Aegean Airlines will commence a new seasonal service from Skopje this summer, the third to be maintained by the Greek carrier from the Macedonian capital. The airline will launch two weekly scheduled flights between Skopje and Corfu from June 1. The outbound service will run on Tuesdays and Saturdays, while the inbound flight is scheduled for Wednesdays and Sundays with the ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft, operated by Aegean’s regional brand Olympic Air. Tickets are now available for purchase through the carrier’s website. Flights on the new route will be maintained until September 28. Corfu will complement Aegean’s existing daily flights from Athens to Skopje, as well as its three weekly rotations from the Macedonian capital to Sarajevo.
Skopje has been firmly on Aegean’s radar over the past year. Apart from introducing flights between Skopje and Sarajevo, the Greek carrier has more than doubled its frequencies between Athens and Skopje from its initial three weekly service. Last year, Aegean Airlines applied for the Macedonian government's subsidy program for the introduction of new routes from Skopje but pulled out after the public call was declared void. It did not apply for the subsequent repeat of the tender.
Aegean Airlines’ Chief Commercial Officer, Roland Jaggi, recently said, “We continue to look for new connectivity in the Balkan region. With our high-quality services, we wish to promote interstate mobility, promote tourism, and strengthen trade relationships. We will continue developing our network and offer new connectivity opportunities in the region. This development offers opportunities for travellers to explore and experience diverse destinations with the convenience and reliability at the high standards Aegean is known for”.
Further details for the new Skopje - Corfu service can be found here.
Wow that was unexpected. Nice!
ReplyDeleteIs this the second destination( night flight) they talked about besides Sarajevo?
ReplyDeleteYes. They didn't talk about it but most people guessed they would start something else.
Delete@9.02 no it isnt :) This is an unexpected route. Corfu has nothing to do with Karpos ;)
Deletethat one was planned from winter
DeleteThe return times are pretty nice 😀
ReplyDeleteLand after a 7-day break and go to work.😁😄
DeleteNot really you arrive on Sunday at 00.30. So you have the whole of Sunday to prepare for work on Monday :)
DeleteThey should add Ljubljana
ReplyDeleteWizz?
DeleteWell done. They still have two days of the week where they could introduce another new routes :D
ReplyDeleteHER, RHO and maybe SKG!
DeleteWould be nice. Although I think SKG might be a bit too close.
Deletekeeps winning ;)
DeleteSKG not possible , but Rhodos,Crete or Zakynthos yes.
DeleteWow congrats Skopje! Hope to see something like that from LJU soon.
ReplyDeleteWell done SKP.
ReplyDeleteFares are good at the momen!
ReplyDelete* moment
Delete260 euros round-trip flight in July.
Deletewait a bit this route hasnt even been officially announced :)
DeleteThose fares are extraordinarily expensive, especially for North Macedonia
DeleteI think this route will be used by diaspora specially the ones from Australia Canada & US. They usually stay in Maco for a longer time and travel around Europe. The London/-Skopje route is usually filled with Maco diaspora kiddos during summer
DeleteThey stay all summer in MKD and travel around :)) you are right.
DeleteOnly pity is that it is on a turboprop
ReplyDeleteIt's a short distance, no need for a 180 seat A320.
DeleteJust an info for olympic air fleet , they have 10 atr 72-600 but all used. The 11th though that they are getting is the first brand new , SX-OBS .
ReplyDeletebtw Aegean have received rights and slots for one more route from SKP this summer (and its also known which one) but lets see :)
ReplyDeleteWHICH ONEE?
DeleteIs it to a destination that keeps winning?
DeleteIts definitely Heraklion!!!!
DeleteThat may be bit too far ;)
Deleteso thats 12 weekly flights by A3 in high season, excellent
ReplyDeletejust base one ATR there
ReplyDeleteComing soon…
DeleteGood news for Skopje. The more flights after the Wizz cuts, the better.
ReplyDeleteNice one!
