Montenegro Airlines plans to introduce a new route and strengthen frequencies on a number of key services this coming summer season. The Montenegrin carrier will boost its operations from Podgorica to Ljubljana by adding an additional four weekly flights for a total of one daily rotation, while the carrier will also introduce a new seasonal service to Lisbon, linking Montenegro and Portugal with a scheduled flight for the first time. Operations to Lisbon will commence on June 22 and run each Monday until September 21. The carrier has also been in talks with Croatia Airlines over cooperation on future flights between Podgorica and Zagreb, which are expected to be run by its Croatian counterpart.
Montenegro Airlines will add an extra daily rotation between Tivat and Belgrade this coming summer season. The carrier plans to operate up to 29 weekly services between the two cities from June until September, an increase from last year’s 22 weekly flights. Belgrade is Montenegro Airlines’ busiest route with the carrier's passenger numbers on services to the Serbian capital increasing 3% in 2019. Furthermore, the airline will increase its operations from Tivat to St Petersburg, with flights to run six instead of four times per week. The carrier previously said it was also considering introducing seasonal operations to Istanbul, although they have not been scheduled at this point.
Montenegro Airlines is still in the process of finalising its summer schedule. The airline will also operate a number of charter services. It previously noted it would lease an additional E195 jet for the coming summer. Montenegro Airlines will retire its sole operational Fokker 100 jet following the end of the 2020 summer season. The carrier’s CEO, Živko Banjević, recently said, “In the future, the plan is to have a fleet of five Embraer E195 jets, while a sixth plane, of the same or greater capacity, would be wet-leased through an ACMI over the summer season”.
Good to see YM expanding too.
ReplyDeleteThe Lisbon flights are still a mystery to me. Just one per week?
ReplyDeleteIt is probably for tour groups. I assume half or more of the plane is sold out.
DeleteEveryone is going to profit from Adria going bust.
ReplyDelete"Every exyu airline is going to have lower losses from Adria going bust".
DeleteFTFY
At least they are still around unlike Adria. ;)
DeleteDaily to Ljubljana means it's their most frequent route from Podgorica after Belgrade.
ReplyDeleteI guess JP carried quite a bit of local traffic on the route so yields are probably not that bad.
DeleteI'm surprised by the P2P demand between Podgorica and Ljubljana.
DeleteI'm surprised there are not more flights which are operated on a daily basis. I would imagine Vienna and Zurich could work daily.
DeleteThe only routes operated once daily or more are:
DeleteTGD and TIV --> BEG
TGD --> LJU (from S2020)
TIV --> DME (only in summer)
Out of interest how many flights to Podgorica did Adria have in its last summer schedule?
Delete1 daily.
DeleteIn previous years they had more.
Delete@10.25
DeleteMaybe Air France could consider its own fights from Paris to Podgorica?
Nice to see LED up.
ReplyDeleteYes and doubled !
DeleteRussians are by far the biggest tourist group. Looking at Tivat´s timetable you can easily see that some 70% of the demand is from and to Russia.
DeleteTrue. Around 520k passengers traveled from Moscow to Tivat last year so the market between Russia and MNE is huge.
Delete@10.26. From 4 to 6 is not double.
DeleteAre they again going to lease a B737 this summer or are they sticking with the extra Embraer?
ReplyDeleteProbably since there were 2 F100s in service last summer while this year there will be only one.
DeleteHopefully they find a younger aircraft this year.
DeleteOne weekly flight to LIS? Why? Both nations have not much in common and do not know each other well, so now u hve the first flights, but can MNEs afford 1 week Portugal and do Portuguese want to spend 1 week in MNE? Wondering if this will work out.....
ReplyDeleteMy only guess is that it's for tour groups. I don't think 1 week is that long. There is a lot to see and visit (obviously they won't be spending it in Podgorica).
DeleteLIS started to become popular during the last decade with more connections to CEE capitals. W6 expanded cautiously and now they offer quite a decent network. Sole concerning issue is number of restricted slots as the airport is well above capacity with TP expansion and more foreign carriers arrivals.
DeleteMD also serves KIV-LIS and this route has been active for quite a while.
I think YM might actually have a chance and wishing them good luck!
I really don't know how they think to fill out the plane to LIS.
DeleteAny data on Portuguese arrivals to Montenegro? They must have based their decision on something.
DeleteI don't think it would be such a bad idea for them to start Tivat-Istanbul. They could get Turkish Airlines to codeshare. Better they do it before TK starts the flights eventually.
ReplyDeleteTivat makes much more sense. There are double daily TK flights to/from Podgorica/Istanbul in summer.
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ReplyDeleteThey should really start TGD-MUC.
ReplyDeleteWhy?
DeleteIt's in Germany, a market with high demand, both for diaspora and tourism.
DeleteLH launched MUC-TIV last year.
DeleteSeasonal though
DeleteGood to see some development from Montenegro Airlines.
ReplyDeleteNice to see all ex-Yu flag carriers adding new routes in 2020.
DeleteConsidering the record tax payer money they are all getting this year it's the least they could do
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2019/11/all-ex-yu-carriers-to-receive-state.html
+1 last anon
DeleteWish them good luck with their development.
ReplyDeleteFinally Fokkers becoming a history!
ReplyDeleteAccording to some media reports Qantas is interested in the Fokkers. I assume for spare parts for their regional fleet.
DeleteCongratulations Montenegro Airlines.
ReplyDeleteI would love if they resumed flights to PRN, INI and SKP.
ReplyDeleteDon't see them resuming any of these routes in the near future.
DeleteGood news for Montenegro airlines and the state of Montenegro. Air transport is significant for entire tourist industry and state economy
ReplyDeleteBravo Montenegro Airlines! I hope they manage to come on the right track financially this year.
ReplyDeleteMGX should lease seasonally a widebody and start TIV-JFK flights. The market is there. They planned to do this in the 90s with a B767.
ReplyDeleteAre you for real?
DeleteMontenegro keeps winning!
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Anon at 12:22! News are posted at 9:00 but that's too early for some.
DeleteAny chance for a rotation to Malta?
ReplyDeleteWould be nice. But that route will probably be launched by Ryanair.
DeleteAnyone know how big their debt is at the moment?
ReplyDeletePlease do some research...not really complicated...
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2018/11/montenegro-airlines-becomes-ex-yus.html
Well when they got aid at the end of last year they said part of it would go to pay off debt. So they obviously have not paid it all off.
DeleteGood to see extra frequencies to key markets for them - Serbia and Russia. Surprised flights to Slovenia are doing so well.
ReplyDeleteNice to see new route and charters.
DeleteSlovenija was always a surprise and apparently needing more and more demand.
DeleteTake TK boost, IB and BA, etc, etc
I am not surprised at all that YM will go daily.
Very very nice afternoon schedule from TGD allowing room for transfer flights, too.
Given the fleet size, the population of the country, the existence of other major players in the market and such, we should agree that YM has a decent network coverage.
ReplyDelete+100
DeletePlus their Embraer fleet is approx. 10 years old making it one of the youngest in the region.
What is more is that their network is 95% primary airports.
Bravo CG!
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