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Several airports in the former Yugoslavia are set to benefit from subsidies provided by state or local authorities to airlines that are willing to establish operations. There are currently three public calls taking place related to Tuzla, Sarajevo, and airports in Slovenia. Tuzla Airport is seeking the launch of new routes, or the upkeep of existing ones maintained by Lumiwings, which are currently also being subsidised. Local authorities have listed a total of nineteen destinations that are subject to funding. They include Hahn, Berlin, Saarbrucken, Hamburg, Baden Baden, Nuremberg, Cologne, and Friedrichshafen in Germany, followed by Gothenburg, Stockholm, Halmstad, and Malmo in Sweden, then Esbjerg and Billund in Denmark, Vienna and Salzburg in Austria, Maastricht and Eindhoven in the Netherlands, as well as Istanbul in Turkey. All of them must be operated by an aircraft with the capacity to seat at least 110 passengers. The interested airline must include the total cost of operating the route in its submission, with local authorities in Tuzla willing to cover the difference if the expenses are not covered by revenue. Airlines had until earlier this week to submit their bids via email, while a hard copy of the bid must be submitted by today. Authorises in Sarajevo have issued yet another public call for airlines to launch operations to the city with the deadline for the submission of bids set for this coming Monday. Funds will be made available to carriers that either introduce flights from a destination that has not been served in the past twelve months, start services to one of 26 unserved destinations deemed to be of strategic importance or a served destination from the list with under five weekly flights, as well as those wishing to commence operations on routes longer than six hours. The value of the subsidies has not been made public. During a similar tender last month, five airlines applied – Ryanair, TUI Airways, Aegean Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines and Norwegian. Slovenia has issued a fourth tender call for airlines to introduce new routes to the country in return for subsidies lasting over a period of three years. The previous three public calls garnered mixed results with interest being expressed solely for flights to Ljubljana. Only airlines registered and based in the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) are eligible for the subsidies. The ECAA is made up of states that are part of the European Union, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Iceland, Macedonia, Norway, and Montenegro. The Slovenian government is primarily targeting the introduction of flights from Vienna, Copenhagen, Madrid, Prague, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Oslo, Barcelona, and Lisbon, although all unserved destinations within the ECAA are eligible. The state has allocated 16.8 million euros in subsidies divided over three years, or 5.6 million euros per year for the latest public call. They are designed to cover 50% of the airline’s airport costs in Slovenia. If funds are left over following the completion of the ongoing public call, the state will launch a new one. Interested carriers have until this coming Monday to submit their bids.
EX-YU Aviation NewsBy: EX-YU Aviationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Title: Bosnia and Slovenia target new routes through subsidies
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Published Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2024 08:00:00 +0000
