Low cost carrier Transavia plans to add its second destination from Ljubljana with the airline to introduce services from Paris Orly Airport to the Slovenian capital. Based on a draft schedule, operations are expected to commence on October 24, but tickets are yet to be put on sale. The airline has published return fares from the French capital to Ljubljana starting from 49 euros. Transavia already maintains services from Amsterdam to the Slovenian capital, which are currently run three times per week. The budget airline’s parent company, Air France, maintains daily flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Ljubljana through its Hop subsidiary.

Last year, Air France handled 26.261 passengers between Paris and Ljubljana. During the pre-pandemic 2019, when flights were also maintained by Adria Airways prior to its collapse in September that year, the route saw 101.635 travellers. In addition, in 2019 there were a further 4.685 passengers flying indirectly between the two cities on a single itinerary. The French flag carrier planned to operate double daily flights to the Slovenian capital in the summer of 2020, but these did not materialise due to the coronavirus pandemic. The company previously noted, "The Air France - KLM Group strongly believes in the potential of ex-Yugoslav countries. We have a real desire to serve the region to our best. Transavia maintains sustained growth and is developing its network from all its bases in France and the Netherlands to the former Yugoslavia”. Previously, low cost carrier easyJet maintained operations between Charles de Gaulle and Ljubljana as well, from December 2010 until March 2012.

Ljubljana Airport is seeing signs of recovery, handling 27.953 passengers in June. The figure represents a decrease of 85.2% on the same month in 2019. Aircraft movements stood at 1.650. During the first half of the year, Ljubljana airport welcomed 70.011 travellers through its doors, down 91.1% on the same period in 2019. “If there are no additional restrictions as a result of the pandemic, we expect to offer seventeen scheduled destinations by the end of October. It is very encouraging that the number of flights on existing routes are constantly growing and the outlook for the winter season is already promising”, the Head of Airline Management at operator Fraport Slovenija, Janez Krašnja, said.