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Macedonia, Slovenia and Bosnia target new routes through subsidies

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Several airports in the former Yugoslavia are set to benefit from subsidies provided by state or local authorities to airlines that are willing to establish operations. There are currently three public calls taking place related to Macedonia, Slovenia, Sarajevo, and Mostar.

The Macedonian government has announced a public call for airlines to launch new routes to Skopje and Ohrid airports in exchange for subsidies. Although the Macedonian Minister for Transport previously indicated that the tender conditions would be adjusted to attract a wider range of carriers compared to previous calls, the requirements remain largely unchanged. Only airlines that handled at least five million passengers last year and achieved a profit of at least ten million euros are eligible to apply. Financial support will be granted based on factors such as the duration of operations, the frequency of weekly flights, the attractiveness of the destination airport, and the number of seats available for sale. The tender is open to all airlines and is not limited to European ones. The selected carriers will receive nine euros per arriving passenger in Skopje and twelve euros per arriving passenger in Ohrid over a three-year period. The deadline for bid submissions is set for October 7 at 10:00.

Slovenia has issued a fifth tender call for airlines to introduce new routes to the country. The Ministry for Infrastructure previously allocated a total of 16.8 million euros in funds for airlines between 2023, when the first public call was made, and 2026, when the last call is expected, although it can be extended if funds are left over. So far, just 1.1 million euros have been used up. The funds equate to covering 50% of the carrier’s fees on the new route. Only airlines registered and based in the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) are eligible for the subsidies. The ECAA is made up of states that are part of the European Union, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, Kosovo, and Montenegro. The Slovenian government is primarily targeting the introduction of flights from Vienna, Copenhagen, Madrid, Prague, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Oslo, Barcelona, and Lisbon, although all destinations within the ECAA are eligible. Interested carriers have until September 16, just before midnight, to submit their applications. Their opening will not be public and will be carried out by the Aid Granting Commission within fifteen days of the tender deadline.

The Tourism Association of the Canton of Sarajevo has issued a public call to airlines for the introduction of new routes to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital in return for subsidies. The funds will be distributed to an airline or carriers willing to open a base in the city, those launching flights to an unserved destination from Sarajevo, those commencing operations to one or more routes deemed to be of strategic importance, that are either unserved or maintained five times per week or less, as well as those operating long-haul flights from Sarajevo, i.e., services of over six hours. The airport is primarily targeting the introduction of thirty European destinations, some of which are already served. Airlines that apply for the subsidy scheme must operate the new route(s) at least twice per week, while a charter service can be maintained once per week. Aircraft with the capacity to seat over fifty passengers must be used and both seasonal and year-round operations are eligible for the funds. Interested carriers have until October 1 to apply. The exact value of the subsidies has not been publicly disclosed.

Finally, tender procedures for airlines interested in opening a base at Mostar Airport in 2025 in return for subsidies have been launched. Interested carriers have until September 17 at 16:00 to submit their bids. The exact tender conditions can only be obtained by interested carriers by contacting Mostar Airport directly.




September 10, 2024
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  1. Anonymous09:03

    Really hope Austrian uses this opportunity and finally starts flights to Ljubljana.

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    1. Anonymous09:06

      I think they'll have 3 ATR 72-600 next year, so fingers crossed

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    2. Anonymous09:06

      OS to VIE, AZ to FCO, VY to BCN would be ideal.

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    3. Anonymous11:09

      And U2 to Berlin

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    4. Anonymous11:39

      Easyjet is decreasing Germany flying by a lot!

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    5. Anonymous12:31

      What did they cut down on?

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    6. Anonymous04:37

      I think Skopje Airport and ohrid Airport in Macedonia need to lower the Airport taxes by 30%
      Because a lot of the people more than 200,000 This year they went to Albania and flied from from over there to europe

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  2. Anonymous09:04

    Didn't the minister from Macedonia say the exact opposite? That airlines won't have to have handled 5 million passengers and made 10 million profit? Lol

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      Wizz air probably had a word to him.

