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The Slovenian government has issued a public call for airlines to apply for financial assistance for the introduction of new routes from the country to select destinations, which include Amsterdam, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Helsinki, Madrid, Prague, Vienna and Skopje. If any additional funds are left over, the government will launch a second tender over the summer to subsidise a second set of routes, including Barcelona, Lisbon, Oslo, Paris Orly, Pristina, Rome Fiumicino and Stockholm Arlanda. A total of 16.8 million euros have been set aside in subsidies over a three-year period. The state will cover 50% of the value of airport charges related to an individual route. The tender was launched yesterday with the application deadline set for May 4. The opening of the received applications will not be public and will be carried out by the Aid Granting Commission within fifteen days of the expiry of the deadline for the submission of bids.
The winning bid(s) will be determined by the Commission based on the number of additional passengers the route will generate, as well as the flight schedule, whereby an airline will be awarded additional points if its flights depart from Slovenia in the morning and if its weekly services are not all scheduled to depart at the same time. Bids will also receive further points if the airline in question offers connections from the origin/destination airport outside of Slovenia. The commission will also grade bids higher if lower air fares are proposed on the route, as well as the carrier's record on environmental sustainability.
So basically Athens and Helsinki were put there to be launched out of either Portoroz or Maribor?
ReplyDeleteDoubt it. They probably drafted the list before they knew Aegean and Finnair would start flights and could not have been bothered to update it afterwards even though they had more than a month.
DeleteSo they already drafted list before September 2022?
DeleteAlso ATH and HEL are eligible, but from October (ATH) and November (HEL). Those two routes are not in operation today and available for bookings only until September/October.
DeleteIf I understand correctly Aegean and Finnair could still apply to schedule a year round service to Ljubljana or this isn’t the case?
DeleteYes, they can. I hope they will.
DeleteMuch ado about nothing
ReplyDeleteWhy Orly when it is already operated by Transavia? Iberian destinations sound very good. Hopefully all goes well and LJU finally recovers and gets connected to Europe.
ReplyDeletePlanes from VCE, TSF, VIE to Iberian destinations are always packed with Slovenians. Should expend more here i think
DeleteORY is not operated at the moment. The first flight is planned for 21.4. until end of October. The route is eligible for subsidies from the next winter timetable if application is filed before 21.4. :-)
DeleteIs Adria allowed to apply?
ReplyDeleteIf they have AOC, then yes :-)
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