenger flow due to strict entry requirements and Covid-related measures in the country. Lufthansa was the busiest, handling just over 19.000 passengers, followed by Turkish Airlines with 12.997 travellers and Air Serbia, which carried 6.212 passengers. While the German and Turkish carriers maintained operations with jet-engine aircraft, their Serbian counterpart flew exclusively with the ATR turboprop.
Despite the three airlines operating throughout the first half the year, the average cabin load factor on flights was relatively low, as indicated by Ljubljana Airport itself on several occasions. Aeroflot, which restored flights to the Slovenian capital in February was the fourth busiest carrier, followed by Air France, LOT Polish Airlines and Transavia. Figures for the remaining carriers that flew for part of the first half of the year were negligible. These include easyJet, Brussels Airlines, Air Montenegro and Israir. Most of them restored or launched flights to the Slovenian capital in late June and had just one or two return operations from the airport during H1.
Lufthansa, Turkish Airlines and Air Serbia have been consistently growing their presence in Ljubljana over the past few months. Due to increased demand, the German national carrier recently added an additional three weekly flights between Frankfurt and Ljubljana for a total of seventeen weekly rotations. The carrier has also on occasion upgraded capacity as well, deploying Airbus A320-family aircraft instead of the usual CRJ900 or Embraer E195 jets. Turkish Airlines recently added an extra two weekly rotations to the Slovenian capital for a total of five. It too has been sending larger jets to Ljubljana with the Airbus A321 now used on most flights. Finally, Air Serbia has upped operations between Belgrade and Jože Pučnik Airport to nine per week, operating the second largest number of flights to the city behind Lufthansa.
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