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    2. Anonymous11:15

      that minister, zvani lignja, has no clue what he is talking about. He also said that the main reason for SKP's decline this year was a certain rule of the previous tender and not Wizz engine issues. I mean wtf

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    3. Anonymous11:22

      Crazy haha

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    4. Anonymous11:23

      He only has to look at Skopje's passenger numbers during the first three months of the year to realize it is related to Wizz.

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    5. Anonymous11:30

      "Се тргнува условот да линиите се опслужуваат и по завршувањето на суввенциите и ова е главната причина зошто се намалуваше бројот на патниците од аеродромите“, кажа Николоски He really said it.

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    6. Anonymous12:21

      We all know the reason why the passnger numbers are decling in SKP this year. It is due to the engine problems with the neo aircrafts of Wizz, we are not stupid. Which routes werent profitable? Maybe Vaxjo. Turin and Billund were terminated before the subsidies even ended. Barcelona continued to operate after the subsidies edned, LCA was dicontinued due to the restrictions for us in Cyrpus because of covid and never returned after.

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  3. Anonymous09:05

    Sad

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  4. Anonymous09:07

    I bet there will be yet another fantastic outcome of subsidy tender for flights to Slovenia just like the previous four

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    1. Anonymous11:24

      Well at least Norwegian, Luxair and Iberia came. So they haven't been a complete bust.

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    2. Anonymous12:32

      Air Montenegro and airBaltic as well

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    3. Anonymous12:51

      Iberia za 1 (en) mesec. Velik uspeh!!!

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  5. Anonymous09:08

    It would make sense for Vueling to launch flights from Barcelona to SKP, LJU and SJJ.

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    1. Anonymous09:13

      Maybe one of those but I'm highly doubtful Vueling will suddenly open so many new routes in the region.

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    2. Anonymous09:24

      Vueling tried expanding in Eastern Europe a few years ago but it failed miserably and quickly abandoned it. I don't see them returning any time soon.

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    3. Anonymous09:56

      It would be far more likely that we'll see flights from FR.

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    4. Anonymous11:24

      ^ To Sarajevo maybe. To Skopje doubtful. To Ljubljana no chance.

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    5. Anonymous11:28

      lol. I would say the other way round

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    6. Anonymous12:33

      Ryanair isn't starting Ljubljana as long as Fraport or the Tourism Board don't fold and offer subsidies. That has been their strategy in secondary market for years

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    7. Anonymous10:37

      It's even more simple. FR is not coming to LJU as long as Fraport is there.

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  6. Anonymous09:08

    *ECAA also has Switzerland.

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  7. Anonymous09:09

    Would be nice to see an airline apply for Maribor flights like maybe Ryanair

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  8. Anonymous09:09

    I really hope that photo becomes reality and we see KLM start flights to LJU.

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      YES! That would be amazing

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    2. Anonymous11:27

      Tbf we already have Transavia and they allow transfers. Their flights are pretty full

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    3. Anonymous11:28

      Transavia flights to Amsterdam are sometimes operated by KLM.

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  9. Anonymous09:11

    Well if there isn't enough passenger demand to sustain regular flights you need to pay them.
    See how successful TIA is with this strategy. Next year it will have more passengers than all of Croatia's airports put together.

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    1. Anonymous09:12

      It's a short term fix which is unsustainable in the long run.

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    2. Anonymous09:19

      The logic behind it is that once regular flights are established demand will grow to a point where subsidies are not needed.
      Albania has the benefit of the coast and a large diaspora. So if subsidies end it won't return to 2-3 million pax a year like before.
      But it is highly unlikely they will abolish subsidies completely, they'll just reduce them so as the airport doesn't lose too much money.

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    3. Anonymous09:27

      Because most airlines do not have enough planes it’s not really the case. Often there are many routes which are profitable but not launched because of this reason. When in the past airlines had the space to launch less profitable routes , they now don’t have that space and you are not gonna use your 1 plane left for a small profit route they will really look for a cashflow.

