Tivat: possible new BA destination?
Oct 30, 2018, 5:55 am
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Tivat: possible new BA destination?
According to this article in one of Montenegro‘s websites, BA is preparing to launch flights to Tivat.
I guess this might happen as they are taliking about 2 weekly flights from next summer. Would it be LHR, LGW or even LCY?
British Airways: London-Tivat-London Line
I guess this might happen as they are taliking about 2 weekly flights from next summer. Would it be LHR, LGW or even LCY?
British Airways: London-Tivat-London Line
Oct 30, 2018, 6:05 am
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Border crossing on land between Tivat and Dubrovnik is a right pain in summer, so I am not surprised in that respect.
I would like someone (non-LCC) operating scheduled services from the UK to Tivat since transport is a major factor that's ruled out an annual contract at Porto Montenegro for us so far (helicopter charter to/from DBV every time is not an option!).
I would like someone (non-LCC) operating scheduled services from the UK to Tivat since transport is a major factor that's ruled out an annual contract at Porto Montenegro for us so far (helicopter charter to/from DBV every time is not an option!).
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Oct 30, 2018, 6:20 am
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This would be very welcome if confirmed! Have had several excellent holidays (some time ago now) in the Kotor / Prčanj / Budva area, but always had to route LHR-BEG and then transfer to old JAT / Montonegro Airlines down to TIV.
I'm guessing this would be a LGW route over the Summer.
I'm guessing this would be a LGW route over the Summer.
Oct 30, 2018, 6:26 am
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This would be very welcome if confirmed! Have had several excellent holidays (some time ago now) in the Kotor / Prčanj / Budva area, but always had to route LHR-BEG and then transfer to old JAT / Montonegro Airlines down to TIV.
I'm guessing this would be a LGW route over the Summer.
I'm guessing this would be a LGW route over the Summer.
Oct 30, 2018, 6:28 am
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According to this article in one of Montenegro‘s websites, BA is preparing to launch flights to Tivat.
I guess this might happen as they are taliking about 2 weekly flights from next summer. Would it be LHR, LGW or even LCY?
British Airways: London-Tivat-London Line
I guess this might happen as they are taliking about 2 weekly flights from next summer. Would it be LHR, LGW or even LCY?
British Airways: London-Tivat-London Line
I think we are all very grateful that your morning newspaper intake stretches to the Total Montenegro News, and you do have a good track record in this area, given the Durban route. Plus it is the case that we often get local based leaks before BA's own media machine ambles into life. The details - twice a week in summer, are particularly plausible. The other factor here is that Tivat is an occasional charter destination for BA and there seems to be someone in Waterside who quite rightly asks "why are we doing this flying for other companies?". So they launch it, try it, kill it if it's not going to work, or shift it to LGW, depending on the numbers and money. JMK and JTR were surprises when they were launched but have turned into money printing machines.
Oct 30, 2018, 6:43 am
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I think we are all very grateful that your morning newspaper intake stretches to the Total Montenegro News, and you do have a good track record in this area, given the Durban route. Plus it is the case that we often get local based leaks before BA's own media machine ambles into life. The details - twice a week in summer, are particularly plausible. The other factor here is that Tivat is an occasional charter destination for BA and there seems to be someone in Waterside who quite rightly asks "why are we doing this flying for other companies?". So they launch it, try it, kill it if it's not going to work, or shift it to LGW, depending on the numbers and money. JMK and JTR were surprises when they were launched but have turned into money printing machines.
And about converting charters to regular flights, I could see Lemnos being added. It has been operating as a charter for some time now from LHR. Could that be a possibility?
Oct 30, 2018, 7:12 am
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I’m sure you mean the latter ^
Oct 30, 2018, 7:50 am
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I spoke at a conference in Montenegro last year and was blown away by how beautiful the country was.
However getting there from Edinburgh was a right pain. 3 flights in each direction.
There’s been the possibility of work there but the trip has put me off. A BA flight would at least make the journey a little more palatable.
However getting there from Edinburgh was a right pain. 3 flights in each direction.
There’s been the possibility of work there but the trip has put me off. A BA flight would at least make the journey a little more palatable.
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Oct 30, 2018, 10:41 am
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While Kotor is close enough to DBV and at the moment the border crossing is a pain it's about to get a whole lot worse. In the course of the next twelve months Croatia is expected to join the Schengen Area and as such will be an external land border for it. The infrastructure is already in place and if you visit Croatia at present you will experience very thorough checks in preparation and these will only grow as the integrity of the border becomes more serious not less.
Oct 30, 2018, 10:56 am
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I was in Kotor in May and it's breathtakingly beautiful. Transfer time from DBV was about 40 mins @LTNPhobia whilst DBV obviously is in Croatia we 100% did not pass through a border post in either direction( I have no idea if this is a recent thing or not). We did when visiting Mostar for the day and totally agree it's a pain in the bum. I THINK the border post ( between DBV & TIV/ Kotor)is one of those that has been all but eliminated under the various friendship agreements. I'm not going to say it doesn't exist anymore simply that if it's there we drove through it both ways without stopping and without even realising it was there whereas with the journey from Kotor to Mostar you couldn't miss the multiple posts and the ever so quick & efficient staff there placed all of 50 yards apart.
Hopefully if BA do fly to TIV they can convince the airport operators to invest abit more in a lounge than they do at DBV where asking for tomato juice was met with looks of incredulity. TIV needing it's own certification might be an issue of course but it would be great to see BA flying there as journey time from TIV to Kotor/ Porto Montenegro is all of 10-15 mins.
Hopefully if BA do fly to TIV they can convince the airport operators to invest abit more in a lounge than they do at DBV where asking for tomato juice was met with looks of incredulity. TIV needing it's own certification might be an issue of course but it would be great to see BA flying there as journey time from TIV to Kotor/ Porto Montenegro is all of 10-15 mins.
Oct 30, 2018, 12:42 pm
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I was in Kotor in May and it's breathtakingly beautiful. Transfer time from DBV was about 40 mins @LTNPhobia whilst DBV obviously is in Croatia we 100% did not pass through a border post in either direction( I have no idea if this is a recent thing or not). We did when visiting Mostar for the day and totally agree it's a pain in the bum. I THINK the border post ( between DBV & TIV/ Kotor)is one of those that has been all but eliminated under the various friendship agreements. I'm not going to say it doesn't exist anymore simply that if it's there we drove through it both ways without stopping and without even realising it was there whereas with the journey from Kotor to Mostar you couldn't miss the multiple posts and the ever so quick & efficient staff there placed all of 50 yards apart.
The point that was being made above is that if and when Croatia joins the Schengen free travel area the EU will expect it to enforce border checks with any non-Schengen countries, including Montenegro, as it is enforcing the border to the whole Schengen area. The effective enforcement of this border across the area has been traditionally mixed, but since the migrant crisis the EU has made enforcing it a priority. This would supersede any bilateral arrangements that currently exist between Croatia and Montenegro. However although Croatia are moving down the path to fully implementing Schengen my understanding is that a date is yet to be set by the EU.