airberlin Prepares for Skopje Launch

Posted 14/06/2011

German carrier airberlin will open a new link between Dusseldorf and the Macedonian capital Skopje from June 25.  The airline will offer a single weekly rotation using a Boeing 737-700 but could increase frequency subject to demand.  The aircraft will be operating a late night departure from Germany, returning very early the following morning, suggesting that the route is to test the market while maximizing aircraft utilisation.

A growing number of airlines are now entering the Macedonian market with Niki and Wizz Air both recently announcing their own plans to add flights from Austria, Italy and the UK.  Sky Wings International currently offers a three times weekly service between Dusseldorf and Skopje as well as a weekly flight to Berlin.  An estimated 56,000 O&D passengers travelled between Germany and Skopje in the past year, with around 22,000 flying directly between Skopje and Dusseldorf.

Schedule:

AB3208 DUS2120 – 2345SKP 73G 6
AB3209 SKP0405 – 0635DUS 73G 7

---

With effect from March 19, 2012 the Breaking News coverage on Routesonline is powered by Airline Route.  For more analysis on these stories please read our expanded coverage of the key stories of the day in The HUB. 

You can also keep up to date with the latest network development news by following the live updates from @Routesonline, @TheHUBRoutes, @RouteExchange and @airlineroute on Twitter.  While all the latest news from our events can be seen by searching the #RoutesAfrica, #RoutesAmericas, #RoutesAsia, #RoutesCIS, #RoutesEurope and #WorldRoutes hashtags.

All material is copyright of UBM Aviation Routes but the views expressed are not necessarily the views of UBM Aviation Routes and the company shall therefore not be liable for the contents of any article that appears on the site.  Although the best efforts have been taken in collecting and checking the material we can not and do not warrant that the information contained in this product is complete or accurate and does not assume and hereby disclaims liability to any person for any loss of damage caused by errors or omissions.

PLEASE NOTE: From March 7, 2012 schedule data for all news stories has been extracted from OAG Schedules iNET; All GDS data is based on a live GDS update on the day of publication; Traffic data extracted from IATA BSP system for the year ending December 2011.  All information is subject to change.