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  10. Anonymous09:12

    I'm just wondering what is the Slovenian government's long term aviation strategy? Have endless tenders?

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      They don’t have a long term strategy

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    2. Anonymous09:22

      Do they really need to?
      Slovenia is the wealthiest country in the Balkans, does not have a large diaspora because of it, doesn't need tourism, it got rid of its perpetual loss making national carrier and it doesn't have to subsidize a loss making national airport.
      So what other countries need to do doesn't necessarily apply to them.

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    3. Anonymous09:25

      "doesn't need tourism,"

      Are you ok?

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    4. Anonymous09:28

      @9:22 Babett Stapel, is that you?

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    5. Anonymous09:35

      @9:12 no need for government strategy. We already have brilliant strategy from Fraport of a very successful "charter hub". The only problem is that I still have no idea what it is and nobody from the fanboys club have answered my questions about it.

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    6. Anonymous15:57

      @9:22 you do realise Lju never had loss, only during pandemic but everyone had loss during that period…

      Not to mention that adria did 140mio indirect incime for our contes and it only costed around 8mio per yer to subsidize

      Tko da nehi pametvt o stvareh k nimas pojma in s***** iz tega portala pa iz letalskih debat ker taki kt si ti nrdite vec skode k koristi…

      Hvala

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    7. Anonymous19:12

      @15:57 Pa si sam nared Adrio in jo furaj naprej, ker najbolje veš kako to gre. Lahko je s tujim kurcem po koprivah..

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    8. Anonymous12:54

      @19:12 a prikljucek za vodo, kanalizacijo in ceste u tri pm so tut moja skrb? Po tej logiki si nej ljudje sami to placajo… pa zgori mas naveden podatek kok je blo drzavi narjenga indirektnega dobicka z adrio, pa kolko je z resnici kostala, sam zou imamo in smo mel nesposobneze ki so to unicl…

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    9. Anonymous13:04

      Anonimno09:22
      Ali res potrebujejo?
      Slovenija je najbogatejša država na Balkanu, zaradi tega nima velike diaspore, ne potrebuje turizma, znebila se je večnega nacionalnega prevoznika, ki je večno izgubarski, in ni ji treba subvencionirati nacionalnega letališča z izgubo.
      Kar morajo storiti druge države, torej ne velja nujno zanje.

      Dokler bo v Sloveniji prevladovala takšna mentaliteta, je vsaka razprava o letalskih povezavah izguba časa. Za takšne Slovence (ki so tudi najbolj glasni) in, ki gredo 2 krat
      na leto z nizkocenovnikom na dopust, je vse rešeno. In tako bo še kar dolgo ostalo.

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  11. Anonymous09:23

    Unbelievable, just as I predicted after Adria's bankruptcy. If you want connectivity by air, you have to pay for it. Although, some people still have trouble understanding that. I guess these are the same people responsible for bringing the monkeys we currently have in charge of the government to power.

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    1. Anonymous09:37

      I do not see the Italians, Swiss, Austrians, Greeks etc. having to pay anyone in order to get connectivity. Slovenes deem that they do not need to pay FR, U2, W6 to fly.
      And leave your Putin loving politics away from the discussion.

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    2. Anonymous09:44

      09:23 do you even realize that if anyone would be in favor of nationalization of assets, creation of more public enterprises like a new national airline etc. would be the current government and not the previous neoliberal one?

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    3. Anonymous11:30

      BTW Ryanair also collects subsidies in Austria and Italy. They seldom fly without them, barring their largest bases, but it's not like those airports are doing well either

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  12. Anonymous09:25

    Are the airlines actually earning something from these subsidies, I mean I'm seeing the 9EUR per person subsidize from SKP, if you have 180 passengers that's something like 1620EUR, which I think is like the fuel cost for taxiing and takeoff and maybe 10 minutes of flying :). I might be wrong, but just thinking out loud, since this is a very small amount realistically

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      You are definitely wrong.

