agreements, agreements
What is the most reliable way to anticipate new routes before they are announced? My hint: try to perform a multi-language scan of local governments' and city councils' budget decisions in different parts of Europe, it will tell you all. Thessaloniki is already announced, let's move ahead. So, what's next?
The next new FR destination will most likely be Rijeka in Croatia, the announcement is imminent. How do I know? Well, the essential decision concerning the marketing support has just been made. To make the agreement viable, the Croatian National Tourist Board (HTZ) will provide € 125.000, both Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and the City of Rijeka will give 50.000 euros, and the tourist boards of the City and County mentioned €11.500 thousand each. As a result, two new routes will be started. One from Stansted, twice a week, the second one from Skavsta, with similar frequencies. Both will be seasonal, from April to October. Can you see any reason not to implement the agreement?
Let's go elsewhere and switch to Spanish. Santiago de Compostela has just allocated 350,000 euros to guarantee three weekly flights to Brussels CRL. The sum will be paid annually to ensure three weekly flights until 2015, the flights are due to start in May this year. Any doubts if the plan will materialize?
On the other hand, there are some routes already planned and included in the schedule draft since the beginning of December still waiting to be released. Like this from Trapani to Tampere, no-nonsense route perhaps, waiting, waiting... for the marketing agreement supposedly?
The business life is very simple indeed, more simple than you might have expected.