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Greece’s national carrier Aegean Airlines commenced flights between Athens and Ljubljana this week, marking its return to the Slovenian market following a seven-year hiatus. The carrier will maintain seasonal two weekly flights between the two capital cities with its Airbus A320 fleet. “We are pleased that Aegean Airlines has recognised the potential of the Slovenian market. Ljubljana is now also linked to Greece with scheduled flights. The establishment of this route is appealing to passengers who want to visit Athens, as well as those who want to reach the Greek islands or continue their journey to the Middle East and Asia via their hub”, the General Manager of airport operator Fraport Slovenia, Babett Stapel, said. Athens has been one of Ljubljana’s busiest unserved routes for several years. During the pre-pandemic 2019, Air Serbia handled the bulk of traffic between the two cities, carrying a total of 47% of all passengers. It was followed by Turkish Airlines with a 14% share. Back in 2016, Aegean Airlines handled 5.646 travellers on its Ljubljana flights over the four months of operations. The airline faces no direct competition on the route this time around, similar to back then. Slovenia’s former national airline Adria Airways served the Greek capital seasonally until the end of the 2012 summer season.
The loads in both directions was 100+ and judging by the prices, flights will be near full
ReplyDeleteIf there was 100+pax on ATH-LJu sector, that is really great news and it meens there is inbound traffic from A3 network as well. There is still room for improvement as the arrival time in ATH is very late, missing most of the island connections.
DeleteWhen is the flight arriving in Athens?
Delete21:45
DeleteIt is indeed a bit late, but people usually stay in Athens for a few days before they head to one of the islands
DeleteWas it 100% load or 100 passengers?
Delete101 from athens, 125 to athens
DeleteWoW. Impresive load for season start. Aiprlane has 174 seats. Thx for info.
DeleteNot really impressive loads, considering the flights are known and sold since months. A320 seasonal flights need average load factors of apx. 93-95% to have the flights secured for the future or even expand it, especially since there are mainly leisure pax tickets with limited yields
DeleteI think for the first flight it is fine
DeleteThe late night arrival in Athens facilitates connections to North Africa and the Middle East, so these are probably the markets Aegean is targeting.
DeleteBravo Fraport!
ReplyDeleteHahahahahahahaha
DeleteAegean flight attendants look good!
ReplyDeleteThe super tall first officer is also pretty good!
DeleteBome dobre mlade Grkinje :)
DeleteThey should return to Sarajevo as well
ReplyDeleteThe will next year
DeleteHope they go year-round!!
ReplyDeleteGreeks are too ambitious but I want to tell you that the competition in the region is becoming very fierce. Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Cyprus and let us not forget about Tunis and Egypt that are also competing a lot to get more visits. Lastly, TIA will most likely surprass many airports in the region in 2024 as they have a massive plan with many new FR and W6 routes. It will most likely surpass SKG, BEG and SOF and LJU will need to do something about it.
ReplyDeleteBravo TIA
DeleteHow on Earth will TIA surpass Belgrade in 2024... Point to point traffic is much lower than SKG, BEG and SOF and connecting opportunities are nothing compared to those available from Istanbul, Athens, Belgrade, even Zagreb. Aegean and Air Serbia have every right to be ambitious, the former has long had a strong hub in Athens, the latter is dominant in Belgrade. If Air Albania ever reaches the size of these two, it may indeed surpass them. Until then...
ReplyDeleteTIA handles almost as many pax as BEG which has significant transfer traffic. So I don't know about p2p traffic being much lower
DeleteThey will soon stop flying to LJU, because the route will not bring profit. Slovenians love Greek islands, but not going on vacation via Athens…
ReplyDeleteWell they extented flights from September to October so I don't think booking are going that bad.
DeleteFlights to Athens are too late.Missing all the connections to islands.Direct flights,or morning flights to Athens would be much better.And of course a bit less expensive.
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