Eurowings upgrades Mostar flights

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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

Eurowings upgrades Mostar flights

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Low cost carrier Eurowings will upgrade capacity on its seasonal flights from Germany to Mostar during the upcoming summer season. Despite Mostar Airport initially announcing the airline would discontinue services from Dusseldorf next summer while maintaining its Stuttgart flights, Eurowings has scheduled both routes for 2019. Services from the two German cities will run twice per week with the 144-seat Airbus A319 aircraft, a significant upgrade from the seventy-seat Bombardier Dash 8 turboprop used last summer. In December, Mostar Airport said, "Eurowings came to the decision to suspend Dusseldorf because the aircraft it uses on services to Mostar is more appropriate for shorter flights and it was not profitable for them to keep this route. Initially, plans were to upgrade the equipment, however, this did not materialise. On the other hand, they confirmed they are keeping flights from Stuttgart, so at least we will still be linked to Germany". However, flights from Dusseldorf to Mostar are now scheduled to run from May 5, while services from Stuttgart will resume on June 1. Both routes will be maintained until the end of the summer season, in late October.

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Anonymous13:41
Now that OMO is staying, could we see OSI get more flights as well?
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Anonymous13:44
Kudos BiH!
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dusan98813:52
I flew in November on ZAG-OMO with OU, only 9 pax in eco. Very very dissapointin load.
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Anonymous15:39
Nope, with Dash
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Anonymous12:28
Good job! Congrats OMO, finaly some good news..............i flew last year from OMO to DUS, althought the flight was operated by Q400, flight itself was a blast, and the flight was filled up to a last seat
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