Low cost carrier Pegasus Airlines will enhance frequencies on select routes to destinations in the former Yugoslavia during the upcoming 2025 summer season, which kicks off on March 30 and extends through October 25. The airline will introduce up to eleven additional weekly flights to Skopje, varying by month. Departures from its Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen hub to the Macedonian capital will increase between three and six per week, for a total of two daily services. Flights from Izmir to Skopje will expand from three times per week to daily, while services from Antalya will gain an extra frequency, bringing the total to five per week. Consequently, Pegasus Airlines will operate up to 26 weekly flights to Skopje each week for most of the summer.
In Pristina, Pegasus Airlines is also expanding its operations. The carrier is introducing between four and seven extra weekly flights to the city compared to last year, depending on the month. Frequencies from Istanbul to Pristina will increase by three to five per week, reaching a total of two daily services. Additionally, flights from Antalya will gain one more weekly departure, bringing the total to four. For most of the upcoming summer season, the airline intends to operate eighteen weekly services to Pristina.
Sarajevo will also see an increase in Pegasus Airlines’ operations. Frequencies will rise by three to six per week, depending on the month. The carrier is adding two to four extra weekly departures from Istanbul, bringing the total to fifteen flights per week between the two capitals, including three daily services on Tuesdays. Additionally, a weekly flight from Antalya will be introduced, raising the total to four. As a result, Sarajevo will boast nineteen weekly Pegasus Airlines flights for most of the summer. Contrary to some media reports, the Turkish carrier has not doubled its frequencies between Istanbul and Tuzla from one to two weekly flights for the summer season. Currently, the airline maintains a single weekly service in its schedule, though further adjustments remain possible.
Strong growth in SKP. Good to see.
ReplyDeleteAnd a big presence. Up to four flights per day on some days.
DeleteWould be nice if they started Ohrid too.
DeleteWould never have thought that Pegasus would have the most flights from Skopje out of all ex-Yu cities.
DeleteWell TAV and Pegasus have an excellent relationship. Remember TAV runs Sabiha.
Delete@09:10 Out of all the Balkan, not just ex-yu.
DeleteTAV doesn’t runs Sabiha airport but it’s managed by Malaysian airports
DeleteThey used to.
DeleteI think Pegasus could easily work in Banja Luka too.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely. Much more than Tuzla.
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DeleteMostar too. Tuzla to me would seem the least in demand out of those.
DeleteTuzla gave them money to fly.
DeleteI'm really wondering how these Antalya flights to ex-Yu cities are performing in off season.
ReplyDeleteNot great
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/01/pegasus-airlines-temporarily-suspends.html
Off season not high , but aftee they are on fire..
DeleteSunExpress rivals them on these, the LF is much better for them since Pegasus suspended flights in the beginning of December
DeleteI still haven't flown Pegasus. What are they like? Typical LCC?
ReplyDeleteThey are great , nice planes, good service. Way better then other LLC
Deletebut are they like Wizz LCC or Easyjet LCC, or Eurowings?
DeleteAnd I´ve also never used the other Istanbul Airport.. what is that 1 like?
Couple a months ago, I flew SKP-SAW-AUH with them.
DeleteI would say the in-flight experience was closer to Wizz/Ryan, than to Easyjet. The catering prices while in the air are quite expensive, even more than wizz/ryan (coffee - 4/5€).
If you take the cheapest economy ticket, you can only take a small bag with less than 3kg. No one was forced to pay any extra, but to my knowledge this is the most restrictive policy out of the LCC I have used.
When adding second piece of cabin luggage and 20kg checked in bag, they can be even more expensive than Turkish Airlines, while the experience is significantly worse.
The only good thing about SAW is that water is cheap. Bottled water from a vending machine was around 0.3-0.4€. Coffees were going up to 7-8€ in most of the shops. Their internet policy is as if we are not in the 21st century. You can get 30minutes free wifi (for which you need to confirm your identity via an sms code), and if you download their app you get 30min extra.
Also, they destroyed my luggage, and at SKP airport it eas claimed that it was a minor damage and Pegasus forbids them to give the damage form, which is needed for using my travel insurance for example. My overall experience is 3/10 with them.
I guess they are bearable for trips to Turkey and their holiday hotspots. But using them as a transfer airline for longer destinations would be a very difficult experience.
That's unfortunate but thanks for sharing. Good advice
Deletehave used them for TLV with connecting via SAW, canot say something bad about Pegasus, its a LCC, but i found SAW boring. However I wouldnt hesitate to fly again with them, non stop or with a connecting flight
DeleteI've flown them a few times on SJJ-SAW and back, and once SJJ- Moscow via Sabiha and they were alright every time, before they had better policies regarding luggage, now not so great as others have already written.
DeleteSkopje is on fire with the growing👏👏
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DeleteI think with this Pegasus will become second busiest airline after W6 in Skopje :)) looking at the results they have in Macedonia , is it possible they launch some route from OHD ?
ReplyDelete2024 they had 330k passengers from SKP , I guess with all this growth they will come close to half milion passengers this year!!👏
ReplyDeleteFinally some growth for SKP for a change
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DeleteThe prices on all three carriers between Skopje and Istanbul with hand luggage only are quite high, around 36-7 eur one way with pegasus, so i guess there is still room for growth. The demand is there.
ReplyDelete36 EUR quite high, are you for real?
DeleteI see that in February they will fly with A321 to Zagreb on some days.
ReplyDeletepuzzled why there are no two weekly SKP-ESB flights
ReplyDeletePossible to see them in the summer peak ...
DeleteAre they launching SAW-OMO flights? A lot has been spoken about that.
ReplyDeleteGreat to see more flights!
ReplyDeleteMore low cost options are always welcome.
DeleteInteresting how Pegasus is now ahead of Turkish in many ex-Yu markets.
ReplyDeleteYes, last year Pegasus expanded a lot. But do remember that Turkish also has AJet which is counted separately even though it is owned 100% by Turkish.
DeleteSo this summer there will be 65+ weekly flights between Skopje and Turkey served by four Turkish carriers. Nice.
ReplyDeleteYes great numbers as well
Deletewhat about Slovenia? LJU-SAW or AYT?
ReplyDeleteNothing about Slovenia.
DeleteLjubljana can't even add Norwegian logo to the website, and they've been flying to Ljubljana since March last year...
DeleteThey can't even add Pristina flights to the schedule lmao
DeleteGrow in Belgrade please.
ReplyDeleteIt can't under the existing bilateral agreement between the two countries. Four weekly is the maximum it can operate. They already use the A321 on most flights.
DeleteBilateral restrictions unfortunatelly.
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DeletePegasus has a similar issue in many markets because Turkey has separate bilateral agreements with every country (including separately with each EU member state). Turkey generally has restrictive bilaterals which only favour Turkish Airlines. Pegasus' CEO spoke about this problem recently.
DeleteI use Pegasus very often to fly to Middle east, and sometimes their price is half compared to Turkish airlines, but sometimes same as Turkish airlines. You have to be very careful when it comes to luggage, because for 1 kg they can ask you to pay money. But its good that they increase their frequencies, but their flights are usually 95% full.
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