Pula Airport
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| Pula Airport | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| IATA: PUY - ICAO: LDPL | |||
| Summary | |||
| Airport type | Public | ||
| Operator | Pula Airport Ltd. | ||
| Serves | Pula | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 274 ft (84 m) | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Runways | |||
| Direction | Length | Surface | |
| ft | m | ||
| 09/27 | 9,678 | 2,950 | Asphalt |
Pula Airport (IATA: PUY, ICAO: LDPL) is the airport serving Pula, Croatia. Thanks to favourable climatic and technical conditions Pula is designated as the alternative airport for neighbouring countries Slovenia, Italy and Austria. Pula has a special interest in JET SET passengers flying privately or rented aircraft visiting Brijuni islands or attending concerts and shows at Pula Arena and sailing their yachts. Presently, Pula airport is capable of handling large aircraft such as Boeing 747 and Ilyushin Il-86.
[edit] News
Ryanair
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline by passenger numbers, has announced the opening of its second new route from Pula, Croatia to Dublin. The three weekly service ( Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) will commence on the 8th of February 2007 and will be operated with one of Ryanair's brand new Boeing's 737-800 series aircraft taking on board up 189 passengers.
In accordance with the activities undertaken by Pula Airport Management to establish direct international and regional flights, particularly with the republics of former Yugoslavia, a delegation from Belgrade Airport led by the General Manager Mr. Nebojša Nedeljković visited Pula Airport today. Airport Belgrade PR representatives visited Pula Airport too.
Belgrade Airport delegations visit Pula Airport
Intensive talks were carried out in order to establish direct or charter flights between Belgrade and Pula. Both parties are aware that there is a great potential which would result in 2 to 3 flights a week. In the pre-war period there was a daily flight from Pula to Belgrade and vice versa.
It was concluded that negotiations were very productive as there is mutual interest to establish these flights in the near future. An impending visit of Pula Airport Management to Belgrade Airport is foreseen in order to finalize the negotiations.
[edit] Airlines and destinations
- Croatia Airlines (Amsterdam, Dubrovnik, London-Gatwick, Manchester, Zadar, Zagreb, Zurich)
- Flyglobespan (Edinburgh)
- Norwegian Air Shuttle (Oslo [starts April 14, 2007])
- Ryanair (Dublin [starts February 8, 2007], London-Stansted)
- Thomsonfly (Bristol, Doncaster, London-Gatwick, Manchester)
