Windrose flights between Macedonia and Ukraine from December
Ukraine’s Windrose Airline launches flights from December 6 from Kiev to Skopje, and one day later to Belgrade in Serbia. In a post on its Facebook page, the company wrote that: “ the flights will be operated between December 6, 2020 and March 3, 2021. Departure from the Boryspil Airport at 10:50, arrival in Skopje at 12:00. Departure from Skopje at 12:50, arrival in Boryspil at 16:10 ”. Services to Skopje will launch on December 6 and operate each Thursday and Sunday, while flights to Belgrade will run on Mondays and Fridays, starting Decembe…
Macedonia opened Borders for Passangers
As of Friday, Macedonia has fully reopened its borders, enabling free movement of Macedonian and foreign nationals without the obligation to provide a valid PCR coronavirus test, and without having to be quarantined. The decision was reached by the Government on Tuesday, based on recommendations of the Commission for Infectious Diseases. In addition, the Government decided to fully reopen as of July 1 the Skopje International Airport and the Ohrid Airport. Measures and recommendations on wearing personal protective equipment, i.e. fac…
Eurowings started to connect Germany with Ohrid
German low-cost air carrier Eurowings launched on Monday flights linking Macedonia's beautiful and historic Ohrid to Germany's Stuttgart, later a second new route will start connecting Ohrid with Dusseldorf on July 17th. The Ohrid-Stuttgart flights will be serviced twice a week, on Mondays and Fridays, during the summer months, Eurowings said in a statement. The Ohrid-Dusseldorf flights will be operated just once a week, on Wednesdays, the low-cost air carrier added. Eurowings is part of Lufthansa Group. The company has…
Macedonia cancelled again Public call for financial support for Low-Cost Airlines
The Ministry of Transport and Communications has again cancelled the public call for financial support of airlines, released on September 13. Minister Goran Sugareski told a press conference on Wednesday that Wizz Air was the only company to submit a bid, which does not correspond to the criteria of the public call. In the bid, Wizz Air is planning introduce four destinations from Ohrid-based airport “St.Paul the Apostle” as of August 2019, which goes against one of the tender criteria. “ The call clearly reads that the airlin…
Macedonian airports handled over 1 million passengers by mid-2018
Exactly 1,041,583 passengers were handled at the two airports in Macedonia in the first months of 2018. A annual increase of 21% was registered compared to the first half of last year, TAV Macedonia - the company operating the airports in Skopje and Ohrid - said in a press release. The number of flights at the two Macedonian airports from January until June marked an annual rise of 16%, it added. " While airports across Europe have an average passenger traffic increase of 6,1% in 2018, TAV continues to register high double di…
Ex-Yu Aviation: Austrian complains over Macedonian LCC subsidies
Austrian Airlines has complained that the subsidies provided by the Macedonian government to stimulate low cost airlines to operate flights to the country are unfair and distort competition. The carrier noted it is difficult to compete in such an environment and under such circumstances. Although it has no direct competition on its double daily flights between Vienna and Skopje, rival Wizz Air will commence services from the Austrian capital to Ohrid this October. Vienna was the third busiest route out of Macedonia last year following Ist…
Athens-Skopje flight to be operational by year-end, says Katrougalos
We have held discussions with company "Aegean Airlines" and the flight will be operational over the course of 2018, said Greek Alternate Minister of Foreign Affairs Georgios Katrougalos regarding the Athens-Skopje flight. "There are discussions in Aegean over the flight's activation. We see this as a positive development, like every measure that promotes economic cooperation between the two countries," Katrougalos told MIA at Wednesday's press briefing. Last October, Aegean Airlines told a press confere…
Turkish Onur Air launches Istanbul-Ohrid flight for 2018 summer season
Onur Air plane landed Sunday at Ohrid Airport bringing the first group of 180 Turkish tourists to one of Macedonia’s best holiday destinations. Today, the Turkish low-cost airline Onur Air is commencing services between Istanbul's Ataturk Airport and Ohrid for this summer season. The carrier will maintain a one weekly seasonal service until October 21, bringing Turkish tourists to Ohrid through the Turkish tour operator Tatil Budur. This summer the Onur Air Istanbul-Ohrid seasonal flight will bring about 4,500 passengers from …
Macedonia: Gasoline prices to rise at midnight
Prices of gasoline will go up by MKD 1.5 to MKD 2.00 per liter as of Monday midnight, the Regulatory Energy Commission (REC) announced. The new price of EUROSUPER BS-95 will be upped by MKD 2 per liter, while the prices of EUROSUPER BS-98, diesel, and extra light household fuel will rise by MKD 1.50 per liter. Consequently, the new price of EUROSUPER BS-95 will be MKD 67.50 per liter, and EUROSUPER BS-98 will now cost MKD 69 per liter. The new price of diesel will be MKD 59 per liter, and extra light household fuel will cost MKD 4…
Over 300,000 annual flights over Macedonia, pollution to be determined
National aviation institutions are prepared to meet the obligations that Macedonia and other members of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) have undertaken under the Carbon offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). There are over 300,000 annual flights over Macedonia and the amount of carbon emissions is the topic of Monday's workshop in Skopje, organized by ICAO and the Civil Aviation Agency (CAA). Over 100 representatives from the aviation field in Europe are trained how to draft e…
