Portorož Airport will overhaul its terminal building in anticipation of the launch of scheduled flights next summer season. The airport’s terminal, which was built in the 1970s, will be completely renovated. Using natural material, it will feature a large common space, shop, restaurant, waiting area, VIP lounge, as well as premises for the police, Financial Administration and Air Traffic Control. Furthermore, the airport will invest in green technologies by installing solar panels on the roof of the aircraft hangars which will generate all its electricity needs. Charging stations for electric cars will also be installed in the car park. The entire project is valued at one million euros.
Portorož Airport is in discussions with Air Serbia and Van Air Europe over the introduction of scheduled flights to the coastal city next summer season, which would see it linked with scheduled flights to Belgrade, Prague, Brno, Budapest and Lugano. "Portorož has the potential to further develop and increase its number of foreign visitors. That is why we want to develop the airport. We want to promote Portorož as a high-end destination and it is in our interest to boost the number of flights in order for the airport to work at full capacity", the airport’s single-largest shareholder, the MK Group, previously said.
Apart from overhauling the airport’s terminal building, the MK Group hopes to extend and widen the runway, which currently limits the type of aircraft that can be handled. “We are ready to invest between 2.5 and three million euros to extend the runway, however, so far, we have been unable to obtain the necessary approvals for this project”, the MK Group previously said. The runway project is strongly opposed by environmentalists as the airport is surrounded by the Sečovlje Salina Nature Park, which is home to 270 bird species. Portorož Airport's runway stretches over 1.201 metres. Due to its displaced threshold, aircraft landing at Porotrož Airport are forced to do so further down the runway.
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Looks really good on the renderings.
ReplyDeleteI really hope we we Portoroz Airport come to life next year with all these planned flights. Good luck!
ReplyDelete* we see, typo
DeleteLet's first get some traffic at Ljubljana Airport please before we think about Portoroz.
ReplyDeleteBoth airports are privately operated so they can develop at their own pace
DeleteScary how many people still think that everything is "ours" and "we" can manage it anyway "we" want to manage it.
DeletePOW is privately owned but sponsored by the state. The GOV pays for all the operational costs (state aid for small regional airports)and all this media reports about POW has only one goal. They try to force the GOV to give them even more money. Under the EU regulation small, regional airports can get state aid even for investments. Thats all. Read this article in this perspective. These guys are surfing on public money, so stop this mantra about private ownership.
DeleteIt's scary how many private businesses are surfing on public (SLO, EU) money in Slovenia, and generally in Europe. But in Slovenia, it's almost an epidemic so we shouldn't be surprised about POW.
DeleteMost beautiful airport on the Adriatic
ReplyDeleteNice airport. Pity about the runway limitations.
DeleteCongratulations to Portoroz for being the second busiest airport in Slovenia with no commercial flights. If the terrain was better and the runway long enough, I'm sure there would have been flights for many years.
ReplyDeleteThis airport puts Maribor to shame.
DeletePerformance wise yes, but then again, the geographic location has a lot to do with it.
DeleteSo all 3 Slovenian airports will be modem and overhauled. Nice
ReplyDeleteAnd all of them with zero or almost nothing traffic.
DeleteCan Portorož handle A320, CRJs or Embraer E175?
ReplyDeleteNo, it can handle planes up to 70 seats.
DeleteWell done POW!
ReplyDeleteLet's wait and see what actually becomes a reality from all these plans.
DeleteWhy didn't Adria ever try Portoroz? They even had Saabs such were perfect for this airport.
ReplyDeleteI am sure JP studied POW and would've considered it if there was potential and traffic.
DeleteYes JP was known for good planning and analysis. LOL.
DeleteUntil handed over to be destroyed to criminals by even bigger criminals, JP was successfull, inovative, efficient and organized company which had good planning and analysis, for decades. Nothing to LOL about
DeleteI blame KraDeZe
DeleteWe could say it is Kradeze, just not Croatian, but Slovenian version of it. They handed LJU and Adria to Cartel and their puppets. LJU has no vision and Adria is... we all know where.
