Montenegro Airlines sets new record

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
Source: Breaking Travel News

Montenegro Airlines sets new record

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Montenegro Airlines has continued to record strong passenger growth with the carrier handling 104.861 passengers in August, representing an increase of 23.3% on the same month last year, or an additional 19.824 travellers. The carrier operated a total of 1.097 scheduled and charter flights during the month, up 18.2%. It recorded its best average cabin load factor of 90% on services to Belgrade, followed by Munich at 88%, Ljubljana at 87%, St Petersburg at 84% and Frankfurt, with a load factor of 80%. During the three busiest months of the year - June, July and August - Montenegro Airlines welcomed 277.783 passengers on board its aircraft, an improvement of 19%. Over the first eight months of the year, the carrier handled a record 454.870 travallers, up 13.7%, and is on course to reach its target of 620.000 passengers in 2018.

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Anonymous15:08
Congratulations YM!! It's very interesting to see LJU in 3rd position.
I also think the idea to add the new Boeing to your fleet helped you to make it through.
Crna Gora itself is already attracting more and more tourists each year.

B-R-A-V-O!
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Anonymous20:30
The passengers are very satisfied with comfortable Fokker100 aircraft(registration 4O-AOM, former macedonian registration Z3-AAE),also spacey and comfortable aircraft is new Boeing737-600
aircraft operated for Montenegro Airlines(reg 9H-OME)
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Anonymous21:14
Dok je sad Montengrin avion Fokker100(Z3-AAE) bio u Makedoniji, na taj avion je bio i jedan mladi pilot iz Ohrida, Z.Stefanovski ali to je bilo pre15-tak godina,odlicna posada aviona bez ikakvih problema, ja sam sada u zaluzenoj penziji mada jos rado odlazim kod moje kolege na izvrsnu makedonsku Bravo kafu ali je najbolje skuhana na Aerodromu u Podgorici.
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