LJLA signs up new airline with Summer flights to Slovenian capital

Paul Winfield, left, and LJLA’s head of PR Robin Tudor celebrate the new route

Slovenian airline Adria Airways is to become the latest airline to operate from Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA).

Today it announced plans to commence a twice-weekly service from LJLA to the Slovenian capital city of Ljubljana, starting next Summer.

Flights will commence on May 20, 2020, operating on Saturdays and Wednesdays using 86-seat CRJ900 aircraft, continuing throughout the Summer until October 24.

The airline, which is a Star Alliance member, is the fourth new airline to announce operations from Liverpool and will offer the North of England’s only direct service to the Slovenian capital, complementing the growing range of destinations from LJLA, now served by nine airlines.

Bookings can now be made through the airline, or LJLA’s own holidays site.

Paul Winfield, director of aviation development for LJLA, said: “We are delighted to welcome our latest carrier, Adria Airways to Liverpool.

“Adria will continue to serve the North West market with an enhanced product from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

“This will enable passengers from across the North of England to travel to Ljubljana.”

Ljubljana has been the cultural, educational, economic, political, and administrative centre of independent Slovenia since 1991.

It dates back to the first half of the 12th century and is situated at the middle of a trade route between the Northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region.

It was under Habsburg rule from the middle ages until the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918.

After World War II, Ljubljana became the capital of the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

It retained this status until Slovenia became independent in 1991 and Ljubljana became the capital of the newly formed state.

It boasts many museums, including the National Museum of Slovenia.

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