Wizz Air new to Stockholm Skavsta

Wizz Air is massively expanding its flights between Macedonia and Scandinavia.

Starting May 3rd Wizz Air will launch twice weekly  flights between Skopje and Stockholm Skavsta. The flights will operate Modays and Fridays.

Additionally Wizz Air is introducing a third weekly flight  between Skopje and Malmö.

Flydubai increases flights to Macedonia

Flydubai is introducing a third weekly flight between Skopje and Dubai starting June 16th.

The new Sunday flight will operate with the following schedule:

FZ 791 DXB 0915 SKP 1240
FZ 792 SKP 13.25 DXB 20.35

Kon Tiki Sky granted licence for double daily Skopje - Bucharest flights

The macedonian CAA has granted license to the romanian airline Alfa Air ( Kon Tiki Sky ) for operating double daily flights between Skopje and Bucharest Otopeni, for the period between 18.06 and 30.09.2012.

Alfa Air flights are were showing up in the schedule on the Skopje Airport's official webpage ( here the SKP schedule for 18.06.2012  ). However, this airline should be continued to be treated with caution, as all their plans in operating flights in the past have never realized.

The airline on its website (kontikisky.com) is currently advertising flights from Skopje to the following destinations: Basel, Stuttgart , Düsseldorf-Weeze, Berlin, Hamburg and Malmö all with a stop in Bucharest.

Wizz Air to launch 6 new routes from Skopje

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Update 14.06.2012

as anounced today by the macedonian government Wizz is openning the following six routes from Skopje:

Dortmund, Eindhoven, Munich-Memmingen, Milan  (twice weekly starting 28Oct)
Malmö (twice weekly starting 29Oct)
Basel (three weekly starting 30Oct)
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With the start of the next Winter schedule (end of October), Wizzair is opening a base at Skopje Alexander the Great Airport, launching flights to at least six new destinations. From an interview with the macedonian prime minister these destinations will include : Dortmund , Munich (Memmingen), Malmö, Eindhoven, Milan and Basel.

The official statement with all the detailed information regarding this development is expected for June 21st.

Wizzair is already operating flights to the macedonian capital, from London Luton and Venice-Treviso.

Flydubai is launching Skopje flights from Oct 2012

as announced today flydubai from Oct18 is launching twice weekly flights between Skopje and Dubai (mondays and thursdays) using  a BOEING 737-800NG, beeing the first non european scheduled flights ever at Skopje Alexander the Great Airport

Schedule:
FZ 791 DXB 0915  SKP 1240
FZ 792 SKP 1340  DXB 2050

one ways fare are starting by 244€

However, Skopje is not yet listed in the Emirates database making connecting flights to Asia and Australia impossible at the moment

New charter to Stuttgart

The travel agency Air Prishtina is connecting Skopje and Stuttgart with a weekly flight (saturdays), starting June 30th. The flights will be operated by XL Airways Germany (One-way fares starting by 80EUR)

GXL668 15:00 17:10 STR SKP
GXL669 05:40 08:00 SKP STR

airprishtina.com

JAT resuming seasonal flights to Ohrid

JAT is increasing the frequency on their seasonal flights to Ohrid. Between June 15th and September 15th the airline is flying 5 times a week between Belgrade and Ohrid with the following routing BEG - SKP - OHD - BEG. The total number of Skopje flights during the same period increases to 13 weekly.

Is Czech Airlines ending its Skopje service?

Czech Airlines has at the moment closed reservation for all flights betwen PRG and Skopje after March 25th.

With the departure of Czech Airlines there will be no SkyTeam carrier left at SKP.

new charters to Vienna and Geneva

new weekly summer charters to Vienna and Geneva are announced by airPrishtina, operated by Hello and XL Airways Germany   (both on saturdays)

FHE6297 SKP-GVA 10:50 12.50 30/06/2012-27/10/2012
FHE6296 GVA-SKP 13:40 15.40 30/06/2012-27/10/2012

GXL669 SKP-VIE 11:20 12.50 31/03/2012-13/10/2012
GXL668 VIE-SKP 13:40 15.10 31/03/2012-13/10/2012

(according to airprishtina.com)

Belle Air to Rome (FCO) and Düsseldorf

Belle Air is launching flights to two more destinations from Skopje: Rome( FCO) and Düsseldorf

twice weekly ( thu and sun) flights to Rome are starting on 15.12 :

LG 751 FCO 14.40 SKP 16.50
LG 752 SKP 17.20 FCO 19.30

flights to Düsseldorf are starting on 10.12, twice weekly during the holiday period (December)
then continuing one weekly on Wednesdays:

LG 557 DUS 10.50 SKP 13.20
LG 558 SKP 14.10 DUS 16.30

Belle Air is also flying to Venice and Ancona from Skopje

charter flights Skopje - Vienna ( operated by Belle Air) starting on 17.12  are bookable only through certain travel agencies

Blue-Express to Skopje

The italian low cost carrier Blue-Express with the begin of the winter schedule (30 Oct) is starting 2 weekly flights (thursdays and sundays)  between Skopje and Rome Fiumicino (FCO)

BV2140 FCO1100 – 1240SKP
BV2141 SKP1315 – 1455FCO

one way fares starting by 80 €

Skopje Airport W11/12

Here an overview of the airlines comencing scheduled flights to Skopje during the next winter season starting  30.Oct (status as of now)

Adria Airways       LJU 7x weekly
Air Berlin              ZRH 3x (in cooperation with Belair Airlines)
                             DUS 2x
Austrian Airlines   VIE 11x

Croatia Airlines     ZAG 7x

Czech Airlines      PRG 6x (reduced to 4x from Jan)
Jat Airways          BEG 9x
Malev                   BUD 9x
Pegasus               SAW 3x
                            ADB 2x
Swiss                   ZRH 3x
Turkish Airlines    IST 7x
Wizz Air               LTN 3x
                            TSF 2x