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The Tuzla Canton government plans to significantly increase funding for the maintenance of existing routes and the launch of new services from Tuzla Airport, with subsidies set to reach 1.1 million euros this year. “We have decided to subsidise flights per arriving passenger, following the model of major European airports”, the canton’s Minister of Trade, Tourism and Transport, Almir Žilić, said. For the implementation of its air service subsidy programme, the Tuzla Canton government allocated approximately 615.000 euros in 2025. Wizz Air, which is the recipient of the support, met its contractual obligation to maintain three non-subsidised routes to Dortmund, Memmingen and Basel. The subsidised Tuzla - Vienna service operated only during October, while four new subsidised routes to Hamburg, Cologne, Malmo and Maastricht were introduced in December. In the fourth quarter of 2025, a total of 7.037 subsidised arriving passengers were recorded. Average load factors on subsidised routes stood at 64.7% between June 1 and December 31, 2025.
Preety bad load factor.
ReplyDeleteWe are talking about very few routes for a period of 1-2 months.
DeleteFor an LCC it definitely isn't great.
DeleteAnd we can't underestimate Wizzair organization. I would never book a ticket for TZL service before actually seeing a plane based there, because you never know when will they cancel it all.
DeleteFrom my observations load factor is on average between 60-70%.
DeleteWhy not spend that money on getting OS flights to VIE or LX to ZRH rather than paying Wizz Air for flying on random routes? You can't cover the whole diaspora that way anyway. Flights to a major hub would give Tuzla the connectivity it needs.
ReplyDeleteWrong. It’s a super price sensitive market.
DeleteRandom routes? Do you believe Wizzair is flipping a coin and the coin decides where they will fly to?
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