Low value provider Eurowings has discontinued its Dusseldorf – Ljubljana service after one season of operations. The airline launched flights to the Slovenian capital in mid-April and operated its remaining service yesterday. Eurowings has no plans to revive the route in 2026 and has already eliminated Ljubljana from its reserving system. The provider had beforehand secured funding for the route beneath a Slovenian authorities subsidy program designed to draw new airways to the nation. Nonetheless, as Eurowings didn’t meet the required circumstances outlined within the tender course of, it won’t obtain any funds.
Eurowings had additionally deliberate to launch flights between Berlin and Ljubljana this summer season and had efficiently utilized for state subsidies for the route. Nonetheless, the service by no means materialised, and tickets have been by no means positioned on sale. The airline had indicated that flights from Berlin may very well be launched at a later stage, relying on the efficiency of the Dusseldorf service. Whereas full-season information shouldn’t be but obtainable, the Lufthansa subsidiary dealt with 6.701 passengers on the Dusseldorf – Ljubljana route between April and June, recording a mean cabin load issue of 61.6% throughout that interval. Previous to Eurowings’ operations, flights between the 2 cities have been final operated by Adria Airways in 2018 and 2019.
Ljubljana Airport has recorded rising demand for nonstop providers to German cities, its largest market, over the previous a number of years. Nonetheless, it’s at the moment linked solely to Frankfurt and Munich, each operated by Lufthansa. Earlier than the pandemic, easyJet maintained flights between Berlin and Ljubljana, whereas within the years main as much as its collapse, Adria Airways additionally served Hamburg along with Frankfurt, Munich and Dusseldorf. In 2017, Eurowings explored the potential of launching a Dusseldorf -Ljubljana service and, a 12 months later, included the Slovenian capital in a public vote to find out new locations. Though Ljubljana made the shortlist, it was finally not chosen. Based on oblique visitors information, Berlin at the moment ranks as Ljubljana’s busiest unserved German vacation spot, adopted by Hamburg and Hannover.