Delete@An.11.21
DeleteMaybe you find it funny, but actually it's not funny at all that both Slovenia and Croatia are on one third or less potentials realized in their aviation sector, and both countries are lagging far behind Serbia and most of the fellow EU countries. And there are people who should take responsibility and feel consequences about barely functional or defunct flag carriers of both countries. In Croatia those people come from Kradeze, and in Slovenia, as the poster above has already explained, from Slovenian version of it. Making fun out of it is anything but funny.
How do you define satire?
DeleteI hope they get the permits and expand the airport
ReplyDeleteHighly unlikely
DeleteI hope they manage to get some flights. Would be nice to have an active airport now tat Maribor doesn't seem to have much of a future
ReplyDeleteMaribor has much more potential in my opinion.
DeleteFinally! They really need to renovate that commie terminal.
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DeleteIt hasn't changed since it was built.
DeleteThe government will never accept the spatial to extend the runway in the protected landscape.
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DeleteThese “protected” areas are almost everywhere now. Every single thing is “protected”. How will things develop if you don’t allow people to build houses, airports to expand, new roads and railways to be builds?
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The runway sadly can't be extended for more than 200 meters
ReplyDeleteAnd with 200m extension you get nothing
DeleteSorry but other than for private planes, this airport had no future.
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DeleteIf Portoroz develops nicely it could also attract customers from Trieste and Istra.
ReplyDeleteWill be good solution to joining touristic connections between Portoroz and Vrnjacka Banja and Kopaonik.
ReplyDeleteAirport Morava Kraljevo is right conection to join ventures.
Future development of both airports and raising oportuniti
of business in gambling industries wil justify all three great
tourist centres.
So when will the works begin? Couldn't find this info. Because if they want it to be open for next season, I think they should start already.
ReplyDeleteNo, they wont do anything. Its just a pressure on the GOV to give them money.
DeleteIs there a reason to have 2 Czech connections? Didn't know that there was demand. Why not Poland?
ReplyDeleteWell ex Yu, displaced trashold for runway 33 has nothing to do with bigger aircraft, and even 3km long runway would not help, as there is a hill posing as obstacle! And it certanly isn’t half way down the runway. And yes. Adria did operate Dash 7, connecting Portotož and Tivat and JAT Belgrade with ATR42. As I said many times, there is no chance owners will ever get permit for runway extension and even if they do, there is room only for 200 - 300 m max, as there is salt extraction facility (sea!) in extension of RWY 15 and private land and hill in extension of RWY 33
ReplyDeleteThanks for Info
DeleteAny extension would help, even if it is 100 or 200 m.
DeleteIt’s not only lsying some more asphalt you know, surface needs to be hardend for aircraft of cat C or even more. But look, it was long enough for ATR42, I flew may times with them in the cockpit. It was quite spectacular, as BEG POW flight was already in darkness during winter
DeleteATR72 was also landing there.
DeleteSorry @notLufthansa but you are not correct. A displaced threshold is a threshold located at a point on the runway other than the designated beginning of the runway. Displacement of a threshold reduces the length of runway available for landings. Instead of landing from the beginning of the runway, it can only land at half point. So yes, it does impact on the type of aircraft that can land.
DeleteTrue, but do please look at runway 33 in Portorož! It has displaced trashold because the hill in the approach plane. It has nithing to do with length of the runway
DeleteI find it interesting that the signage says Aerodrom Portoroz instwad of Letalisce.
ReplyDeleteInteresting observation !☺Josko Joras should be informed immediately ! ☺
DeleteRenders look nice but potentially impractical. Say a plane departs with 60 pax. Where are 50 of them supposed to be when all the shiny lounging areas are filled?
ReplyDeleteThey are planning 22 seats in the check-in area, 24 seats at the bar and 67 seats in the waiting room at the gate. Plus, there's also a decently sized restaurant. I'd say that's more than enough for the expected traffic.
DeleteJust doing some maths: 24 Gin Tonics for 8 Euros each multiplied by 5 flights per week makes appr. 860 Euro per week. Multiplied by 4.5 weeks per month makes about 4.500 Euros per month. Deduct the salary and the use of goods and the rent and and and... - Would you start the business?
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