PODGORICA (Montenegro), April 7 (SeeNews) – Flag carrier Montenegro Airlines (MA) plans to start operating charter flights to Finland and Israel this summer, Montenegro's transport ministry has said.
The company has signed an agreement with Swedish tour operator Apollo Der Touristic Nordic for the operation of Podgorica-Helsinki charter flights in the months of May, June, September and October, the transport ministry said in a sector report available on its website.
MA has also signed an agreement with Israeli tour operator Aviation Links to operate charter flights from Podgorica and Tivat to Tel Aviv in the period between June and September 2017.
The air carrier also plans to operate charter flights to Italy's Bari and Naples this summer, in cooperation with tour operator HIT Montenegro. Charter flights to Slovakia's capital Bratislava will also be serviced in the period between the end of June and the beginning of September, the transport ministry added.
The Montenegrin flag carrier handled a total of 581,519 passengers in 2016, up 0.6% compared with 2015. On the other hand, the number of flights fell 8.7% to 8,607 last year.