Macedonian and Bosnian nationals to cross border with identity cards
As of Monday, the nationals of Macedonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) can cross the border only with ID card. The agreement to cross the border only with ID cars has been signed today by PM Zoran Zaev and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina Denis Zvizdic. PM Zaev at the joint press conference said that Macedonia has also signed same agreements with Serbia and Albania. "This is the second concrete step to facilitate the movement of people between the two countries following the signing of agr…
Macedonia: Number of passengers in road and air transport increases
The number of passengers carried in road passenger transport in the fourth quarter of 2017, compared to the same period of the previous year, increased by 3.3%, in urban-suburban transport decreased by 6.7, and in rail transport by 12.3%, whereas the number of passengers carried in air transport increased by 16.4%, the State Statistical Office said on Thursday. In comparison with the third quarter of 2017, the number of passengers carried in road passenger transport decreased by 9.2%, in urban-suburban transport increased by 26.7% and …
New road signs erected on 'Friendship' highway
New signs bearing the name "Friendship" were erected on the Tabanovce - Bogorodica highway, which runs from the Serbian border to the Greek border. PM Zoran Zaev announced that the highway would be renamed after meeting with his Greek counterpart Alexis Tsipras in Davos. The government made the decision to change the highway name from "Alexander the Great" to "Friendship" mid-February. In addition to the highway, the "Alexander the Great" Airport in Skopje was renamed Skopje Internationa…
Wizz Air to station A321s in Skopje
Low cost carrier Wizz Air will replace two of its four Airbus A320 aircraft based in Skopje with the larger 230-seat A321 jets this summer. In a statement to EX-YU Aviation News, the airline confirmed that the first of the two aircraft will begin operations from the Macedonian capital on May 30 and the second from June 15. They will be deployed on a number of routes from Skopje including Berlin, Beauvais, Bratislava, Cologne, Eindhoven, Friedrichshafen, Gothenburg, Hahn, Hamburg, Hannover, Malmo, Memmingen, Nuremberg and Rome. Together, t…
Macedonia: Gasoline, diesel prices up
The retail prices of gasoline and diesel will increase by MKD 1 per litre as of Monday midnight, the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) told Monday. According to ERC, the price of EUROSUPER-95 is MKD 67.5 per litre, EUROSUPER-98 is to be sold for MKD 69.5, while EURODIESEL (D-E-V) - MKD 60.5 and extra light fuel for household (EL-1) - MKD 49. Under the decision, the price of crude oil M-1 HC also rises and now stands at MKD 29.906 per kilogram. The average price of crude oil at global markets and the MKD-US$ exchange rate were…
Skopje orders free public transportation to curb air pollution
As air pollution peaked off the charts in the Macedonian capital, the City of Skopje has reached a decision allowing free public transportation for everyone. It is one of the several measures entering into force after being adopted by the City of Skopje, Skopje Mayor Petre Silegov said announcing the measures on Wednesday. Free public transport will be in force until a reduction in air pollution is registered. Other measures include termination of all construction activities across the capital, round-the-clock control of const…
French companies interested in investing in Macedonia's railway sector
French companies are interested in investments and in launching projects related to the railway sector in Macedonia in addition to the remaining infrastructural activities that have been announced. Cooperation prospects have been examined at a meeting Monday of representatives of dozen French companies with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Goran Sugareski, who presented the government's plans considering road and railway infrastructure. "Several French companies have expressed interest for participation, espe…
Macedonia: Electronic toll collection system to be completed in late 2018
An electronic toll collection system is expected to be installed completely by the end of 2018 and to modernize pay toll collection along Corridor 10, the head of the Public Enterprise for State Roads (PESR) has said. Launched in 2014, the electronic toll collection system initially was supposed to be inaugurated last year. It envisaged the modernization of tollbooths near Romanovce, Petrovec, Sopot, Otovica and Gradsko and two new ones to be built. The project is estimated at EUR 18.7 million with 15 million being provided through th…
Bulgaria, Macedonia to seek funding for Corridor 8 road, railway project
Bulgaria and Macedonia plan to seek international financing for sections of Corridor 8 road and railway project on their territories, Bulgarian public radio broadcaster BNR reported on Thursday. Pan-European transport Corridor 8 stretches from Albania's Adriatic port of Durres to Varna, on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast, via Macedonia. Macedonian prime minister Zoran Zaev will visit Sofia on December 6-7 for a meeting of Western Balkan leaders with representatives of international financial institutions, at which funding opportun…
Skopje Airport registers strong October
Skopje Alexander the Great Airport has recorded its busiest October to date by handling 172.909 passengers during the month, representing an increase of an impressive 21% on last year. During the first ten months, the airport welcomed 1.582.989 travallers through its doors, an increase of 12.9% on 2016. The passenger difference between its traditionally busier nearby competitor Pristina, with which it has feuded over subsidy and fair competition claims in the past, continues to shorten with only 36.500 passengers setting the…
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