Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is about for robust passenger progress this coming winter, pushed by the launch of three new routes and expanded capability by a number of carriers together with Swiss and Wizz Air. Though changes to the community stay attainable within the lead-up to the 2025/26 winter season, which runs from October 26 to March 28, present projections point out the airport could have over 103.198 extra seats on scheduled providers in comparison with final winter, a year-on-year improve of 18.8%. Capability progress is predicted to be regular throughout the season, with will increase of 21.7% in November, 22.4% in December, 16% in January, 14.7% in February and 16.5% in March. Capability ranges shall be at round 80% of the final full pre-pandemic winter of 2018/19 when Adria Airways was nonetheless in operation.
This winter, the airport will welcome flights from two new Spanish locations – Las Palmas and Barcelona – the latter being one in every of its busiest unserved routes. easyJet will introduce a brand new service from Manchester, whereas KLM will function its first winter season within the Slovenian capital following its summer season launch. Aegean Airways and GP Aviation will lengthen their seasonal providers from Athens and Pristina all through the winter. Moreover, airways akin to Wizz Air, Swiss and Turkish Airways will improve capability or frequencies on present routes in comparison with final winter. In distinction to the 2024/25 season, Transavia will now not function flights to the airport.
The projected progress comes amid the continuing ninth tender name by the Slovenian authorities aimed toward bettering the nation’s air connectivity by providing subsidies for the launch of latest routes. Slovenia’s Minister of Infrastructure, Alenka Bratušek, mentioned, “Air connectivity has considerably improved over the previous yr, particularly throughout the summer season season. Slovenia is now among the many nations with the best proportion progress in air site visitors. Nevertheless, we’re nonetheless not on the degree we had been throughout the Adria Airways period. For that reason, we now have allotted extra funds to help air connectivity than there have been purposes obtained. Naturally, we can’t power anybody to use”. She added, “We had been significantly hoping for an extra software for Brussels flights, which might additionally assist cut back state prices associated to official journey to the EU’s administrative centre. General, we aren’t dissatisfied with the progress made in boosting connectivity, however we aren’t solely glad both. These public tenders will proceed. Fraport has additionally contributed to bettering connectivity by reducing airport fees, so collectively we now have managed to steer issues in the suitable course”.
