Montenegro Airlines will be making changes to its summer network which begins today, with the airline to maintain operations with fewer aircraft than last year. Last November, the carrier returned its only 112-seat Embraer E190 jet to its owner. Montenegro Airlines will primarily reduce operations out of Tivat. The airline will harmonise its frequencies between Tivat and Belgrade in line with its new codeshare partner Air Serbia. Both carriers plan to run three daily flights between the two cities. Furthermore, the airline will halve its frequencies to St. Petersburg from four to two per week. The reduction will coincide with the introduction of a new three weekly service between the two cities operated by Aeroflot subsidiary Nordavia. Montenegro Airlines will also reduce flights to London Gatwick by one weekly service, returning to its 2015 schedule, following an increase last year. The airline competes against easyJet on the route.
The Montenegrin carrier will maintain the same number of departures from its hub in Podgorica this year. The carrier will reduce one of its weekly flights to Copenhagen but will substitute the reduction with an additional weekly service to Paris, which continues to perform strongly for the airline and its codeshare partner Air France. Apart from its scheduled operations, Montenegro Airlines will also run charters to Bari, Brindisi, Naples and Ancona in Italy. Furthermore, the carrier will introduce new charter flights to the Finnish capital Helsinki. Despite plans to run a one weekly charter service to Tehran, the airline has recently removed the city from its destination network and it is uncertain whether the flights will be operated.
Please note that the changes listed below are preliminary and based on current availability in the Global Distribution System (GDS). Furthermore, the table below displays the peak weekly frequency on each route during the course of the summer season. Increases in frequencies, particularly on flights from Tivat to Belgrade and Moscow, do not come into effect until later on in the summer. You can now review the 2017 summer season changes for each national carrier from the former Yugoslavia by clicking on the links below. Furthermore, you can review Wizz Air's summer operations from the former Yugoslavia here. The 2017 summer season begins today and runs until October 28.
Departing Podgorica
| Destination | Frequency S2016 | Frequency S2017 | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | 14 | 14 | - | - |
| Copenhagen | 3 | 2 | ▼ 1 | resumes MAY06 |
| Dusseldorf | 2 | 2 | - | resumes APR08 |
| Frankfurt | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Ljubljana | 3 | 3 | - | - |
| Lyon | 1 | 1 | - | resumes APR15 |
| Moscow | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Paris | 7 | 8 | ▲ 1 | - |
| Rome | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| Vienna | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Zurich | 6 | 6 | - | - |
Departing Tivat
| Destination | Frequency S2016 | Frequency S2017 | Change | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | 25 | 21 | ▼ 4 | - |
| Moscow | 15 | 15 | - | - |
| London Gatwick | 4 | 3 | ▼ 1 | resumes APR26 |
| St. Petersburg | 4 | 2 | ▼ 2 | resumes JUN06 ends SEP28 |
Comments
So every ex-Yu airline announces how it will fly there and then scraps those plans. Shame.
The success of TGD-CDG harms OS quite a bit as most North American passengers have switched to this route.
VIE-SKP with A320, almost full today! What's curious is that they are sending only their F100 to PRN. I wonder if many from Kosovo use PRN for these flights too. Must be cheaper.
if its true good to hear OS is doing great. I guess they are winning over some transfer pax from TK
Maybe they will change departure times? Anyone has the info on this?
There is a slightly different schedule on RTCG.
VIE saw a drop in passengers since W6 entered the market. It's good to see that numbers are picking up.
ps in my experience, whenever i flew VIE -SKP and SKP - VIE, again, the LF was always very good (last time Jan 7th: i didn't actually count passengers but there was this announcement from the flight crew to put hand luggage under the seats because the flight is fully booked).
So, i guess you need to second guess your comment too about numbers declining on OS flights because of W6. But i wont call your comment worthless, since im not the almighty comment guru who gets to decide whos comment is worthy and whos isnt.
In same time you did notice the Transavia terminate base in Munich because of Lufthansa attack there?