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    2. Anonymous11:22

      its more of a support to motivate the airline to start a new route. But you making a good point in the end the airline has to generate pax and you just have proven wrong all the nay sayers that are saying they fly to SKP only because of subsidies.

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    3. Anonymous12:26

      So in fact we are giving less money then Slovenia is, lets say we give 3000 euros for one round trip flight, around 360 pax, if that route operates three times per week it comes to 21-24k a month or 250k euros for one year of operations which is very much less then Slovenia for example.

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    4. Anonymous13:19

      Subsidies are more to push routes that has potential for example if an airline want 30.000 passengers for an x route against an x average price than airlines won’t be interested ij subidies if they think that route x will have 10000 passengers against an x price. However if they estimate that an potential route is gone have 25.000 pax against an x price than airlines might be interested in receiving subsidies because that route is already close to an healthy financial position

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    5. Tranquilis13:22

      09:25

      Finally someone around here hit the nail on the head. You won't find a lot of support for this though, people prefer sticking to their politically driven drivel and that's only sustainable by omitting facts and figures. You could also take a step further and do a comparative take at the new route incentive schemes across the region regardless of ownership structure .. but..

      What you're saying I've gone to great lengths to explain in great detail. There is no capacity or willingness for critical thought. Don't bother.

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    6. Anonymous15:35

      @12.26 only in one direction

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  13. Anonymous09:37

    With all due respect, it seems most ex-Yu (capital city) airports are subsidising routes to the most basic of European destinations. I really don’t get it. If you can’t sustain flights to Paris, Amsterdam or Brussels without subsidies then you have a bigger problem.

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    1. Anonymous09:37

      +1000

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    2. JSG09:46

      Anon 09:37 +1000

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    3. Anonymous09:50

      airlines are underestimating some of the exyu capitals

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    4. Anonymous09:54

      ^^^
      Airlines are only estimating profit margins.

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    5. Anonymous11:32

      Also some routes simply have higher profit margins. Why fly AMS-SJJ when you can put those planes on routes like Malaga or Barcelona and guarantee a full flight for 200€ a leg

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    6. Anonymous12:19

      But why are profit margins so low then?

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    7. Anonymous12:44

      ^^^
      Weak demand.
      Lack of western Europeans willing to visit our countries in significant numbers with the exception of Croatia. Even for city break tourism.
      Very few business travelers.
      Mainly gastarbeiter passengers who traditionally look for bottom fares. Or take the bus.

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    8. Anonymous20:37

      Anonymous12:44 Exactly. It is all about demand. Most of the comments here are much ado about nothing. No tender can create drastic increase in demand. Nothing can come out of nothing.

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    9. Anonymous23:03

      @20.37 rather your comment is much ado about nothing. Look at ZADAR. Look at where Skopje is now and where it was before Wizz ...

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  14. Anonymous09:50

    Good luck. I hope they all manage to attract someone

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  15. Anonymous09:51

    Ironic that the Slovenian subsidies didn't attract any LCC so far.

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    1. Anonymous09:53

      Although the subsidies offered are maximum allowed by the European commission, obviously this is not enough for the big three low cost airlines

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    2. Anonymous09:58

      Not to metion easyjet was disqualified in the past. Maybe we could still have LTN-LJU and BER-LJU but instead we have 3/4 weekly LGW with them.

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    3. Anonymous10:46

      That was completely different story (covid era). Easyjet didn't apply in any of "new route" tenders so far.

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  16. Anonymous09:51

    The Mostar tender is hilarious. No T&C's outlined.

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      Because they have the winner before they even announced it

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    2. Anonymous09:54

      Yes, it's for skyalps

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  17. Anonymous09:54

    The question is how many airlines know about these subsidies.

