Turkish Airlines has further revised its operations for the upcoming 2026/27 winter season, which begins on October 25 and runs through to March 27 next year. This week, the Turkish flag carrier removed an average of more than 100 weekly flights from its timetable compared to its original schedule, with Podgorica, Skopje and Pristina among the destinations affected by the latest changes.
Turkish Airlines is further reducing flights between Istanbul and Podgorica. After initially cutting frequencies from eighteen to fourteen weekly, the carrier has now reduced services to ten per week throughout the winter. As part of its European Union accession process, Montenegro will introduce visa requirements for nationals of Turkey, Belarus, China, Russia and Saudi Arabia from November 1. Turkish Airlines’ Podgorica services carry a notable number of Turkish travellers, as well as connecting passengers travelling to and from Russia, with the new visa measures expected to impact demand.
As previously reported, Turkish Airlines will suspend operations to Tivat for the entire upcoming winter season. The carrier had initially planned to maintain three weekly flights between Istanbul and the Montenegrin coastal city, matching frequencies from the previous winter. Although Turkish Airlines also scheduled the route last winter, it ultimately suspended operations in January for the remainder of the season following Montenegro’s temporary introduction of visa requirements for Turkish nationals. This time, no flights are planned for the entire winter season.
Skopje will see its frequencies reduced by two per week, from fourteen to twelve weekly, while Pristina services will be cut from ten weekly last winter to eight per week. As noted in previous schedule revisions, Turkish Airlines will reduce operations to Sarajevo from the originally planned fourteen weekly flights to twelve throughout the winter season. Services to Zagreb will also be cut from sixteen or seventeen weekly last winter, depending on the month, to fourteen weekly this coming winter.
Overall, Turkish Airlines has put 683.424 seats on sale on flights to and from the former Yugoslav markets during the 2026/27 winter season, down 9.1% on the previous winter, or by 68.530 seats. The number of flights has been reduced by 12.9%, with 591 fewer services scheduled.
The evening flight on Tueaday got canceled from Skopje, but the one from Thessaloniki is still operating, and I changed to fly from Thessaloniki for my flight in November
ReplyDeletewell then, have a safe flight
DeleteThank you
DeleteIt is nice to see that LJU has not been reduced.
ReplyDeleteBEG as well.
DeleteLJU has no Ajet and only a few of Pegasus flights whereas the others have double daily
DeleteBEG 21 pw?
ReplyDeleteYes
DeleteThanks
DeleteNot good
ReplyDeleteHave a feeling TGD will eventually be reduced to daily.
ReplyDeleteVery likely during mid-January and February.
DeleteI wouldn't be surprised if it goes down to 5 weekly with everything that is going on in the world.
DeleteI wouldn't be surprised if it goes down to 5 weekly with everything that is going on in the world.
DeleteI don't think Turkish will go lower than daily.
DeleteCould this be one of the reasons why AirSerbia's increase of frequencies to both TGD and TIV?
ReplyDeletene. the reason is stated in the text
DeleteMy comment may have been poorly written, apologies. I meant, could the imposition of visas to these countries and anticipated decrease by Turkish Airlines be the reason why Air Serbian increased frequencies?
DeleteHardly, as passengers from Turkey and Russia need visas also if they fly with Air Serbia.
DeleteWhat it might happen is the spillover effect to JU flights for transfers that require flexibility that this reduced schedule does not offer any more
Deletethe same reduction occured end of last year (or when was it) with the 3 months visa drama for turkish citizens, so its driven solely/mostly bu introducing visas
DeleteHow many weekly flights will Ljubljana have in the winter?
ReplyDelete14 weekly Turkish and 3 Pegasus to Sabiha
DeleteNot too bad to be honest. Hopefully TK will keep those frequencies and not cut frequencies like they did with many other routes.
DeleteBecause Pegasus is killing TK in Skopje with 2 / 3 flights per day to Istanbul and daily flights to Izmir.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. Their cost base is lower than TK and offer a vast connecting network around the middle east and Europe. I find transiting Izmir to be really nice. Transiting either Istanbul Airport i find can be a real pain in the butt.
DeleteAdd AJet to that mix as well as some SunExpress and it makes perfect sense
DeletePegasus is "killing" it everywhere else too
DeleteTurkish this week also cancelled 11 routes
ReplyDeleteJuba, Kinshasa, Libreville, Luanda, Lusaka, Billund, Ferghana, Kirkuk, Leipzig/Halle, Najaf and Turkistan
Weren't these routes already cancelled? I feel like I’ve read this few months ago
DeleteNo, they were suspended till March 2027. Now they are cancelled completely
DeleteWhat's going on at TK?
ReplyDeleteResponding to the market. Simple.
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