Maribor Airport operator settles debt

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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.
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Maribor Airport operator settles debt

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The operator of Maribor Edvard Rusjan Airport, SHS Aviation, has repaid its debt for outstanding concession fee payments incurred over the past three months, narrowly avoiding the termination of its fifteen-year deal with the Slovenian government. The fee amounts to 100.000 euros per month. The Slovenian Ministry for Infrastructure recently rejected a request by SHS for state aid amounting to 3.2 million euros. The Chinese operator applied for financial assistance in line with state regulation which stipulates government support for matters of national importance. The application was filed due to the airport's negative financial performance in 2016 (35.000 euros) and 2017 (1.7 million euros). The operator believes it will continue to post losses over the next three years.

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Anonymous21:26
Only a miracle can save MBX due to its location and surrounding airports it will unfortunately never work..
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Anonymous22:18
Disappointing. I was hoping the operator would default and as a consequence Edvard Rusjan Airport would be brought back 'in house'. It otherwise has no future while continuing to insist that its fantasy schemes can still become reality.
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Anonymous22:45
Saturday article in Saturday Belgium newspaper - full story about Chinese who are in charge of MBX now ... in Dutch, but Google Translate does a great job. https://www.tijd.be/ondernemen/luchtvaart/hoe-de-chinezen-vlm-lieten-crashen/10072522.html
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Anonymous00:20
The exactly same guys have found another weak city to do the same stunt with and late this summer held a meeting - Brcko:

https://www.ebrcko.net/vijesti/vijesti-brcko/56373-kinezi-zainteresovani-za-gradnju-aerodroma-u-brckom

Read the comments in this one:

http://www.otisak.ba/medunarodni-aerodrom-u-brckom/

If the city administration approves them, then they either are really unqualified without any earth connection or get a great personal deal out of it! I fear the later.

Trebinje is probably next...
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Anonymous21:14
Ako ima finansiske subvencije za Aerodrom Maribor ima puno zainteresiranih aviokompanija koji hoce da lete od Aerodrom Maribor do drugih destinacija Europske unije.
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