Spanish low cost carrier Vueling has filed a tentative schedule for entry into the Slovenian market with the launch of flights between Barcelona and Ljubljana starting November 16. Based on its preliminary timetable, the route will be maintained twice per week on Thursdays and Sundays, with the Airbus A320 aircraft. Starting December 9, the route is expected to increase to three weekly with an additional rotation on Tuesdays, which will be maintained until January 6, after which services will return to a two weekly schedule. Tickets are yet to be put on sale. If its plans materialise it will mark a return for Vueling in Ljubljana, with the airline having previously briefly served the city in June, July and August of 2010.
Based on indirect traffic volumes, there is strong demand for flights between the Iberian Peninsula to the Slovenian capital. Services between Madrid and Ljubljana were introduced on a limited summer basis by Vueling’s parent company Iberia last summer. However, Barcelona sees the highest demand between Ljubljana on the Iberian Peninsula. Flights are currently maintained as charters, operated on behalf of tour operators by Trade Air. The route was last maintained on a scheduled basis by former flag carrier Adria Airways, which linked the two cities seasonally over the summer from 2006 until 2012 with two to three weekly flights.
Vueling has filed a tentative schedule to indicate its intention to launch the service and reserve airport slots, however, tickets are not yet available for purchase. Although flights have been added into the Global Distribution System. This means the route is still subject to final confirmation and may undergo changes before being officially announced. Filing a schedule is a common industry practice used to coordinate with airports and plan operations, but it does not guarantee that the route will be launched as initially proposed. The preliminary schedule can be found here. If the service launches as planned, it will be the second new route from Ljubljana to Spain this upcoming winter, with airBaltic introducing a weekly rotation to Las Palmas.
Finally!
ReplyDeleteAbout time
ReplyDeleteAnd they didn't even go for the subsidies.
ReplyDeleteThey can still apply for the next one which will be soon and completed before they launch flights.
DeleteBravo Fraport!
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DeleteFraport has nothing to do with new routes.
DeleteNo not at all, everyone except for them, even you have something to do with vueling but they don’t.
DeleteYour idol Krašnja said Fraport is not responsible for new routes.
Delete@11:04 LOL, so true!
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ReplyDeleteBut Vueling is not a LHG airline, how could that be?
ReplyDeleteOnly for one year. Next flights from 2026 via FRA hub ok?
DeleteIs LH buying VY too?
DeleteAnd make them fly all their routes via FRA?
Amazing, it took only 10 years for Fraport to get BCN route (also flights are not on sale) while every other airport had those flights for years. Bravo!
Delete^ If you pray hard enough maybe they won't put these flights for sale.
DeleteIn Slovenian aviation it's harder to pray for something to happen.
DeleteGood things for Slovenian aviation seem to upset some people.
DeleteGood to seee this now we have three spanish destinations, most of JP flights/capacity are resumed, TIA, CPH, LH hubs, PRN. Only still no VIE but maybe innext subsidies.
ReplyDeleteCould this move by VY encourage FR to either make Girona year round from ZAG or even better launch BCN itself as well?
ReplyDeleteWhy would VY encourage FR to expand in ZAG? Makes no sense. This is a way to hurt both them and OU by stopping the outflow of passengers from Slovenia.
DeleteEven OU is extending their BCN flights so the market is obviously there.
"stopping the outflow of passengers from Slovenia" there are no passengers from Slovenia according to some here :)
DeleteLier. No one ever said that. People were just saying Slovenes are not majority of passengers in Zagreb. Normal people make diferrence between the two. Mean people twist facts, manipulate and lie. Have a nice day.
DeleteThank you, I will have a nice day.
DeletePeople were so angry when everyone here said that most passengers on EK were Slovenes. Then the route failed and FZ launched LJU. Today they have almost as many passengers from LJU as they have from ZAG.
Most passengers on EK from ZAG were Australian, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indian, Middle Eastern.
DeleteFollowed by Croatian and Slovenian. EK discontinued ZAG flights because of Covid and today FZ have again more flights and more passengers to ZAG than to LJU. And you lie, manipulate and twist facts once again. Have a nice evening!
"Tickets are yet to be put on sale" how many times we read this and nothing happens?
ReplyDeleteIt is extremely rare for an airline to announce the launching of flights and at the last minute to change its decision. You can always hope though.
DeleteThe weekend starts with a firework 😃🎆🎆🎆
ReplyDeleteAMAZING NEWS !!
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DeleteHmm my only question is why start a summer destination in the winter? I hope it materializes
ReplyDeleteBCN is year round destination.
DeleteThe only llc flights we got over the past 3 years when the subsidies are active... Didn't even bother to apply for them. That's all you need to know
ReplyDeleteThey added Ljubljana as a destination on their website and both Barcelona and Madrid are there, listed as a direct flight. Admin do you have any more information?
ReplyDeleteMadrid is on their list of destinations because they fly to Ljubljana in July and August under the Iberia brand.
DeleteYes tomorrow an A320NEO is scheduled to MAD
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/03/ryanair-secures-ljubljana-slots.html
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Unlike those, these are not purely slot requests.
DeleteTo clarify, the flights have been listed in booking systems but are not open for sale yet.
DeleteAmazing news!
ReplyDeleteNot only good for BCN but also other Spanish destinations, which can be reached through their BCN hub. This is indeed fantastic news for Ljubljana
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Delete+2 tfn on sundays will be perfect both ways, lis unfortunately just misses conection on the way back but opo works both ways, baleares fit great+ most of the bigger cities on the peninsula so trully a great and much needed addition 🙂
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