Adria takes off in India

From January 15, there will be daily flights from New Delhi to Ljubljana with a stopover in Frankfurt. gives details on the new route.

Announcing its foray into the Indian market, Slovenian national airline Adria Airways will now have daily flights from Delhi to its capital city, Ljubljana from January next year. The flight is the result of the codeshare pact signed between Adria Airways and Air India last year.

Talking about the flight frequency and capacity within India, Mark Anzur, CEO, Adria Airways said, “We are hopeful the air traffic between both countries will witness an increase with the new route, thus strengthening our tourism ties. The airline will have daily afternoon flights from New Delhi to Ljubljana with a stopover in Frankfurt. Air India is the operating carrier with its Dreamliner 787 for New Delhi to Frankfurt and Adria will be the carrier from Frankfurt to Ljubljana.”

Anzur was in Delhi recently to attend the first-ever Star Alliance Chief Executive Board Meeting (CEB) held in India. According to Anzur, Slovenia unfortunately has minimal presence in India currently. “We have lost some of our traditional markets due to the euro zone crisis.