Skopje, 20 August 2025 (MIA) – Lufthansa has opted to maintain flights between Frankfurt and Skopje throughout the entire winter season, albeit with a significantly reduced schedule, according to the Ex-Yu Aviation News.

Back in May, the airline decided to suspend the service from February 1 to March 28, 2026, during the 2025/26 winter timetable, which runs from October 26 to March 28. However, this week the carrier revised its plans and scheduled three weekly flights between the two cities, operating on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, throughout February and March, a reduction compared to the ten weekly services maintained during the same months this year.

“The route will be operated with the Airbus A319 aircraft during this two-month period. According to Lufthansa’s current schedule, the airline plans to run ten weekly flights in November and December, followed by seven weekly rotations in January. The January schedule will not feature a daily service but will include two flights on select days of the week,” the report says.

Receiving Macedonian government subsidies, Lufthansa has operated the Skopje-Frankfurt route since April 2023, carrying 73,456 passengers in 2023 and 105,653 in 2024.

The Ministry of Transport announced five new routes from Skopje Airport earlier this month. Wizz Air will start flights to Madrid and Stockholm in November, and to Prague, Bari, and Cologne in December. The previously announced Skopje–Larnaca route will also be launched.

The Skopje and Ohrid airports recorded a total of 1.5 million passengers in the first half of this year alone, which is an increase of 5 percent for the Skopje Airport and 11 percent for the Ohrid Airport.

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