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Low cost carrier easyJet will introduce flights between London Luton and Ljubljana, complementing its existing services from London Gatwick. Operations will commence on October 26 and run three times per week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Further details can be found here. easyJet planned to launch flights between the two airports in March 2020, but was unable to do so due to the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. During the 2026/27 winter season, easyJet will operate between six and eight weekly flights between London (two airports) and Ljubljana.
Nice! Great addition
ReplyDeleteLondon seems to be the only destination that can work with many flights from LJU
ReplyDeleteStansted still missing. but with this i believe we will be back on a same level as before covid... finally. and btw you can see there are more UK tourists in Ljubljana...
DeleteStansted is arguably the worst of the 3 LCC airports serving London so it doesn't bother me all that much
DeleteWell for many people its fine so as always with 'which-airport-is-better-in-London comments' personal opinion doesnt mean much.
Deletewell for it would be nice to have connection to all major London airports year round - Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted and Luton ...
DeleteWhat about Berlin. It is a must, it is the best route not to be served from LJU, I can't believe it's been binned off twice before, it's shocking.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is that they'll open it up for summer 2027, similar to what they did with EDI
DeleteI don’t see how Berlin could work. Little incoming tourism from there, little industry. I would think Basel would work much better due to the vast pharma investments in SLO from CH. They’ve just started building yet another factory right at the airport.
DeleteStansted has very cheap flights from KLU. Flew from there in March and many Slovenians aboard.
DeleteI think the flights would be a lot fuller from KLU if they marketed it in any way. I know a lot of people from Kranj and Jesenice, who drove to ZAG to take London flights, when they had KLU flights for cheaper (and faster)
Deletehopefully Munich and Dubai will be back soon ...
ReplyDeleteLufthansa can replace Munich with Air Dolomiti
DeleteWhy another airport in London?
ReplyDeleteThey work well because the demand is both sided, UK turist love to visit Slovenia for a weekend getaway, so they do what they know will work. With Berlin the connection is VERY one sided as Germans love to travel by car to Slovenia.
DeleteIt's odd that they aren't opening Switzerland connection or even Milan one tho...especially with Swiss comfortably filling 3 daily flights, 60% of which is P2P because of pharma, and Trieste-Milan train is always filled with Slovenian travelers
The train station at TRS really is used by a lot of Slovenians. I was quite surprised when I took the fast train to Rome from TRS airport train station a couple of months ago.
DeleteIf they want to start Milan route, they should do it by the next summer season, if they won't Frecciarossa is scheduled to come when the Ljubljana train and bus station is completed
DeleteThat's sick! A second LON airport in the winter is a great addition. A little out of the box, but I think Porto would also work great, considering there is no competition from surrounding airports.
ReplyDeleteLjubljana was connected to 4 airports in London in the past... so no biggie
DeleteAccording to a certain expert here LJU should have kicked out all airlines except LHG and make everyone fly through FRA, VIE and ZRH. It used to be MUC too but the system glitched and deviated from its core mission form making LJU a 100% LHG airport..
DeleteBravo Fraport!
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