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TRIP REPORT: easyJet, Skopje - Geneva

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TRIP REPORT


Written by Atanas Alkov

Fully aware that low cost carriers do not provide an experience especially interesting to write about, I am doing this report because so far easyJet was never covered in any trip report published on EX-YU Aviation News.

Geneva is not a typical weekend destination from Skopje, but ever since easyJet introduced their flights to SKP, it was on my visit list. Some 20 days prior to my 9th of June flight, I bought 2 return tickets with only small cabin bags for a total of 140 EUR.

Prior to my flight, I did my online check-in and downloaded my boarding passes, but for some reason at Skopje Airport, passengers must go to the check-in counter where they are issued new, airport-style boarding passes. Skopje Airport was very crowded for the evening bank of departures with the passport control being the bottleneck. As is usually the case for easyJet in SKP, gate 201 was assigned for our flight.



Skopje Airport has a new refurbished duty free shop and an overall nice atmosphere. Boarding went very smoothly, although the flight was fully booked. To avoid congestion on the apron, our plane was pushed on taxiway A, to give space for push-back from gate 202 to the heavily delayed Wizz Air flight to Copenhagen. Please note that some of the photos were taken by my dear friends and colleagues Marija and Bobi from Skopje TWR.



We departed according to schedule and took a western route via Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, across the Adriatic Sea, Italy and France for a runway 22 approach into Geneva Airport.




The flight was operated with a 5-year-old Airbus A320 registered HB-JXM. The cabin features 186 non-reclining seats with minimal padding and seat pitch similar to other low cost airlines. This flight has an easyJet Switzerland number and is operated by the Swiss franchisee of the easyJet airline group.

Cabin crew members were very polite, and they provided a very professional service. To cut down the flight time, I purchased my favourite gin mixed with Orangina as advertised in the buy-on-board brochure, but I didn’t like the combo. My wife played it safe with a Bloody Mary and a mezze box.




The entire cruise of the flight was in twilight, and we landed in rainy Geneva 10 minutes ahead of schedule. I wanted to take a photo of the empty cabin, so I waited in order to be the last one off the plane. On my way out, I saw the flight deck door open, and I could not resist to ask if I can enter to take a photo and ask a few questions to the very kind pilots. When asked what is their opinion on the air traffic control service in Skopje provided by my company M-NAV, they said it is top level and on their flight from Geneva to Skopje that day, approach controller was very accommodating with their requests for avoiding adverse weather.




At Geneva Airport we were parked at the satellite terminal and bussed to the main building. Geneva Airport also known as Cointrin Airport has a night-time curfew and our flight was one of the last of the day. Again, bottleneck was created at passport control, but only for non-EU and non-Swiss passport holders. So, we were queuing along many UK nationals who are by this paying the price for leaving EU.



To summarise my experience onboard easyJet, I have to say it was a very pleasant flight and there wasn’t a single bad thing to write about, so I hope they will start other destinations from Skopje.


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June 18, 2023
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  1. Anonymous09:15

    Fala mnogu za ovoj trip-report! I hope too that they will open a new destination from SKP

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  2. Anonymous09:26

    These flights are modern busses for the gastos to go work in Western europe and come home for weekends.

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    1. Anonymous10:05

      and whats wrong about it?

      stil more useful and needed then random needless stag do/drunken trips to Benidorm and Magaluf

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  3. Anonymous09:42

    I love the fotos- you seem to have also paid attention to the artistic touch as well.

    Had a flight from Geneva Airport approx. 2 weeks ago: looks dated. A makeover wouldn't harm them. Just read yesterday they have the second density of millionaires in Switzerland, and yet the airport looks almost like it servers favelas (Disclaimer: of course overexaggerated, and nothing wrong with favels, just wanted to point out there is obviously money around and demand for a make over).

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  4. Anonymous09:52

    I hope we’ll see SKP-CDG and SKP-AMS with Easyjet soon

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  5. Anonymous10:06

    good that the flights are full

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  6. Anonymous10:12

    I’m very surprised about the printed boarding pass situation. I typically fly in/out from OHD or TIA, but the last two times I flew out of SKP I just breezed thru the self-scan machines with my digital boarding pass

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    1. Anonymous10:19

      Wizz for example doesnt issue boarding passes (at least for flights to Germany) so you cannot breeze thru to security ....for non-holders of EU documents. Flew form OHD this week with Wizz

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    2. Anonymous10:20

      doesnt issue boarding passes online i mean*

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    3. Anonymous10:24

      I was talking about SKP. Not the little sad story that OHD airport is

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    4. Anonymous10:53

      its the same for SKP dude

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    5. Anonymous13:17

      No , it’s not dude. Unless they change processes weekly based on their current mood

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    6. Anonymous13:30

      its been like that for german flights since ever

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  7. Anonymous10:23

    easyJet is the best out of the Low cost Airlines, but I always find OU much cheaper on the London Gatwick-Split route.

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    1. Anonymous12:58

      As far as I know OU doesen't fly from SPU to LGW

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    2. Anonymous12:58

      *doesn't

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    3. Anonymous13:23

      They do. Flight OU494 on Flightradar24.

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    4. Anonymous13:25

      Yes they do 2x per week
      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2023/03/summer-2023-croatia-airlines.html

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    5. Anonymous13:29

      Wrong, they have been flying twice a week for years.

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  8. Anonymous12:54

    Looks like SKP airport is renovating the building next to the control tower ? I see some new glass and work fence ...

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  9. Anonymous12:57

    On the second photo, with the departure board, the flight to Belgrade is operated by Air Serbia, and codeshared with ITA airways, or is it fully operated by ITA?

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      codeshared by ITA

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    2. Anonymous13:35

      bit of delay there :D

      the strange thing is you cannot buy tickets for SKP-FCO on ITA's site

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    3. Anonymous13:43

      Classic JU

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  10. Anonymous13:42

    I want submit a trip report but I don’t know how to make one

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    1. Anonymous15:45

      You must send your trip report to Exyu's email

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  11. Anonymous17:03

    Skopje is lucky they got the Easyjet - their Balkan presence is dismal .

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    1. Anonymous23:12

      I thought of the same thing! The flight is good, but almost useless in terms of taking a train to another city...

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  12. Chicho Mile14:07

    Bravo Nacko. Well done. Keep up the good work.

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  13. Anonymous21:24

    Great airline - doing great work in PRN

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