Budget airline Ryanair has sold more than 3,000 tickets for scheduled flights between Maribor and London's Stansted airport even before these will be launched on 7 June, airline officials told the press on Thursday.
According to Ryanair marketing director for Central Europe, Tomasz Kulakowski, the company is pleased with ticket sales so far. The air carrier began to sale tickets for three weekly flights between Maribor and London on the internet at the beginning of March.
Speaking at a press conference at the Maribor airport, Kulakowski was meanwhile unable to say how many of the 3,000 tickets were sold in Slovenia and how many in the UK.
The official drew attention to a special offer in which tickets will be available at EUR 10, taxes included, for advance booking between 20 and 30 April.
The general manager of the company running the Maribor airport was pleased with ticket sales too, saying it augured well for the development of the airport.
"The figures confirm the partnership with Ryanair was the right decision. It is now up to our tourism providers to attract as many British visitors to the region as possible," Aerodrom Maribor director Matjaz Sonc said.
According to him, the goal is to guarantee long-term success of the air link, something that new routes will depend on. Sonc said the company was considering launching a new route with Ryanair, possibly as early as next year.
Talks with other airlines, including Wizz Air, are under way too, but Sonc said he did not expect agreement to be reached before 2008.
More at hand is an agreement with Slovenia's flag carrier Adria Airways, which is currently in talks both on charter flights and scheduled ones. Aerodrom Maribor is keen to get a connection with one of the world's major hubs as this would give the people of eastern Slovenia a chance to travel anywhere in the world without having to travel to Ljubljana or neighbouring countries.
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