Adria Airways will add a ninth Bombardier CRJ900 aircraft to its fleet, the second in just two months, but has delayed the introduction of the fifty-seat Saab 2000 turboprops. Arriving in Ljubljana today, the Slovenian carrier's latest CRJ900, registered S5-AFC, is eleven years old and had previously operated on behalf of Iberia Regional/Air Nostrum (EC-JYA). Adria has been steadily expanding its fleet, adding another CRJ900 just a month ago. As a result, the airline has been able to venture into the lucrative ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance lease) business and now has two CRJ900s wet-leased to Austrian Airlines, one CRJ700 to Luxair and one Airbus A319 to Eurowings.
On the other hand, Adria has delayed the introduction of the Saab 2000 aircraft, previously operated by its now defunct subsidiary Adria Airways Switzerland. The turboprops were to come into service at the end of the month and were to be deployed on all seven of the airline's new routes this summer, as well as a number of regional destinations. However, the carrier has now reassigned equipment for the planned new services to Sofia, Bucharest, Hamburg, Geneva, Dusseldorf, Dubrovnik and Brač, and will initially use the seventy-seat CRJ700 instead. Adria still plans to utilise the Saabs in the near future and is advertising vacancies for captain and first officer positions on the type. As a result, Adria will boast a fleet of up to 21 aircraft this summer, with three A319s, nine CRJ900s and three CRJ700s, in addition to the six Saab 2000s.
Meanwhile, the Slovenian carrier has introduced a new multi city option, allowing passengers to fly to one destination and return from another under the same ticket. “This year Adria Airways will record further growth, so I am especially pleased that in addition to the new destinations and the expansion of our fleet, we can present additional services that offer our passengers added value in their journeys. We are aiming to make our services even more passenger-friendly, and to ensure that flying with us is even more convenient and attractive”, the airline's Chief Commercial Officer, Christian Schneider, said. He added, "The multi city option is precisely this kind of service, since it means passengers can properly adapt their itinerary - they can arrive at the airport in one city, then continue their journey from an airport in another city. Our wide network of flights will satisfy even the most demanding travellers and business people whose travel plans involve several countries”.
Congratulations Adria. Growing fleet and route network. What more could one ask for.
ReplyDeleteProfit?
DeleteLet's not be too picky :D
DeleteThey achieved profit too. In 2016 and we will see about 2017.
DeleteThe method they achieved that profit shows it's not a healthy business.
DeleteSerious businesses publish net profit before and after any sales of assets. You would be quite surprised about the "profit" Adria made before any asset sale.
Delete+1 last anon.
DeleteDoes anyone know their financial results for last years. I mean do we know if it will be a profit?
DeleteIt will be published in a few months.
DeleteGuys, it is a challenging business and Adria is a small player. They are not wasting tax payers' money, or so it seems, so we should not be concerned. They seem to be doing just fine.
Deletetypical slovenian is talking negative and even it would be for some years better and better.... they would find something negative! as they are trying to pull everything down! the same thing about vlm airlines in MBX..... 80% talking just negative.... huh....
DeleteDear Alfons. What should be slovenians chilled about? Their national carrier has been sold below the table for a few hundred K's, same as MBX. Would make more sense to give it to the local kindergarden to play with it.
DeleteThey will have the largest fleet in ex-Yu!
ReplyDeleteThey also have the youngest fleet in Ex-Yu. Although this will be affected when they add the old Saabs.
DeleteThey still won't have the largest capacity in ex-yu.
DeleteTrue.
DeleteThey have a fleet that is appropriate to keep them above the water. What is the point of having wide body with 254 seats when it flies twice a week during winter, gets busy during three summer months but overall generates loss.
DeleteSo as expected the SAABs have been delayed. Anyone know the reson? Will they have to lease more aircraft so they can use the CRJ700s for the new routes?
ReplyDeleteApparently some Turkish company bought tge Saabs.
Delete*the
DeleteAdria will be leasing the planes, not buying them.
DeleteWhy are they so interested in the old Saab metal anyway??
Deletebecause they got it for free?
DeleteThey are not free. Some other company bought them since the planes were put on sale by liquidators to cover Darwin debt.
DeleteThey will get a good leasing deal and the plane is great for testing new markets due to low capacity and costs.
DeleteWhy did they get rid of the CRJ200 then? It had the same capacity.
DeleteThat decision was made before privatization and they were gas guzzlers.
DeleteThese SAABs are not expensive to operate?
DeleteGood news for Adria.
ReplyDeleteNice that they introduced the multi city option. Good idea.
ReplyDeletegood for the passengers that the SAAb's are delayed (and even better for LJU)
ReplyDeleteP.S any numbers for Feb?
LJU numbers will be out next week.
