Wizz Air plans Skopje - Maribor service
Low cost carrier Wizz Air plans to introduce flights between Skopje and Maribor in the coming months, linking Macedonia and Slovenia with a nonstop commercial air service for the first time since the collapse of Adria Airways in September 2019. According to the “Sierra 5" portal, the Slovenian State Secretary at the Ministry of Interior and Public Administration, Franc Kangler, noted that the new route will be introduced very soon and comes as Wizz Air looks to employ its aircraft previously stationed in Ukraine. The budget carrier has never flown to Maribor but maintains services from Charleroi and Luton to Ljubljana.
The Slovenian Ministry for Infrastructure and Urban Planning has confirmed that talks with Wizz Air have taken place over the introduction of the Skopje - Maribor service but noted that a final agreement is yet to be reached. The Ministry added it was also in discussions with Ryanair over future flights to Slovenia’s second largest city. The budget airline briefly maintained flights between London Stansted and Maribor in 2007 and 2008. Despite solid loads, the route was terminated after Ryanair hiked fees for a joint advertising program, which was turned down by local authorities. Several weeks ago, the carrier said it was “continuing to evaluate potential operations in Slovenia”.
Wizz Air could make use of Slovenia’s recently launched subsidy program, which plans to allocate up to two million euros among airlines which maintain at least two weekly flights to Slovenia between June 1 until October 30. In 2020, Skopje emerged as Ljubljana Airport’s fourth busiest unserved route following the collapse of Adria Airways. In 2019, 40.293 passengers flew between the two capital cities, from January until late September when operations ceased. Air Serbia has since become the main transfer airline for travellers commuting between the two cities. Maribor Airport has struggled to attract customers over the past decade but will boast scheduled flights this summer with SkyAlps to introduce services from three Italian cities from late June until mid-September.
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