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| Regulator sees greater potential in Canada flights over US |
The Macedonian Civil Aviation Agency says the country is continuing to study the possibility of introducing transatlantic services to and from Skopje. It comes two years after the Agency's former head, Dejan Mojsoski, announced that two airlines from North America have shown interest in flying to the Macedonian capital. However, the regulator now claims that long haul flights from Skopje are still some way off. "Direct flights from Macedonia to North America have long been discussed. However, there is still no reliable evidence that such a service could be viable. Canada has more potential than the United States because there is a bigger Macedonian diaspora. However, this argument is still not strong enough to begin procedures for the introduction of flights", the Director General of the Macedonian Civil Aviation Agency, Goran Jandreoski, says.
Macedonia has been in contact with the United States' Federal Aviation Administration, which is responsible for the advancement, safety and regulation of civil aviation in the US, and the two countries have signed an Open Skies Agreement. This allows for unrestricted access by airlines from each side to fly to, from and beyond the other’s territory, without restriction on how often they fly, the kind of aircraft they use and the prices they charge. "Recently, we have been in contact with the FAA's office in Moscow, which oversees the Balkans. They want to help us prepare for transatlantic flights, so, if there is interest in the future, we can be ready to undergo checks and inspections", Mr Jandreoski says. He adds, "Last year, both Serbia and Air Serbia underwent these checks. However, it remains to be seen whether these flights [Belgrade - New York] will be sustainable".
The Macedonian Civil Aviation Agency first expressed hope for the introduction of services to the United States back in 2011. Two years later, Mr Mojsoski, who now serves as the Pan European Coordinator at Eurocontrol in Brussels, said two airlines, one from the United States and the other from Canada, were interested in launching transatlantic flights to Skopje. “Two companies have shown interest and they are not typical low budget airlines, instead, they offer a mixed product. Their initial interest is a good indicator for us”, Mr Mojsoski said at the time. Furthermore, Skopje Airport's operator, TAV, as well as the Macedonian government, were to carry out a feasibility study into the potential of transatlantic flights to the Macedonian capital.
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Oh yeah, I am considering the color of my Ferrari, shall I go red, yellow or white? But I only have 50 Euros in my bank account.
It would have been more informative if SKP and OHD traffic figures for February were published.
It is you who should be eating the humble pie, but I won't hold my breath. We've got bigger fish to fry.
Карванот врви, кучињата лаат.
"However, there is still no reliable evidence that such a service could be viable"
I thnk the title of this article including the word "considered" is so misleading
Don't see a problem with the title. That's exactly what they are doing.
Are you talking about North American flights to SKP or BEG? ;)
It is a prestige route.
O&D between SKP and Toronto is bigger than O&D between BEG and New York...
First charter flight from Tehran to Belgrade will start at the end of March. Flights will be operated by Qeshm Air's A300-600.
It's a missed opportunity for JU as they could have carried these passengers had they had regular flights.
In all due fairness, Belgrade almost has the population like the whole Macedonia, so you can't say that a city that's 3-4 times smaller has a higher demand to a trans-atlantic city where both respective population have a solid number of immigrants.
Kako je potvrđeno u Direktoratu civilnog vazduhoplovstva pre nekoliko dana je izdata dozvola iranskoj avio kompaniji "Qeshm Air", koja planira da 17. marta obavi prvi čarter let između Teherana i Beograda.
Postoji mogućnost da iranski turisti tog dana u Srbiju dolete širokotrupnim avionom "Airbus A300-600" koji ima nešto više od 300 putničkih mesta.
Nedavno je u Novom Sadu iranski ambasador u Srbiji njegova ekselencija Madžid Fahim Pur izjavio kako najveći iranski turoperator radi na dovođenju iranskih turista u Srbiju.
U Direktoratu ozbiljno računaju na skoro uspostavljanje avio saobraćaja i to ne samo čarter letova već i redovne linije između dve zemlje.
Evropska unija i SAD su se složili početkom godine da ukinu sankcije Iranu što će značajno doprineti razvoju avio saobraćaja i turizma.
It s a ashame that JU did not started flights to IKA.
Aegean will be going daily there from June and also Ukraine international.
It is a booming market of 80 million people thirsty to travel abroad and with great economic development potential.
1) Polish 2) Ukrainian 3) Greek 4) Romanian 5) Croatian 6) Albanian 7) Serbian 8) Hungarian ( I think more recent immigration) 9) Czech 10 ) Slovakian 11) Bulgarian
I would not even put Macedonia on the list, but I guess some of those people I classified in Albanian language.
No. That's impossible, because Serbia don't have open skies aggreament with the US.
If Serbia had this agreement, Air Serbia wouldn't be writting *Subject to goverment approval. You can read a bit more about what "Open Skies" means. For example tomorrow Air France can start direct flights between Budapest and Los Angeles.
Open Skies Partners - US Department of State
Serbia
In Force
5/29/15
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ata/114805.htm
Flights are subject to gov. approval because the airline and airport have to pass necessary checks (same as Macedonia would have to if it had its own airline which wanted to start flights).
I apologize, I thought you are making definite estimate as far as the numbers are concerned. Listen, Toronto is a big city, full of immigrants and they just keep coming. I read somewhere that there is 138 different native languages being spoken by Torontonians. One thing is true for sure that there is a lot of Eastern Europeans in this area YYZ is limited when it comes to flights to secondary European airports. Also, I think it’s limited in frequencies to the major ones as well for the market of this size (7-8 million). JU naturally gravitates towards east so are they going to be able use to curve up the niche for themselves is a big question. During the summer they’ll have no problem but yearlong might be an issue. Many have tried and failed, I hope JU would fear better.
Maybe admin or Purger can find something from their archive about this line...
"right plane" ? what do you mean by that?
why don't you think 767-200/300, or A330, or Dreamliner, or even 777-200 are not "right planes" to fly DBV during summer season? And each and every of the US airlines has at least one of the mentioned types.
Mada mislim da bi zanimljivije bilo da dodje neka Iranska Aviokompanija .
INN-NS
tipican profil hejtera koji zna ponesto o avijaciji i ekonomiji, za razliku od cirlidera fanboja koji ne zna da Sabac treba prvo da sagradi aerodrom da bi Viz mogao sa njega da krene da leti, ili bar maketu aerodroma, da ostanemo " na liniji"
Great comment!
Transit pax until now had to clear passport control and customs to smoke, and once again clear passport control when re-entering the transit zone.
And then there was the option to smoke in one of the toilets, although technically not allowed but never enforced.
Hope they do things right and ventilate it well. Minus so far is that they are covering the windows blocking natural light.
The party in Iran is without any alcoholic drinks.
That's why JU doesn't want to go.
Nisam znao da Sabac nema aerodrom! Pa neka plati drzava da se napravi aerodrom, uvede navigacija makar CAT III-IV, i nek drzava placa sve troskove samo da se Wizzu daje da leti za dzabe ili skoro dzabe. Samo da mi u Sapcu dobijemo da letimo za 10 eur po svetu, sta nas briga za sve druge. Ali ako vidimo da drzava nekom drugom pomaze ko nije iz Sapca, onda drvljem i kamenjem na njega!
Unfortunately, no, it's across the A6 gate, next to the JU lounge - the balcony overlooks a small enclosed yard, resembling a prison yard to be quite honest, with terminal building on one, and control tower and JU offices on the other side. It's actually quite narrow, perhaps around 10 meters.