Pegasus Airlines to launch new Skopje service
Turkish low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines will introduce its second destination to Skopje this coming summer by inaugurating flights between Izmir and the Macedonian capital. Services will commence on June 2 and operate twice per week, each Thursday and Sunday, with the 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft. Tickets are already on sale through the airline’s website. The carrier will compete directly against SunExpress, which itself will introduce operations between the two cities on June 19. Those flights will run once per week, each Sunday. Pegasus’ new Skopje service will complement its existing flights between Istanbul’s Sabiha Gokcen Airport and Skopje.
Pegasus Airlines had initially planned to introduce services between Izmir and Skopje back in 2019 but ultimately chose not to do so. That year, Izmir was Skopje’s fourteenth busiest unserved route, as well as Turkish Airlines’ third most popular transfer destination to and from the Macedonian capital, behind only New York and Ankara. A year later, the Turkish coastal city became the ninth busiest unserved point out of Skopje as traffic flows changed due to the coronavirus pandemic and Turkey became an even more popular destination for Macedonian citizens due to accessible entry requirements. In addition to flights from Istanbul’s two airports, since the start of the pandemic, Skopje has seen the introduction of scheduled services from Antalya and Bodrum as well.
Pegasus Airlines also plans to grow its Istanbul - Skopje service by considerably increasing its capacity on the route this summer. The low cost airline will deploy its 239-seat A321neo aircraft on most services to the Macedonian capital, compared to the smaller A320 and Boeing 737-800 it has utilised so far. As a result, the airline’s overall capacity on the route will grow a notable 45.8% this summer compared to the previous year. The carrier plans to continue maintaining eight weekly flights between the two cities.
Further flight details for the new Izmir - Antalya service can be found here.
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