Banja Luka Airport expects Middle East flights

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British Airways ditches LCC plans

British Airways has abandoned plans to launch a low cost carrier at London's second biggest airport, Gatwick, blaming pilots for its decision to scrap the new initiative. The reversal comes less than a month after British Airways unveiled plans for a short-haul subsidiary to compete with Ryanair and easyJet in an area of aviation that is recovering more quickly from the pandemic than transatlantic and other long haul routes that used to generate most of its profit. It had hoped to start operating by next summer. "We're disappointed that our plans for a new short haul subsidiary at Gatwick have not received [the British Airline Pilots' Association] support", British Airways, which is owned by International Airlines Group, said. It added, "After many years of losing money on European flights from the airport, we were clear that coming out of the pandemic, we needed a plan to make Gatwick profitable and competitive," the company added, saying it would pursue "alternative uses" for slots at Gatwick. In a statement, the British Airline Pilots' Association (BALPA) said that it was unable to reach an "acceptable" agreement with British Airways despite its "best efforts". "BALPA remains open to future negotiations with British Airways to address our members' concerns with the proposal for [London Gatwick] short haul or about any other part of the business", the group added.
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Banja Luka Airport expects Middle East flights

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Banja Luka Airport has said that a number of new destinations will be introduced in the coming period as it welcomed the arrival of Wizz Air’s inaugural service. According to the airport’s General Manager, Milan Račić, flights to the Middle East are expected to be launched, without elaborating further. Wizz Air’s first of five new routes from Banja Luka Airport commenced yesterday. Today also sees Ryanair restore its first of seven destinations to the city, while Air Montenegro will launch operations from Tivat to Banja Luka towards the end of the month.

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Anonymous13:33
BNX has great potential! In the Middle East, I only see Dubai as an option.
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Anonymous13:56
Could it be Dubai as summer destination ? I would say probably Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh
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pozdrav iz Rijeke14:03
I think it's more likely to be Wizz from Abu Dhabi. But let's wait and see. Good news anyhow
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Anonymous14:32
Will JU do charters from BNX like 2 summers ago?
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Anonymous15:02
Maybe it is Pegasus?
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