Low cost carriers reduce Ljubljana operations
Low cost carriers will be reducing their operations to Ljubljana Airport this coming winter season with Wizz Air, Transavia and easyJet all set to decrease planned services. Wizz Air, which is cutting its presence across the former Yugoslavia, will suspend operations from Charleroi to the Slovenian capital. The last flight between the two cities is scheduled for October 27, with services planned to resume on March 26 of next year. Brussels Airlines will continue to link Ljubljana with Belgium. Wizz Air will retain services between London Luton and the Slovenian capital with two weekly rotations planned over the winter. Three weekly flights will run for a limited time, during the month of December.
Transavia has been hit by capacity and staffing issues at its hub in Amsterdam which will result in the cancellation of some flights to Ljubljana. The airline will suspend operations between the two cities from October 27 until November 15, when four weekly services are planned to be restored. Flights will be reduced to two weekly during the first two weeks of December. However, further changes are possible, as conditions at Schiphol Airport continue to evolve. “Some flights from Amsterdam have been suspended due to the situation at Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. There are issues relating to a lack of security and handling staff”, Transavia told EX-YU Aviation News.
easyJet will also reduce its operations between London Gatwick and the Slovenian capital. The budget carrier will maintain just one weekly flight between the two cities during the month of November. Services will increase to three weekly in December before reducing to two weekly in January. The planned five weekly rotations are expected to be restored from the second week of February, however, changes remain possible at this early stage. The reduction in services by budget airlines contrast with the planned growth of legacy carriers at Ljubljana Airport this winter.
Ljubljana Airport handled 118.787 passengers in September, representing a decrease of 31.1% on the same month in the pre-pandemic 2019, when Adria Airways had already suspended the bulk of its traffic ahead of declaring bankruptcy later that month. During the first three quarters, Ljubljana Airport welcomed 749.771 travellers through its doors, down 48.3% on three years ago, or 701.078 fewer passengers. Aircraft movements stood at 16.621 over the same period.
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