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The Slovenian government plans to continue offering subsidies to airlines to encourage the launch of new routes to the country. Speaking on the initiative, Andrej Rajh, State Secretary at the Ministry for Infrastructure, said, “Our goal is to develop the subsidies over the years, and we are committed to making it happen. This year alone, we have allocated over a million euros in funds for this purpose. The plan is to keep this going even into the next five to seven years, with similar amounts allocated”.
To date, nine public tenders have been held to enhance Slovenia’s air connectivity. Airlines including Luxair, airBaltic, Norwegian Air Shuttle, Iberia, Eurowings, Cyprus Airways and Air Albania have all submitted bids, though not all met the eligibility criteria for funding.
The Ministry has set aside 1.35 million euros for the most recent (ninth) public call, with an additional 1.2 million euros annually earmarked for 2026 and 2027. So far, the state has signed agreements with airlines totalling two million euros, of which 670.000 euros have already been disbursed. Five tenders have been successful to date.
These subsidies, which help cover part of an airline’s airport-related costs, are available to carriers from the European Common Aviation Area that are willing to operate flights to any of Slovenia’s three commercial airports: Ljubljana, Maribor or Portorož.
So... No PSOs? What are they doing??
ReplyDeleteWell PSO is a form of airline subsidies.
DeleteWhich routes do you want under the PSO? Greek islands?
DeleteBerlin, Vienna, Brussels morning, Copenhagen year round, Stockholm, Bucharest, Bern/Genava, Sarajevo, Lisbon, Budapest... that's just from the business POV, then we have all the Greek islands, Iceland, Spain destinations, even the Bulgarian sea is a worthy vacation spot...
DeleteA lot of those are a must, but I really don’t think the destinations like Iceland, Budapest and the Bulgarian sea are such of important destinations to be operated under a PSO.
DeleteOut of 15 options you found 3 that in your opinion shouldn't be there.
DeleteSo let's say at least 10 routes from Ljubljana are a must for a country in European union. Not to mention Paris needs to have morning departure too...
Yeah no, I totally agree that we need a solution for this. The main routes with the most demand/business need should definitely be under the PSO. I just think that not every village that a few tourists would fly to should be subsidised.
DeleteLeisure destinations shouldn't be subsidised under PSO, maybe under regular subsidies at most
DeleteThat is good news for LJU and Fraport!
ReplyDeleteBravo Fraport.
ReplyDeletethis needs to stop. They are throwing money at Fraport like crazy. And Fraport gives a flying flamingo about doing something on their part
ReplyDeleteHow much did the government pay Fraport so far?
DeleteFraport got some state funds during covid, but had to return everything last year since they had a profit. Other subsidies go directly to airlines - 600k so far, which is penuts really.
DeleteFraport received 5mio in 2020 or 2021 but didnt not give back a cent.
DeleteRead the last financial statement. They returned everything.
DeleteSome "experts" were claiming exactly this morning that subsidies apply on to LJU.
ReplyDeleteThanks @admin for sharing the complete facts with public, as we are alredy get used on this very blog!
I dont think those small amounts attract new carriers
ReplyDeleteWoho or what is "PSO"?
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