Airbaltic will connect Brnik to Gran Canario
The Latvian Airline Airbaltic will establish a flight between Brnik and the Spanish island of Gran Canaria in the fall. The first flight will be held on Saturday, 25 October, and then from 31, October to 27.
Vice -President for Airbane Management at Airbaltic Mantas vrubliauuskas When establishing a new connection, he said that it fills the gap on the market and provides Slovenian passengers a comfortable escape to the Canary Islands. « At the same time, we remain committed to strengthening our connectivity from Slovenia, » he said.
The Airbaltica decision to strengthen the links from Brnik was also satisfied with Fraport Slovenia CEO Babett Stapel. “Gran Canaria is a popular holiday destination for many Slovenes. The line will come to life just before the October school holidays and will provide a convenient opportunity to travel through the autumn and winter season, « she stressed.
According to the carrier in a press release, the Airbaltic fleet is one of the youngest in Europe and consists of one type of aircraft, namely the Airbus A220-300. There are currently 50 in the fleet and the number is working to double, they wrote.
Airbaltic Brnik also connects with Riga
Namely, the airline was successful in the tender for greater aircraft connectivity of Slovenia with this link. There is currently an eighth call for two carriers. At the beginning of May, the ministry explained that the application was reviewed by the tender commission and called on both carriers for some amendments.
They are for today Were explained that the deadline for submitting applications expires on Wednesday and the commission will meet on Thursday.
The program envisages subsidizing 50 percent of airport fees at Brnik, Maribor and Portorož airports for carriers that will establish flights on the links. So far, EUR 494,376 has been spent from EUR 16.8 million in funds available. In addition to the airbaltica in Rigo, links for Luxair flights in Luxembourg, Norwegiana in Copenhag, Iberie in Madrid and Eurowings in Düsseldorf were established.
According to the program for the greater aircraft connectivity of Slovenia in the period 2023-2025, there are a total of ten lines on the first priority list, namely four for flights for the final destination – Brussels, Skopje, Prague and Berlin – and six for flights to the airports, from where passengers will be able to fly forward, ie Vienna, Copenhagen, Athens, Athens, Madrid and Helsinki.
The second list includes links to Rome, Stockholm, Oslo, Barcelona, Lisbon, Pristina and Paris. The third list includes all destinations in the territory of the common European airspace (ECAA), which include EU, Norway and Iceland, and Albania, BiH, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo.
