easyJet launching new Ljubljana service

Low cost carrier easyJet will introduce its third route to Ljubljana next year, adding flights from Edinburgh to the Slovenian capital. The service will commence on April 4 and operate twice per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, using the Airbus A320 aircraft. easyJet will face no competition on the route. The new Edinburgh service complements the carrier’s upcoming Manchester - Ljubljana flights, which launch on November 4, as well as its existing London Gatwick operation. Further flight details for the new route can be found here, and tickets are already available for purchase on the airline’s website.

These developments are part of the airline’s broader effort to rebuild its presence in Ljubljana and return to the market share it held prior to the pandemic in 2019. It is also boosting operations on its London Gatwick - Ljubljana service, offering four weekly flights in November and daily rotations in December, up from three and four weekly respectively during the same period last year. In 2019, easyJet handled a combined total of 220.174 passengers on its Ljubljana flights, with an average annual cabin load factor at a high 90%. Last year the figure stood at 80.534 travellers, with a load factor of 88.3%.

In 2019, easyJet was Ljubljana’s second-largest airline by capacity share and passengers carried, behind only Adria Airways. At the time, it maintained flights from London Gatwick, London Stansted and Berlin to the Slovenian capital. During the 2019/2020 winter season, until its disruption by the pandemic, easyJet typically operated fourteen weekly flights out of Ljubljana with over 2.180 seats on the market each week in each direction. This coming winter, based on its existing schedule, the airline will operate nine weekly rotations to the Slovenian capital with 1.520 weekly seats. It will be the country’s fourth largest carrier during the winter, behind only Turkish Airlines, Lufthansa and Swiss.

Commenting on the new route launch, the CEO of airport operator Fraport Slovenija, Babett Spatel, said, “The continued expansion of low-cost air services from Ljubljana is something we are extremely pleased about. easyJet has strengthened our long-standing partnership with the introduction of a new route to Edinburgh, giving Slovenian travellers direct access to Scotland while also encouraging more visitors from the United Kingdom to discover Slovenia. In addition, passengers from Ljubljana will benefit from convenient connections to numerous destinations across the UK and Europe, further facilitating both leisure and business travel". Kevin Doyle, easyJet’s UK Country Manager, added, "We are delighted to be offering our customers another new connection from Ljubljana to Edinburgh, providing travellers with a convenient and direct link to one of Europe’s most beautiful and vibrant cities. As we continue to expand our network across Europe, we are further enhancing connectivity for passengers who choose easyJet for our unique network, great service and competitive fares, and we look forward to welcoming them on board”.