Adria Airways' two-pronged strategy for their immediate future has seen the Slovenian flag-carrier move away from a desire to expand its route network, opting to shelve plans to broaden its continental reach and instead consolidate existing services, concentrating on maximising passenger load factors.Strengthening of key routes will form the cornerstone of Adria's notional blueprint, a…
Adria Airways to clip the wings of its own ambition
Adria Airways have announced plans to scale back their ambitious plans for the coming year, deciding instead to consolidate its current schedule and confirmed routes for 2016.Whilst much of what Adria's management implement is at the mercy of the flag-carrier's new owners, there is, as has perpetually been the case, a strategic position being adopted…
Brnik: Adria Airways see off Swiss to regain monopoly of Ljubljana-Zurich route
Adria Airways will once again hold a hegemonic grip on the Ljubljana-Zurich service, following news of Swiss's decision to discontinue the route it reinstated only nine months ago. It was always difficult to see how both airlines could coexist whilst operating a service that isn't an obvious route for attracting significant load factor figures. Nevertheless,…
Ljubljana Airport passenger numbers once more overtake Skopje
A resurgent Ljubljana Airport has regained its traditional hold over Skopje's Alexander the Great aerodrome, overtaking the Macedonian capital's facility after lagging behind during the first six months of 2015. Whilst all the indicators of passenger uptake in relation to aircraft capacity, overall footfall and net profit point to an ongoing upward trend, data for…
Ljubljana Airport: Star Alliance members heavily contribute to Brnik’s passenger growth
Star Alliance member airlines are fueling the current resurgence in traffic at Ljubljana's Brnik Aerodrome, the route operated by Turkish Airlines between Istanbul and the Slovenia capital somewhat improbably accounting for a year on year increase of 15% to the end of June, compared to like for like data for the same period during 2014.…
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