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May 21, 2013 (newstodate): Slovenia's government has published a list of state-owned assets to be put up for sale.
Included on the list are the country's ailing national carrier Adria Airways and its airport, Ljubljana Airport that may be privatized.
Adria Airways has long fought a battle to survive, having been forced to reportedly put its two Airbus A319 aircraft up for sale through Phoenix Aircraft Leasing, leaving the airline with a fleet of one Airbus A320, four Bombardier CRJ900LR and five CRJ200LR aircraft, three of which have also already been put up for sale.
Efforts have been made for the last few years to attract a strategic partner to take a stake in the carrier, but none of the attempts succeeded.
Adria Airways accounts for 70 percent of all passenger traffic and 52 percent of the airport's aircraft movements, and the fading luck of the carrier has made a similar negative impact on the airport's performance that is also hit by strong competition from nearby airports in the region.
Prospects for growth by Ljubljana Airport have thus been adjusted by a recent report.
In 2012, the airport handled a total of 1.2 mio passengers and 17,000 tonnes of cargo.
The original long term plan made by the airport in 2007 was to increase passenger traffic to 2.2 mio and cargo to 23.3 tonnes by 2015.
Estimates have now been revised to 1.7 mio passenger and 23,000 tonnes of cargo by 2017.
Included on the list are the country's ailing national carrier Adria Airways and its airport, Ljubljana Airport that may be privatized.
Adria Airways has long fought a battle to survive, having been forced to reportedly put its two Airbus A319 aircraft up for sale through Phoenix Aircraft Leasing, leaving the airline with a fleet of one Airbus A320, four Bombardier CRJ900LR and five CRJ200LR aircraft, three of which have also already been put up for sale.
Efforts have been made for the last few years to attract a strategic partner to take a stake in the carrier, but none of the attempts succeeded.
Adria Airways accounts for 70 percent of all passenger traffic and 52 percent of the airport's aircraft movements, and the fading luck of the carrier has made a similar negative impact on the airport's performance that is also hit by strong competition from nearby airports in the region.
Prospects for growth by Ljubljana Airport have thus been adjusted by a recent report.
In 2012, the airport handled a total of 1.2 mio passengers and 17,000 tonnes of cargo.
The original long term plan made by the airport in 2007 was to increase passenger traffic to 2.2 mio and cargo to 23.3 tonnes by 2015.
Estimates have now been revised to 1.7 mio passenger and 23,000 tonnes of cargo by 2017.