Podgorica maintains growth momentum

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Air France readies for A220 delivery

Air France is continuing to renew its fleet. At the end of September, the airline will take delivery of the first of the 60 Airbus A220-300s it has ordered to replace its Airbus A318s and A319s on the short and medium-haul network. The first Airbus A220 designed for Air France recently left the Airbus paint shop in Mirabel, near Montreal. It sports the new Air France colours and notably features the winged seahorse, the airline’s historical symbol embodying its rich history, at the front of the fuselage. As it is made with lighter composite materials, the Airbus A220 uses 20% less fuel than previous generation aircraft, and has a 34% reduced noise footprint. It will play a decisive role in achieving Air France's sustainable development objectives, including a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions in absolute terms on the domestic network from Paris Orly and on inter-regional routes by 2024, and a 50% reduction in CO2 emissions per passenger/km by 2030. Before joining Paris to carry Air France customers, the aircraft will undergo a series of ground and in-flight tests. On its arrival, it will be used for more than a month to train the airline's flight crews, some of whom began the so-called "type rating" process last summer. As with every new type of aircraft entering the fleet, the company has set up two core groups, one made up of pilots and the other of flight attendants. These already qualified crew members will then be responsible for training their colleagues within the framework of in-house programmes validated by the authorities. Close to 700 Air France pilots will eventually be qualified on this aircraft. Two A220 door models have been installed at the Air France Crew Academy at Paray Vieille-Poste, near Paris Orly, to train some 2.500 flight attendants. The Air France Airbus A220 will be able to welcome 148 passengers in a 3-2 cabin configuration. Each seat will be equipped with type A and type C USB ports and all passengers will enjoy Wi-Fi access from their personal devices.
Source: Air France

Podgorica maintains growth momentum

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Podgorica Airport has continued to post impressive passenger growth by handling 149.209 travellers in August, an increase of 17.5% on last year. Of those, 68.158 were arriving and 81.051 departing travellers. During the January - August period, passenger numbers stood at 713.392, representing growth of 21.1%. A number of new destinations were launched from the Montenegrin capital this summer including Budapest (Wizz Air), Warsaw (LOT Polish Airlines), Athens (Aegean Airlines) and Stockholm Skavsta (Ryanair). Podgorica Airport is on course to handle a record number of passengers this year, overtaking 2016 when the figure stood at 873.278.

Month	PAX	Change (%)
JAN	50.799	▲ 23.4
FEB	46.738	▲ 18.8
MAR	56.052	▲ 22.1
APR	72.493	▲ 37.1
MAY	79.581	▲ 19.1
JUN	112.199	▲ 21.8
JUL	146.321	▲ 18.5
AUG	149.209	▲ 17.5

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Anonymous15:30
Congratulations TGD! Impressive results!
So, apart from INI, SKP has now 2 new tough competitors. It will be very interesting.
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Anonymous20:02
INI rolls eyes
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Anonymous02:24
So even with Ryanair and Wizzair flights, Podgorica had only 5000 pax more in August than Sarajevo with no real low costers? (apart from that one one Wizz destination to Budapest). Interesting :)
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