Low price provider Transavia will discontinue its Amsterdam – Ljubljana service on the finish of October. The airline has cancelled all flights past October 30 and suspended ticket gross sales for the route. Passengers booked to journey after this date have begun receiving notifications and are being supplied rebooking choices on guardian firm KLM’s flights between the 2 cities. The transfer comes as little shock, provided that KLM launched day by day providers on the route in late March. It stays unclear whether or not Transavia will return to Ljubljana subsequent summer season on a seasonal foundation, as no flights have been scheduled to this point.
Transavia at present operates 4 weekly flights between Amsterdam and Ljubljana and had deliberate to keep up three weekly rotations over the winter season. The airline launched providers to the Slovenian capital in 2017 and has operated the route constantly, aside from the Covid-19 interval. In 2023, Transavia carried 60.656 passengers on the route, recording a mean annual cabin load issue of 84.4%. The provider deployed the 189-seat Boeing 737-800 on 92% of its Ljubljana flights, whereas the remaining operations have been maintained by the 232-seat Airbus A321neo. Ljubljana was among the many first locations in Transavia’s community to be served by the bigger Airbus plane.
In the course of the first half of the yr, Transavia and KLM collectively carried 43.750 passengers between Amsterdam and Ljubljana, representing a year-on-year enhance of 39.3%. This equates to a further 12,348 travellers, making the Netherlands the second-fastest rising market from Ljubljana Airport when it comes to added passengers, behind solely Germany. Ljubljana Airport expects KLM to deal with round 40.000 passengers on the brand new service this summer season. For the upcoming winter season, which runs from October 26 to March 28, KLM at present plans to function 79% of its Ljubljana flights with the 100-seat Embraer E190, 20% with the 88-seat E175, and the rest with the 132-seat E195-E2. Nonetheless, gear adjustments stay attainable. Total, the variety of flights between Amsterdam and Ljubljana this winter is about to extend by 120% in comparison with final yr, regardless of Transavia’s withdrawal.