ReplyDeleteI hope they introduce Bucharest, Tivat, Heraklion, or Rhodos as potential next seasonal route.
I think its the best if Aegean opens a base in Skopje and launch routes to Europe, but that is far from possible.
ReplyDeletethats a nice thought but that would eat some of Aegean's transfer pax on their daily ATH route and they would need to employ larger aircrafts.
DeleteI stil think they could open a base and connect SKP with all the capitals in the region without direct flights plus some seasonal flights like this one. just an idea
I am not sure how many of us use Aegean to connect in Europe. Idk why i think the planes to ATH are half empty. If they lower the prices then the p2p traffic will increase and people will start visit Athens via plane not with bus or car.
DeleteBusiness people are the one that most use SKP-ATH route , there are alot Greeks who own business in Macedonia. And yes there is also mix of people who go on holiday , because now Greeks prices for shoping,groceries are cheaper then our prices in MKD....
Delete11:46 they can’t start a European network from SKP beacause that will harm their pretty good SKG network ( they’re launching SKG-AMS from October! ). What I can see from SKP is a Balkans network and some Greek destinations plus Larnaca. Which of course is amazing!
Deletei see potential in DBV as summer seasonal and the distance is similar like SJJ or CFU
ReplyDeleteThis was expected , all our Macedonians visits Corfu and Zakynthos during the summer and of course with bus , this results are from tourist agencies , saying that this two places are the favourites to our people , so I guess next one possibly to be Zakynthos. Btw great job SKP is doing great with the new routes!
ReplyDeleteAegean is an amazing airline congratulations to them for having SKP on their radar and not only ATH and SKG.
ReplyDeleteProbably this will be a good option for Sarajevo passengers to transfer from SKP to Corfu .... Aegean is doing smart moves , what I really want to see from them is some good main hub from SKP to Europe , like Amsterdam,CGD,Munich ...and of course Greek islands are welcomed!
ReplyDeleteCan't work for SJJ passengers. It is on different days. But nonstop ATH-SJJ-ATH begins on that day too so they can transfer through ATH.
DeleteHow can they transfer when they are flying on different days
DeleteOkay didnt know about this , just say it would be good for them too.
DeleteI noticed Carpat airlines in SKP few days before , and today they also had a flight from OHR to Otopeni Bucharest , does someone knows what is this ?
ReplyDeleteSport or tourist charter?
DeleteI dont know it was A320 plane on both airports , thats why I ask , I assume will be regular flights , probably some sport charter I guess..
DeleteSport charter? For who?
DeleteWell then if its not sport charther then what that airline doing in SKP and OHR ?
DeleteIts not OHR but OHD and its A319 not A320. Charter flights are not organised just for sports. There have been a few with Corendon Airlines and EnterAir from SKP to FRA last week. The Carpatair A319 flew from OTP to SKP and then to Trieste, after few days it returned back from Trieste to OHD and then back to OTP, it could be anything, its nothing special and nothing new, maybe people going for work or smth.
Deletewet lease for LH?
DeleteLH does not operate from SKP to Trieste….
Deletewow thougt they were
DeleteTGD or OTP is the question
ReplyDeleteI would love to visit Bucharest but the prices of Aegean are a little bit to expensive.
DeleteThe flights to Sarajevo are very affordable so who knows
DeleteTivat would be way better then TGD ...
Delete@Anonymous 22:44. +1000
DeleteOTP coming next… Aegean is absolutely amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteIs this for sure or just your suggestion ?
DeleteMeanwhile LOT is increasing Skopje flights on 9 times per week this summer! They will operate twice a day on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
ReplyDeleteyeah I saw it, think its fantastic
DeleteIts very interesting that the two flights are just two hours apart. One plane will fly from WAW to SKP and the other back to WAW at the same time.
DeleteStill the Embraer for both flights ?
Deleteyes
DeleteE190 and E170 are the usual.
DeleteThats great , so I guess almost all airlines in SKP increasing its routes for the summer , thats shows they expect busy summer.
