Slovenia boosts air connectivity for tourists

Slovenia's clean, green blend of scenery, activity and gourmet offerings has seen it emerge as one of the hottest European destinations for the 2026 summer.

Easily reached by road from Venice, Zagreb or Innsbruck, Slovenia is a small nation with a big offering.

During the summer season, which will run until the end of October, Ljubljana Airport is upgrading its flight offering and expanding capacity.

There will be additional frequencies on many existing routes, a wide selection of charter flights to popular holiday destinations, and two new connections.

As of now, a new regular service from low-cost carrier easyJet will be launched at Ljubljana Airport. In addition to flights to London Gatwick and Manchester, the airline will also offer flights to Edinburgh.

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which operates daily flights between Ljubljana and Amsterdam, and Swiss International Air Lines, with its route to Zurich, are introducing morning departures and evening return flights.

Spanish airline Iberia will strengthen its seasonal connection between Madrid and Ljubljana, with flights starting in early June and operating twice weekly until the end of September. Low-cost carrier Vueling Airlines will continue its flights to Barcelona during the summer schedule.

airBaltic is adding an extra weekly frequency on the route to Riga, while Aegean Airlines (Athens), Turkish Airlines (Istanbul), British Airways (London Heathrow), and Wizz Air (Skopje) are also increasing frequencies.

Lufthansa will increase aircraft capacity on its routes to Frankfurt and Munich, while Finnair (Helsinki) and Transavia (Paris Orly) are returning to Ljubljana after the winter break.

Bad news is thatt flydubai has temporarily suspended flights on the Dubai–Ljubljana route, with services expected to resume after April 29.

After closing 2025 with nearly 1.6 million passengers, representing a 10.6% increase compared to the previous year, Fraport Slovenia expects Ljubljana Airport to continue its stable growth in passenger traffic.

Photo: FB Ljubljana Airport

 

It is getting easier to fly in and out of Ljubljana

Slovenia is riding a tourism boom and it is getting easier to fly in and out of its vibrant capital Ljubljana.

Ljubljana Airport (above) is set to expand its flight offerings in spring with the introduction of new routes from KLM and Eurowings, and increased flight frequency from Turkish Airlines and British Airways.

KLM will launch daily flights to Amsterdam starting in late March, providing up to 11 flights per week while Eurowings will begin flights to Düsseldorf in mid-April, offering three weekly departures.

One-way tickets from Ljubljana to Amsterdam by KLM, with onward connections worldwide via Schiphol Airport, start at €70.

The route with Eurowings will offer onward connections through Eurowings’ network to European vacation destinations. One-way fares start at €39.99.

Turkish Airlines will increase flights to Istanbul to 18 times per week in June, while British Airways will offer eight weekly flights to London Heathrow from June onwards.

With the addition of the new flights, the summer schedule will feature 27 connections from 24 carriers.

Ljubljana Airport saw a 13.3% increase in passenger traffic in 2024, reaching over 1.4 million passengers, with recovery approaching pre-pandemic levels. Top destinations included Istanbul, London, Frankfurt, Zurich, Paris, and Munich.