DeleteIt was around 100000pax
DeleteIf they really managed to welcome 100.000 passengers then it would be crazy fantastic. February difference with ZAG would be only 70.000.
DeleteLJU will have a great year and it keeps on getting closer and closer to 2 million.
"Only" 70.000? Hahahaha
DeleteWeil i personally dislike CRJs. The in-flight feeling is imho terrible and I much prefer the comfortable S20 although I flew on it only twice so far. I can't really scientifically explain why but in a CRJ I tend to feel every little turbulence much more than in a turboprop or Fokker 70/100 or Embrear.
DeleteYes, it is only 70.000 when you compare the size of LJU, the city and country it serves.
DeleteAt least LJU is a market where airlines like easyJet and Wizz Air feel wellcome.
"...At least LJU is a market where airlines like easyJet and Wizz Air feel wellcome."
DeleteHuh? Seriously?
Compared to Zagreb it is. LJU has much lower costs. Even Eurowings complained that ZAG is overpriced.
DeleteSa 64 0000 na 70 000....to ja ne zovem smanjivanjem razlike vec njezinim povecanjem.
DeleteJanurja je bila večja razlika kot februarja... zato se razlika manjsa 90000 na 70000
DeleteWe need to understand that Croatia has three big airports (Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik) which means that the traffic is separated into three locations. Ljubljana and Belgrade are the only larger airports in Slovenia and Serbia and they should have more passangers than Zagreb.
DeleteZa isto vrijeme prosle godine, razlika je narasla za dodatnih 13 000 u sijecnju i 6 000 u veljaci.
DeleteProsle godine, u veljaci, razlika je bila 64 000.
Ove godine, ako LJU dostigne 100 000, razlika bi bila 70 000.
Koji dio ti je tu nejasan?
Uzevsi sijecanj i veljacu zajedno, razlika izmedju LJU i ZAG se uvecala za dodatnih 20 000 putnika.
DeleteКакве везе има Дубровник са Загребом? Да се ДБВ сутра затвори сигурно путници не би ишли чак у Загреб када су им Тиват, Сплит или Мостар знатно ближе.
DeleteИсто као што би народ из Пуле ишао у друге, ближе аеродроме него у Загреб.
Што се Србије тиче, имајући у виду да ће Ниш имати преко 400.000 путника мислим да је време да га озбиљно схватамо.
Kad se gleda broj putnika po drzavi, Hrvatska ima 2x vise putnika nego Srbija, i 4x vise nego Slovenija.
DeleteOpet mjeraci mjere nemjerljivo
DeleteAirport charges for Ljubljana, Zagreb and Belgrade are almost at the same level. The reason you hear airlines complaining about high charges is strategical, to strengthen their position during negotiations for new flights.
DeleteWell from a passenger perspective the delay of the Saabs is fantastic news.
ReplyDeleteI know Saabs are generally unpopular with people but I think they were good for Adria. It gave them the chance to test certain routes with small capacity and less risk.
DeleteFrom controllers* perspective, this is even more fantastic news :)
DeleteMulti City option is good :)
ReplyDeletewelcome to the modern world, JP
DeleteI have been using this option or "service" with other carriers for several years- I wasn't aware that this is a "new" service that JP will "introduce"
Deleteeven OU had it ^^
DeleteIsnt this standard on every network airline??
Deletenope, for example LOT is stil in middle age
DeleteAre these type of tickets more expensive?
Deletenope they depend on the prize for the return flights for each destination. (a+b)/2
Deleteno, they are not.
DeleteReally surprised they did not have multi-city option! very strange. Hope that all legacy carriers will move to offering reasonably priced one way and multi city tickets.
DeleteThe new German owners have managed to grow the airline year after year.
ReplyDeleteDidn't they shrink the airline significantly in the first year?
DeleteThey did. But since then, they have made it bigger than before they came.
DeleteAnd they are still not making profit. Which ends in bankruptcy if the company is privat.
Deletehere again for every solution some people have at least 2 problems.... huh
DeleteIt will be interesting to see how their new routes perform.
ReplyDeletethe SOF and BWK are the best of all new routes.
Deletesorces?
DeleteSOF is not a surprise, with the EU presidency going on... Will be interesting to see how it performs from 2nd half of 2018 onwards...
DeleteAre all the new routes year round except Dubrovnik and Brac?
DeleteSo, what is the source for SOF and BWK performing the best out of the rest of the routes?
DeleteDa li netko zna da li je adria zadovoljna prodajom prema BWK?
DeleteMakes sense now why they have been hiring so many extra CRJ pilots
ReplyDeleteSo that's why they have been delaying the Paderborn base announcement? They were supposed to base a Saab there.
ReplyDeleteProbably. Does that mean they will base a CRJ700 there? If they do that, they will have to lease planes for LJU.
