Adria interested in EX-YU alliance

Adria interested in joining Jat and Montenegro

A day after Croatia Airlines announced that it would not join Jat Airways and Montenegro Airlines in a regional EX-YU alliance because it was already a member of Star Alliance, Adria Airways says it is considering joining. “We are still considering the invitation. We have held meetings with interested parties but we are yet to come to an agreement. If we join we expect a leading role in the company”, Adria Airways said. Jat Airways has sent an invitation to all national carriers of the former Yugoslavia to join a new regional alliance in order to counter increasing competition in the region.

Adria Airways is a member of Star Alliance and has a strong regional network. Montenegro Airlines and Adria have a code share agreement on routes between Podgorica and Ljubljana. If the three national carriers of Serbia, Slovenia and Montenegro were to join, the united company (as of this moment) would have a fleet of twenty six aircraft and would operate scheduled flights to forty eight destinations.