The duo’s former venture, Golden Air, commenced operations from Maribor in October 2011. The carrier was initially to operate flights to London Stansted via Vienna with a Boeing 737-300 aircraft, with plans to expand in 2012 by introducing services to Birmingham, Bergamo and even Amritsar in northern India. Although the carrier did launch as scheduled, it operated during its first week with a Cessna plane before discontinuing flights. In 2006, Harjinder Singh Sidhu bought Air Slovakia, which was a small privately owned airline based in the capital, Bratislava, with plans to transform the carrier into a "Punjabi experience". The airline launched flights from the UK to Amritsar, Goa and New Delhi but eventually went bankrupt in 2010.
Maribor Airport has seen a fair share of interest from start-up ventures over the years. In 2017, SHS Aviation, which won a concession to operate Maribor Airport, established a carrier after purchasing the Belgian VLM Airlines brand and launched services from Maribor to Munich and Antwerp. It operated for several months before going into liquidation. SHS Aviation eventually terminated its fifteen-year airport concession on the grounds the state had failed to adopt a spatial plan, which would enable it to expand. The spatial plan has not been adopted to this day. Another Slovenian-registered carrier, Express Airways, had also planned to open a base in Maribor. Although the company maintained operations between Germany and the Croatian coast with a single ATR72, its commercial flight plans from Slovenia never materialised and its operating license was revoked in 2016. Maribor Airport last had commercial flights in 2015, operated by Adria Airways to London Southend. Today, it's primarily used by airlines for training purposes. Last year it handled a total of 4.055 passengers.
Why not, this makes sense.
ReplyDeleteThey have my full support.
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DeleteCan't wait for Maribor - India flights :D
ReplyDeletewith Cessna...
DeleteMaribor-Amritsar coming soon....
DeleteYes but not before Maribor- Hong Kong
DeleteAlpha Centauri double daily
DeleteMaribor Airport seems to be cursed.
ReplyDeleteFor some godforsaken reason, everyone wants to transform it into a hub for flights from Asia
DeleteIt's a scam magnet
LOL
ReplyDeleteJokes aside, Maribor Airport really needs to do something
ReplyDeleteMRO facility for TUI
DeleteThere is no point in keeping airports like Maribor, Osijek, Brac... even open. They are loss making and will never be able to post a profit. All their markets can and must be served by larger airports close to them.
ReplyDeleteNonsense. Brač is a privately owned airport and it is profitable.
DeleteRegional airports are important for contributing to regional development and decentralisation. That's certainly a reason for them to exist
DeleteIf, anything, ensuring transport to and from such areas should be a priority rather than just funnelling everything into the capital
And what about Kraljevo?
DeleteWhat about Kraljevo? It’s had a record year in 2023 in terms of passenger growth and plans are in place for the extension of the runway to accommodate larger planes.
DeleteYeah, ok
ReplyDeleteI like that the Slovenian government gives everyone a chance to present their plans haha
ReplyDeleteObviously they offer the best coffee
DeleteHoly shit from where do they keep on coming
ReplyDeleteLove the name, KZ SS... Soooo catchy!
ReplyDeletelol
ReplyDeletePeople in Slovenian government are either part of the scam to also take a cit of tax payers money or the most gullible people on earth.
ReplyDeleteI think the Slovenians know exactly what is going here, but they’re desperate enough to hope that one day one of these scams might be legit.
DeleteKZ SS is a very problematic name. It reminds me of WWII, KZ : Konzentrations Lager and SS!
ReplyDeleteThe best Ex-Yu article:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2011/10/golden-air-takes-off-from-maribor.html
KZ - Kazakhstan?
ReplyDeleteAirline seems to be based in Kazakhstan, which makes it funny, considering its name is then SS
DeleteSlovenian aviation is completely joke
ReplyDeletebohpomagej
ReplyDeleteWell said
DeleteSo the guy who wants to turn MBX into a hub for Asia flights has never before owned a successful airline that didn't go bust after 6 months or even earlier. Yeah okay.
ReplyDeletethere are always these fantasist. there is a guy in England who works in a:department store..I think he may be connected with that Pragusa thing from DBV. crazy. Little boys who probably wanted to be pilots. Time wasters but hopefully nothing worse...
ReplyDeleteI think most if not all of our department stores have closed. Nice story, though.
DeleteThat Pragusa guy is fraudster.He had a lot of false projects like ATA.ONE, Paulana(factory for car and airline seats ), Bioplanet bike....and now Pragusa
DeleteI'm saying this for 100th time but skyalps seems to be the only one with the fleet suitable for Slovenia. And they are seemingly expanding everywhere so Slovenian government really should reach out to them
ReplyDeleteSo does AirBaltic, Cyprus airways, etc...
DeleteCY is a small airline they can't maintain flights to LCA what makes you believe that they're gonna thrive in LJU?
Delete"can't maintain flights to LCA " lol
DeleteKZ SS?? They will NEVER get allowed to fly to/over Germany or Austria with that name (both parts and especially the combination)... WTF nisu normalni
ReplyDeleteThe airline (if it ever happens) won't necessarily be called that way. It's like Air Montenegro whose actual legal name is ToMontenegro.
DeleteMaribor seems to be a magnet for this type of nonsense. I don't know which if any routes MBX could sustain, but it deserves far better than lurching from one embarrassing story to another.
ReplyDeleteMaribor could probably sustain, if anything, Istanbul, Munich, Zurich, Belgrade and London a few times weekly. Maybe a few seasonal leisure flights like Tivat, Split or Heraklion. Doubt anything more than that could work, though
DeleteMy guess is, they have already been in deep talks with Ms. Bratusek. They would accept talks from company Vivudlakjtuskruju d.o.o. if only they promise scheduled fligths from anywhere in Slovenia.
ReplyDeleteKZ SS?! Are you f **** kidding me? Do they realize what these letters stand for in history? Shame on them!
ReplyDeleteMaybe they do, however, Mein Kampf is a highly popular book in today's India (check it if You don't beleive it). Not everyone comes from Europe...
DeleteThey could not find a better name? Especially for entering German market, they will "highly appriciate" the name KZ SS, Oh my God... are they really so stupid and unsensitive???
ReplyDeleteWhat is KZ SS ( not for airline)?
ReplyDeleteKZ - Konzentrationslager (Nazi concentration camps)
DeleteSS - Schutzstaffel (Nazi military organization)
So yeah, pretty bad choice of acronyms lol
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DeleteI just want to hear a trip report from people who have traveled with Golden Air. I would buy it just for the fact that I will be flying the modern Cessna🤣🤣🤣🤣
ReplyDeleteMe too! And flying with a Cessna to London lol
DeleteAs businessman 😁
DeleteKeep dreaming 🤣.
ReplyDeleteWaw, I have to say that I consider EX-YU aviation news as serious portal but when a story like this is published I really don’t know what to think. To me, today “main news” is more in the corner of “believe it or not”. At the same time, thank you EX-YU aviation news for bringing such news, at least we know where we stand with commercial aviation in Slovenia right now.
ReplyDeletethey are only testing our vigilance :)
ReplyDeleteIndia here we go....I couldn't be more thrilled. Sure. 😂 If they´ll offer flights with Cessna to India the flight would take about a week or so. If the weather would allow it. 🤣😂
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