Istanbul becomes Ljubljana’s busiest air route

Istanbul became Ljubljana Airport’s busiest individual route in 2022 overtaking Frankfurt, with no carrier managing to outperform their pre-Covid passenger levels in the Slovenian capital last year. The first quarter of 2022 was still heavily impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. If all of London’s airports are taken into account, figures on services to and from Ljubljana just edged ahead of the Istanbul route.

Turkish Airlines carried a total of 119.631 passengers between Turkey’s largest city and Ljubljana, some 9.000 more than those travelling to Frankfurt with Lufthansa. Despite strong point-to-point demand, Turkish Airlines was also Slovenia’s second busiest transfer airline behind Lufthansa. Holiday destinations in Turkey proved most popular with Turkish Airlines’ passengers from Slovenia, followed by the likes of Tel Aviv, Bangkok and the Caucuses.