EX-YU airports handle 3.3 million passengers, two in Europe's top 100
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by EX-YU Aviation
2h ago
Commercial airports across the former Yugoslavia handled a combined total of 3.293.864 passengers during the first two months of the year, with 1.55 million travellers in February alone. Among them, during the second and shortest month of the year, three airports stood out for their high growth rate. They include Belgrade with a year-on-year increase in February of 21.2% , Pristina with 37.5% growth, and Skopje, which had a 31.3% boost in numbers. All three have previously seen their busiest February in 2023. On the other hand, three regional airports underperformed during the month, includ ..read more
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Minor behind Belgrade Airport bomb threats
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21h ago
NEWS FLASH A twelve-year-old boy has been identified for making false bomb threats targeting Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and several schools in the Serbian capital. The child was behind the events which saw the airport temporarily close on February 29 after he made a threat against an Air Montenegro flight, as well as a Wizz Air flight headed to Barcelona, which was on its final departure run and was forced to evacuate on the taxiway, deploying emergency slides as stairs were unable to reach the jet. He continued with threats against another two flights on March 1. As the boy is under fo ..read more
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Aegean Airlines to run Pristina charters
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1d ago
NEWS FLASH Aegean Airlines will operate regular charters between Heraklion and Pristina this summer season. The flights will run once per week, on Saturdays, starting June 1 until September 21. Tickets will only be available through holiday packages purchased with local travel agents. Further flight details can be found here. EX-YU Aviation News ..read more
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Most EX-YU airports with April growth, Ryanair becomes largest airline
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All but one capital city airport in the former Yugoslavia are expected to see passenger growth during the first month of the 2024 summer season in April when compared to last year, based on available scheduled seat capacity levels. Ryanair will become the region’s largest carrier as it expands its bases in Zagreb and Zadar, opens a new base in Dubrovnik and launches operations to Sarajevo. Wizz Air, which has held the title almost every month over the past year will fall into third place, behind Air Serbia. Belgrade Airport has the most available seats on scheduled flights in April, standi ..read more
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Austrian Airlines cancels flights amid strike
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2d ago
NEWS FLASH Austrian Airlines flight crew are staging industrial action tomorrow, Thursday March 28, and on Friday March 29, over a pay dispute, resulting in the cancellation of 400 flights affecting 50.000 passengers. Over the impacted two-day period, Austrian was to operate 24 flights from Vienna to cities within the former Yugoslavia, including six flights to Belgrade, four to Sarajevo and Zagreb, three to Pristina and Skopje, two to Podgorica, and one each to Dubrovnik and Split. As a result of the industrial action, all twelve flights from Vienna to cities in the former Yugoslavia hav ..read more
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Belgrade Airport faces traffic slowdown in summer
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2d ago
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport’s growth is expected to slow significantly over the coming summer season after its two largest carriers - Air Serbia and Wizz Air - reduced their planned operations for varying reasons. With foreign airlines keeping operations and capacity flat and no new carriers launching flights, the airport is expected to see the amount of offered seats on scheduled services in June, July and August at around the same level as last year, or marginally above 2023 levels. This is still subject to change as airlines may alter their planned operations, while loads on flights ma ..read more
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Smartwings to commence Montenegro operations
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3d ago
NEWS FLASH Smartwings Poland will launch new seasonal flights between Poland and Montenegro this summer. Services from Gdansk and Katowice to Podgorica will be inaugurated on June 4 and run with the Boeing 737-800 aircraft, while operations between Katowice and Tivat will start on June 7 with the B737 MAX 8 jet. All three will be maintained once per week until the last week of September. Route Launch date Katowice - Podgorica 04.06.2024 Podgorica - Gdansk 04.06.2024 Katowice - Tivat 07.06.2024 Click on links for more details EX-YU Aviation News ..read more
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Summer 2024 - Croatia Airlines
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3d ago
Croatia Airlines enters the 2024 summer season, which begin on March 31 and runs until October 26, with the introduction of four new routes, including Berlin, Stockholm and Tirana from Zagreb, as well as Istanbul from Split. Over the course of the summer, in June, the carrier is expected to take delivery of its first of fifteen new Airbus A220 aircraft, although the jet is yet to be scheduled on any of its flights. Overall, Croatia Airlines plans to operate some 17.155 scheduled services during the 2024 summer season, offering 1.915.173 seats. This represents an increase of 1.1% and 6.2% re ..read more
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Wizz Air to deploy virtual reality as it seeks new pilots
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by EX-YU Aviation
4d ago
Wizz Air has received approval from Hungarian authorities to implement both the Mobile Airbus Training experience (MATe) suite and Virtual Procedure Trainer (VPT) technology for pilot training. It enables Wizz Air cadets to undertake part of their training without using a flight simulator or on-site procedure trainer. The software solution immerses trainees within a virtual cockpit and coaches them on Airbus Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). With Virtual Reality, the VPT allows trainees to drill procedures repeatedly within a fully interactive cockpit, and also do a walk around the airc ..read more
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Air Serbia’s ninth ATR72 readies for delivery
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4d ago
NEWS FLASH Air Serbia is shortly expected to take over its eighth and ninth ATR72-600 aircraft. As previously reported, the eighth turboprop is currently in Toulouse and has recently entered into the Serbian register as YU-ASF. It is nine years old and was formerly operated by Brazil’s Azul Airlines. In addition, the ninth ATR72-600 was recently painted in the airline’s livery in Toulouse. It is eight years old and was most recently operated by Slovenia’s Amelia International. The Serbian carrier also plans to take over a tenth ATR72-600 later this summer. All three incoming aircraft are b ..read more
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