Adria Airways
Lufthansa has reportedly rejected the Slovenian government’s proposal to jointly set up the country’s new national carrier.
The development comes following talks on the matter last week in Frankfurt between a Slovenian delegation led by the State Secretary within the Ministry for Economy and Lufthansa executives. According to the Finance business daily, the German carrier informed the Slovenian Minister of Economic Development and Technology, Zdravko Počivalšek, that it was not interested in setting up a new airline at Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport several weeks ago and reiterated its stance at the meeting last week.
The Lufthansa Group is gradually adding flights to the Slovenian capital. The Swiss launched operations from Zurich last Wednesday, which will be followed by Lufthansa itself from Frankfurt and Munich, as well as Brussels Airlines from Brussels, over the coming two weeks, website ExYuaviation reported.
These four routes accounted for around 40% of Adria’s scheduled flights and seats this summer. Mr Počivalšek has led efforts to establish a new national airline in Slovenia in the wake of Adria Airways’ demise on September 30.
He is believed to have proposed the creation of a new flag carrier which would launch towards the end of February 2020 with a fleet of ten to twelve aircraft.
The minister previously said any new national airline should be established exclusively in partnership with Lufthansa.
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