Montenegrin airports maintain growth

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EU okays Alitalia successor

EU competition regulators have given the green light to a slimmed down successor to Alitalia and said the new state-owned airline was not liable for repaying 900 million euros in illegal state aid received by its predecessor. The approval of Italia Trasporto Aereo (ITA) will be greeted with relief in Rome, which has been negotiating for months to prevent the decision on the 900 million euros of loans from hindering the launch of the new airline. Alitalia is unlikely to repay that aid, plus interest, as the carrier's coffers are empty and money it may collect from the sale of assets is not expected to be enough. ITA will operate with less than half of Alitalia's fleet of aircraft and will only be allowed to take over limited parts of its predecessor's handling and maintenance businesses. Alitalia's brand and its loyalty programme will be sold in an open tender, said the European Commission, which oversees the EU's competition policy. The new carrier is due to start flying in place of Alitalia on October 15 and plans to employ only a small part of its predecessor's 11.000 total workforce under a new, less generous labour contract. The uncertainty over the future of thousands of workers has sparked protests. The Italian government has set aside a total of 3 billion euros for ITA, but the Commission only gave a green light to an initial 1.35 billion euros capital injection by Rome into the carrier over the next three years.
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Montenegrin airports maintain growth

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Montenegro's two international airports have continued to register strong passenger growth throughout May. Podgorica Airport welcomed 94.724 travellers last month, representing an increase of 19% on last year. Over the January - May period, Montenegro's capital city airport handled 365.836 passengers, which is up 19.7% on 2017.

Month	PAX	Change (%)
JAN	59.861	▲ 17.8
FEB	55.002	▲ 17.7
MAR	66.518	▲ 18.7
APR	89.731	▲ 23.8
MAY	94.724	▲ 19.0

Over at Tivat, the airport handled 85.854 passengers last month, an increase of 13.1%. So far this year, Tivat Airport welcomed 197.668 travellers through its doors, up 18%.

Month	PAX	Change (%)
JAN	19.845	▲ 35.1
FEB	16.534	▲ 15.6
MAR	23.070	▲ 14.2
APR	52.365	▲ 23.7
MAY	85.854	▲ 13.1

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Anonymous15:17
Bravo Montenegro! Good figures.
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Anonymous19:36
Crazy growth! BRAVO! Браво! Одличан резултат!
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Anonymous02:27
Seems like Bosnia had more passengers in the first five months than Montenegro? Although numbers are not out for May for Mostar, Tuzla and Banja Luka, it is certain that Bosnia had more. Interesting to see, despite the Montenegrin coast, and all those lowcosters and a national airline.
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Anonymous11:42
TIV Top 10 destination (percentage of total pax):DME/VKO/SVO-36.50%,BEG-14.58%,KBP/IEV-6.71%,TLV-3.27%,LGW/STN-2.83%,CDG/ORY-2.10%,MAN-1.67%,DXB-1.46%,BRU-1.40%,ARN-1.13%.
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