DeleteMaybe the Paderborn base will open in June/July by which time they will have the Saabs.
DeleteGood news coming from Adria and Ljubljana lately.
ReplyDeleteCan the CR7 land in Brac?
ReplyDeleteOf course it can
Delete23.i 30.o5 ljubljana brac with cr900
DeleteNice!
DeleteThis is what surprised me too. The CRJ requires very long runway lengths and I was sure Brac was a no-go. Maybe they will block 20 seats to bring it down to the Saab's capacity?
DeleteThey have basically become a wet lease airline.
ReplyDeleteThe word you are looking for there is ACMI operator ;)
Deletethe most lucrative business. Easy money.
DeleteIt is, if you play it right, which Adria is not.
DeletePlus, doing ACMI while wet-leasing to cover your own flights is crazy. It might make sense financially (doubt it though), but completely destroys your image with customers, especially if you use rock-bottom low-cost Eastern Europe operators with museum fleets.
and here we go again for each achievement there are at least two downs.... huh
DeleteWell done Adria.
ReplyDeleteWell done Adria
ReplyDeleteWhat a strategy! Lease planes and wet lease them out. For shortcuts on your own network, take ad hoc leased old planes from airlines with risky safety records.
ReplyDelete+1
Delete"For shortcuts on your own network, take ad hoc leased old planes from airlines with risky safety records." What are you referring to?
DeleteCarpatair!!!
DeleteTrade Air, Carpatair, Get Jet Airlines, ...
DeleteIt will be interesting to see when will 4K decide to sell Adria. They said they will sell it for sure, just a question on when.
ReplyDeleteI think I read somewhere they usually sell the company within 5 years of purchase.
DeleteThis will not last 5 years.
DeleteWill they extend the Carpatair lease. They are currently leasing an F100 from them if I'm not mistaken to maintain ops because they have leased out too many of their own planes.
ReplyDeleteMy guess would be bcause they dont have pilots . There is always a (different) crj parked in LJU while these fly. So its not lack of aircraft.
DeleteThat's likely. Especially because a lot of pilots and crew are in Austria, Germany and Luxembourg.
DeletePilot shortage...many left...will be interesting how they will manage summer season...
Delete21 planes!!! Crazy growth from Adria and they do it so quietly without pomp.
ReplyDeleteThey just keep expanding. Congratulations.
DeleteDestination and fleet wise :)
Delete7 new routes in summer 2018 (8 if you include Kiev which was launched in winter), frequency increase on 7 routes, 2 new planes to the fleet + Saabs.
DeleteIt's great but they didn't prepare on time. Insufficient crew numbers are now a problem.
Delete2018 will be huge for Adria
ReplyDeleteYes. Since a while they are waring bigger shoes than their feet are.
DeleteGood to see more CRJs being added.
ReplyDeleteOT
ReplyDeleteI know they are not in the ex-YU but they are expanding aggressively in the region so I thought of sharing Aegean's results for the first two months of the year.
Passengers carried: 1.488.052 (12%)
LF: 81% (5% more)
Flights: 12.418 (2%)
A3 carried 164.527 more passengers in the first two months while having 281 more flights than last year.
At the same time, ATH welcomed 2.484.414 passengers or 6.5% more than last year. International traffic rose by 14% while domestic shrank by 6%.
Why is there a WOW airlines plane parked at the terminal in LJU?
ReplyDeleteMaintenance.
DeleteI see; but its parked at the gate, is that normal?
DeleteStand 6 docking system (finger) is out of order for a week(s) now....don´t know why Fraport didn`t repair it by now...
DeleteOverall it's going to be a great summer for Adria. They have the most CRJs in the fleet in this region I think.
ReplyDeleteWow! I think LJU is gearing up and competing with ZAG. I mean, the current fleet is technically bigger than OU. I think LJU has a serious plan to grow.
ReplyDeleteOnly if they could keep their existing schedule instead of cancelling and grouping flights. I can't imagine how they will be able to handle new routes from end of March onwards, if they are not able to operate existing routes. It is becoming more and more difficult to rely on Adria. It is too bad that there are no significant alternatives at LJU, but one has to look for ones at ZAG, VCE, TRS, etc.
ReplyDeleteWell there are three good alternatives :)
Delete...relatively inconvenient for a frequent business travel.
DeleteIt will be interesting to see the financial hole when the party will be over.
ReplyDeleteAs announced by me a couple weeks ago, the Saab certificates etc sont be ready by SUTT. Anyway, anyone knows how their bbokings look to the new destinations?
ReplyDeleteTrade air is operating ACMI for Adria, flying from PRN and TIA to FRA and MUC with F100 since january
ReplyDeleteIt's Carpatair more than Trade Air
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