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      I always wonder about that too. Do airports contact airlines pointing out these opportunities?

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  18. Anonymous10:46

    Universal Air will apply for Malta summer flights, maybe even some W rotations. Dash to Prague, and Berlin, thrice weekly would be perfect

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    1. Anonymous10:49

      I remember my last Adria flight with leased Nordica airplane, methinks it was CRJ700, the flight was FULL

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    2. Anonymous11:26

      @10.46 for which airport? Ljubljana?

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    3. Anonymous12:24

      Yes

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    4. Anonymous12:27

      Universial Air ran a few charters to Ljubljana this year as well

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    5. Anonymous00:28

      What did they use? Their Q400?

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    6. Anonymous10:40

      Mostly E175 from Marathon.

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  19. Anonymous11:18

    They wanted to "bring tourists" to Macedonia but dont support SEASONAL flights to Ohrid ???
    Komedija!

    just look at Dubrovnik, Zadar - seasonal flights. Is it that difficult?

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  20. Anonymous11:22

    Would love to see, KLM, Aer Lingus and Air France in SJJ.

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      I think we will rather see Ryanair from Dublin than Aer Lingus, if it ever happens that we get Dublin flights.

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    2. Anonymous15:30

      Yeah your probably right, Aer Lingus doesn’t seem to operate anywhere in exYU. Would be nice to see though, Aer Lingus also provides quite a few destinations in America, would give more options than just Austrian, Lufthansa and Turkish.

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  21. Anonymous12:19

    Way too many subsidies in the region.

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      It is normal in aviation industry across Europe.

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  22. Anonymous12:20

    easyJet could potentially start AMS-SKP/SJJ. They are starting AMS-PRN this winter.

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      Fingers crossed

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  23. Anonymous12:21

    Can guarantee the only airline that will apply for the Macedonia subsidies is Wizz.

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      most likely

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  24. Anonymous12:21

    Why are all these tenders so secretive?

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      You can see the details of the slovenian and macedonian tenders at their ministry pages in detail ... maybe you are talking about the third country

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    2. Anonymous12:52

      "The third country"? The Sarajevo one is also published and available on the airport and VisitSarajevo.ba webpages, what are you talking about?

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    3. Anonymous13:03

      Mostar hello?

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    4. Anonymous16:34

      apropos Sarajevo read the article: "The exact value of the subsidies has not been publicly disclosed" so it is secretive

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  25. Anonymous12:43

    thoughts about the macedonian tender:

    pro: good timing of the tender, non-Eu airports are included, increased amount of support
    contra: no seasonal flights for Ohrid but also Skopje (they could have been supported with less then those 9 eur to distinguish them with year long flights).

    A missed opportunity in my opinion, they are incredibly unflexible

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  26. Anonymous14:00

    Why do those eligible have to be in the ECAA?

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      Because the money the government is giving is classified as state aid which the EU had to approve. Condition is that money can only stay in Europe.

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      Europe as in not involving the UK, then!

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  27. Anonymous18:20

    Maybe Aegean can do something in SKP by basing an ATR?

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  28. Anonymous20:24

    It would be very good business idea for KLM to open flight to Sarajevo.

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  29. Anonymous13:02

    Tarom will start flying to Ljubljana

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      And where did you get that?

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      Tarom can't start any new routes. They are under state aid restructuring.

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      From slo gov

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  30. Anonymous21:16

    My wishes for Skopje :

    Ryanair to PFO, BCN, PRG, ARN, HEL, BRU, MAD and OTP
    Air France to CDG
    KLM to AMS
    Lufthansa to MUC
    Eurowings to DUS
    ITA to FCO

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      Well, once upon a time we had Lufthansa, Alititalia, and BA to Gatwick, and maybe LHR can't remember. The war in 2001 stopped all that....and never recovered.

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  31. Anonymous18:16

    Ryanair needs to come to Skopje asap.

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  32. Anonymous17:36

    Is Skopje - Lisbon possible?

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