Ljubljana Airport is expected to gain new connections to Tirana and Las Palmas in the near future, following a recent airline subsidy tender aimed at enhancing Slovenia’s international connectivity. As previously reported, two airlines submitted applications during the eighth round of the incentive program. The daily "Delo" reports that the planned routes will link Ljubljana with the Albanian capital and Gran Canaria Airport in the Canary Islands. While there has been no official confirmation yet, Wizz Air and airBaltic are widely speculated to operate the respective services. Notably, both routes were briefly listed on the official websites of the two carriers in recent weeks.

The Ministry for Infrastructure has announced that a final decision on whether the two airlines will qualify for subsidies is expected in early June. Both carriers have been requested to provide additional details and revise their proposals accordingly. Flights between Ljubljana and Tirana were last operated in September 2019 by Slovenia’s former flag carrier Adria Airways. The service relied heavily on transfer tranffic via Ljubljana to and from Western Europe. In its final full year of operations in 2018, Adria carried 57.594 passengers on the route. If approved, Wizz Air is expected to focus primarily on point-to-point traffic between the two capitals, following a similar model to its Skopje - Ljubljana route, which has performed well since its launch in September 2023.

Flights between Ljubljana and Las Palmas in the Canary Islands have traditionally been operated as charter services in recent years. airBaltic, which maintains a seasonal winter base at Gran Canaria Airport, currently operates scheduled flights from the island to destinations including Billund, Copenhagen, Oslo, Riga, Sandefjord, Tallinn, Tampere and Vilnius. The airline is already a recipient of Slovenian state subsidies for its Riga–Ljubljana route, which commenced in April last year.