LOT upgrades Dubrovnik service

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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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LOT upgrades Dubrovnik service

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LOT Polish Airways will extend its seasonal summer flights between Warsaw and Dubrovnik to year-round operations. Services from the Polish capital will continue past the summer with two weekly flights to be operated as of October 28, each Thursday and Saturday, with an Embraer E170 jet. Tickets are already on sale. Earlier this year, Spain's Iberia announced it would also turn its seasonal summer flights from Madrid to the Croatian seaside city to year-long operations. LOT was recently invited by the Croatian government to begin talks over the potential takeover of Croatia Airlines. The Polish carrier has neither confirmed nor denied its interest. Within Croatia, LOT serves Zagreb throughout the year and maintains seasonal flights to Split, Zadar and Pula.

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Anonymous10:40
So DBV this winter will have Croatia Airlines, Trade Air ,British Airways, LOT, Iberia, Turkish and Vueling, and flights to Zagreb, Rijeka, Pula, Split, Osijek, Rome, Istanbul, Frankfurt, Warsaw, London, Barcelona and Madrid. Nice. Not enough, of course but for sure good direction and good way to go! Bravo DBV!
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Anonymous10:58
WOW! Congrats Dubrovnik! :)
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Anonymous11:52
LO is also extending SKP into the winter and increasing BEG to ten weekly. I think ZAG was 8 last year as well.
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Athos_cro19:21
Wouldn't be better THU-SUN. Like this could reach the weekend guests.
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Anonymous20:09
Another blast for SPU.
DBV is quietly climibing to second position, being the second busiest airport in ex-Yugoslavia and the busiest in the western Balkans.
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