NEWS FLASH
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport handled 149.631 passengers this July, representing an increase of 20% on last year, however, the figure is still down 27.8% on the pre-pandemic 2019. It represents the airport’s best monthly result since the collapse of former national carrier Adria Airways in late September of 2019. In July, Lufthansa commanded the largest share of total available scheduled capacity at the airport, amounting to 14.8%. It was followed by Turkish Airlines (13.4%), Swiss (7.6%), Air Serbia (6.7%) and Air France (6.6%). During the January - July period, Ljubljana Airport welcomed 685.585 travellers through its doors, up 34.9% on last year, but still down 35.7% on 2019.
Only 27% down!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely atrocious
you hang on every article with negative vibes. Just relax
DeleteHe's right to be sarcastic. Unfortunately every article about LJU is with negative vibes since collapse of JP.
DeleteCome on, chill out guys. It has been stressed a number of times how also transit passengers were counted in Adria times. It should be compared only with departure and arrivals numbers to get a better picture.
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DeleteTrue dat!
Indeed. And those transfer passenger times are long over.
DeleteNo you don't compare it only to P2P, that's not how it works. Transfer passengers are important for any airport and much more valuable, since they are actually more likely to spend money at the airport, which for most normal airports brings in more money than actual airlines.
Delete"Transfer passengers are important for any airport"
DeletePlenty of LCC-only airports do just fine. Bergamo in Italy had 13m pax last year, which is more then ZAG+BEG+SKP combined.
"since they are actually more likely to spend money at the airport"
How much money can passengers spend at the airport with 45min connection times, which is what JP had (or aimed for, anyway) in 2019?
Great to see them improving but still a way to go! Hopefully, we will get this new national carrier or someone to add a few more destinations or rotations next year. Also even tho AirBaltic was the only one that applied to the tender they are still a great addition. Would maybe want the likes of Iberia, SAS and Austrian to connect us a bit more, but that will be the job of a new carrier.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure if – under present circumstances after floods – one can hope for a new national airline to be stablished with participation of public funding in Slovenia in the near future. The damage is huge, we are talking billions, and all available public resources will be directed towards recovery after those floods. I can not imagine a politician in a country who would be able to advocate air connectivity versus new roads and bridges, not to mention promised direct support to the people by the prime minister.
DeleteWhy do we need so many bridges in first place? People should drive to first available one and thats it, even if it is in other country. This sarcastic comment is meant for those who thinks that we should drive to ZAG or VCE to get on flight…
DeleteDid Swiss extend the capacity because now there are nearly more A320s and A321s flying to LJU instead of E190s?
ReplyDeleteLJU-ZRH now has more capacity than ZAG-ZRH. And by a lot.
DeleteWe don't need bigger planes but more planes from LX. 3 flights per day to ZRH should be mandatory, same as we had before.
DeleteYou must not have realized that we are no longer a transfer airport. We only travel from the airport, we do not rely on Albanians.
DeleteLX is adding 2 more weekly rotations from Sep. and on the same day when adding second daily flight upgrading capacity on one of them to A320/321.
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I like that LX is adding frequency and capacity. I prefer them over LH. SN is just sleeping, flying times are not good for p2p nor for transfer.
DeleteWell it's not hard to outperform ZAG-ZRH when useless OU operates this route double daily with the small Q400.
DeleteI am surprised it's so weak when they are flying to a major hub (ZRH, not ZAG so there is no confusion) and can rely on feed on both ends.
It looks that within LH group LH is concentrating on ZAG when LX is becoming more and more LX.
DeleteI think Lufthansa Group is growing overall in LJU, Lufthansa is also increasing capacity this winter. LJU seems to be a phenomenal performer for them.
DeleteWell done to Ljubljana, despite all those who speak against Slovenian aviation.
ReplyDeleteI'll say it again - we got to p2p, no matter how much some argue!
You have said that in 90% of today's comments on this article. Calm down.
DeleteWhat was the percentage of transit pax thru Ljubljana in 2019?
ReplyDeleteI guess that are gone forever, you can't compare 2023 and 2019, Ljubljana can not be a Balkan mini transit hub anymore. Different times, now reasonable direct flights are available from the rest of the Balkans . No reason to transit via Ljubljana. Do you agree?
Currently, these numbers are at pre-pandemic (p2p) levels. There are no transfers, that is, there are no Albanians and Macedonians, now mostly Slovenians travel. Count them around 200,000 (but I also count them as passengers and on flights to FRA, for example).
DeleteWe don't need to rely on transfers. Tirana and Pristina is developing very fast, it doesn't make sense anymore. It is better to work as we do now - as a p2p airport.
DeleteBased on actual data, Ljubljana had only 15% of transfer passengers and that was in 2018 when the number of transfers was significantly higher than in 2019.
DeleteI would add that to improve the number of arrivals to Ljubljana is not feasible because they are more choices now from airports around.
DeleteThe only option to increase arrival Ljubljana would be to base a low cost hub there.
Talking of huge interest of the market for arrivals to Ljubljana is a bullshit, if you want to visit the region of Ljubljana you can easily do it with the current connections from Slovenia or nearby airports. The only exception are pax with extremely limited time on business. That are relatively few, a very small percentage .
I’m still not understanding how Slovenia doesn’t have airline,
ReplyDeleteHalf of the flights are Trade air’s
If 3 is half of 26 you need to go to school again.
DeleteBrother, we have many more than 10, but they all fly in other countries....
DeleteOf course there is no space for "new Adria" and Trade Air flying profitably together. Trade Air narrowed the gap, some improvements can be done but no need for a new airline at all.
DeleteWhat are you talking about. Only charter flights are Trade air. And there are also other charter providers.
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DeleteOpen Flightradar. You will find that they are over 15.
So which 15 flights out of 26 today are Trade Air's !?!?
Delete15 destinations
DeleteDestinations =/= flights
DeleteThe person meant that Trade Air has many destinations, not daily flights.
DeleteNo need for Amelia, Trade Air can do it ... both are ACMI.
DeleteWell, Trade air first must show an interest to establish and invest in a new airline, Amelia did.
DeleteTrade Air will base one their planes to Tuzla.
DeleteDo we have any results of each route for H1?
ReplyDeleteOf course, we can look at the traffic at Ljubljana airport from different perspectives. One could be number of passengers but hey, at the end of the day, if I am renting my house as a holiday house, I am not so much focused on number of people sleeping in but the income they pay for it. The same goes for the airport, let’s talk about yearly financial results, let’s talk about the income per passenger on one side, as well as costs per passengers on the other side. And – at least from public data - Fraport Slovenia is not doing bad in my eyes.
DeleteAnd I can also judge the situation from my own perspective and need of myself and my company. Where I have to admit that a flight more daily to major hubs would not be bad, since – even in time of Adria – most of my and my employee flights have been outside the scope of Adria direct flights. But I wonder if ambition to provide three instead of two or one flight a day to Zurich, Munich, Frankfurt or Paris is enough to opt for a national carrier. I can hardly imagine that my needs or needs of my company to have a direct flight – for example - to Montpelier, can be fulfilled with new national carrier. Frankly speaking, existing connectivity, especially in winter timetable, is not perfect but I can live with.