DeleteActually only few of them are increasing frequencies. Turkish, Edelweiss, Chair, Air Serbia, Croatia Airlines, Norwegian, Austrian and Lufthansa will operate the same number of flights per week as last summer. easyJet with its Geneva service is reduced from four to twice per week, Pegasus will also offer the same number of flights from SAW and ADB as well as five times per week from AYT which is new route this summer plus additional charter flight from AYT on Sundays. So only LOT and Aegean are increasing the flights. A Jet is the same as last year with 7 weekly to AYT and twice a week to Bodrum, Air Cairo once a week to Hurghada, AMC Airlines twice a week to Hurghada and BH Airlines once a week to Hurghada. BH will also operate once per week to Djerba and Enfidha together with Nouvleair to Monastir twice per week. Freebird will also operate six times per week to Antalya, Sunexpress seven times a week to Antalya and three times to Izmir. Overall there will be 40 departures on certain days of the week which wasnt the case last summer when there were a max of 38 departures.
DeleteCapacity is down on summer 2023. All the increases can't cover the Wizz Air cuts
DeleteIts down yes but very minimum. Wizz had five planes at SKP last summer, the only difference is that some of them were A321s. That does not mean that this summer SKP wont achive new record numbers as the Wizz flights will be more full now then ever as they are cuted, plus five times a week with Pegasus from AYT is here to make the difference even smaller.
DeleteThe admin here says that SKP for this year is only down with 3k pax difference then last year , which is not a big deal , and that SKP has around 3.4m planned for this year.
Delete@15.00 that is seats not pax
DeleteAnd somehow Aegean went from having 2 weekly ATH-SKP service till last year to daily ATH, 3w SJJ and seasonal 2w CFU while another destination is coming. That’s what we call impressive!
ReplyDeleteAegean sees potential in SKP and if there was no dispute for the name all this years, I think they were waiting for solving that problem , to boost their operations ..
DeleteAs they should! Mark my words when P&W problems will be solved I can see Aegean having a hub in SKP while their hub in LCA will return too. I can see a network from Skopje to Larnaca, Ljubljana, Bucharest, Podgorica and seasonal to Heraklion and Rhodes. Their only problem right now is their A320neos groundings due to P&W engines.
DeleteGluposti
DeleteAs I count SKP with this route will have 53 routes , and probably plus couple more this year , will easily reach close to 60 routes which for country as MKD is absolutely great.What miss in this moment is just better connectivity to thr main European hubs!
ReplyDeleteWe would have had 65 if we still had Doha, Dubai, Larnaca, Barcelona, Turin, Hannover, Luxembourg, Vaxjo, Billund, Turku, St.Petersburg and Moscow.
DeleteYes and probably we will never see that routes again ..
DeleteGood job. Off topic, SKP has desperate connection to the airport from the city. Only one bus, which often misses it's rudimentary timetable and doesn't cover more than half of the city. Not to mention that it runs every 2-3 hours apart!!! Cmon! And that's barely for half the day! Where's the damned train connection to the airport that's been on the radar since always?! Only few kilometers kf track are needed, the line already passed nearby the airport!
ReplyDeleteWhile I agree that more must be done, the situation is not that bad. The official Taxis will charge 25€ for most of Skopje and 30€ for more distant parts of Skopje. Divide that by 3 pax and it is still much cheaper than most of the shuttle busses to European airports.
DeleteFurthermore Cameo is around 15€ to the airport which for a taxi service is quite cheap.
its 17€ I think. The thing is most foreign visitors dont bother taking the bus when they discover taxi costs only 25 (and even less when youre sharing as you said). The guy @3.05 should write to TAV instead of posting the same thing over and over here.
DeleteP.S buses are running according arrivals. While SKP has reached 2.8m, arrivals are not evenly distributed througout the whole day, thats why the gaps. You have periods with zero arrivals
They need to put one public bus from UJP to cover the airport , not that private shuttle bus. But yes connectivity with the train is more then needed.
DeleteHeraklion is the next destination right?
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