Wizz and Lufthansa apply for Macedonian route subsidies
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Wizz Air and Lufthansa were the only two carriers to apply for a renewed public call issued by the Macedonian Ministry for Transport and Communications for the provision of financial support for the introduction of new European routes from Skopje and Ohrid airports up until December 30, 2025. It comes after the previous tender was annulled due to errors with documentation submitted by the applicants. Last time around Wizz Air, Lufthansa and Aegean Airlines all submitted bids, however, the Greek national carrier did not partake this time around. Under the terms outlined in the public call, airlines must maintain flights to newly launched destinations at least twice per week throughout the year for the duration of the financial assistance, develop a plan for marketing and promotion and submit a report on its operations to the Ministry of Transport and Communications every six months The Ministry will now select the winner based on the number of weekly flights offered on the new routes, the volume of passengers at the destination airport (the busier the airport the greater the chance of the route being subsidised), as well as the amount of offered capacity. Funding will not be provided for routes from Skopje which have been operated from the airport in the past two seasons (summer and winter), nor from Ohrid if they have been operated either from the lakeside city or the Macedonian capital over the past two seasons. Macedonia will subsidise the services by providing each airline with seven euros per passenger on each new route from Skopje, and 4.5 euros per passenger on each new route from Ohrid. The commission has fifteen days to announce the winner(s).
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