WHO WE ARE IN MACEDONIA?

Our History

SOME HISTORY FACTS ABOUT US

THE DATE OF FOUNDATION OF OUR ORGANIZATION AS A STATE COMPANY UNDER THE NAME OF KOMPAS, ESTABLISHED BY KOMPAS LJUBLJANA - SLOVENIA WAS IN 1965. THE NEW DATE OF REGISTRATION AS AN INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDING COMPANY IS NOVEMBER 1991.

KOMPAS SKOPJE HAS A LONG HISTORY IN THE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL MARKET. KOMPAS SKOPJE IS A IATA LICENSEE SINCE 1973 WHEN WE STARTED TO TRAIN OUR EMPLOYEES WITH DIFFERENT AIRLINE INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAMS. ALSO IT IS A VALID (A) LICENSED TOUR OPERATOR AGENCY WHICH ALLOWS US TO WORK INCOMING AND OUTGOING WITH NO BOUNDARIES AND RESTRICTIONS.

WITH THE STAGNATION OF THE TRAVEL INDUSTRY BETWEEN 1990 TO 2000 DUE TO THE BALKAN TURMOIL, KOMPAS SKOPJE ESTABLISHED A NEW TYPE OF TOURISM, SO CALLED MILITARY TOURISM, SERVICING THE FOREIGN MILITARY FORCES STATIONED IN MACEDONIA IN THAT PERIOD OF TIME. KOMPAS TOOK LARGE PART OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR REST AND RECREATION PROGRAMS, SALES AND TICKETING AND ,IN FACT, SERVICING ALL OF THEIR TRAVELING NEEDS. SOME OF THE CLIENTS WERE: O UNPREDEP O UNPROFOR O CANADIAN ARMED FORCES O SCANDINAVIAN TROOPS (DANISH, NORWEGIAN, SWEDISH AND FINISH TROOPS) O US TROOPS O OSCE MISSION.

IN 1999 WITH THE GROWTH OF SALES OF TICKETING ON SPECIFIC AIRLINE AS BRITISH AIRWAYS, KOMPAS REDISTRICTED A SISTER COMPANY KOMPTOURS LTD WHO BECAME A GSA AGENT FOR BRITISH AIRWAYS HANDLING FOUR FLIGHTS PER WEEK FROM SKOPJE TO LONDON GATWICK. WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICTS IN MACEDONIA DURING 2002, BRITISH AIRWAYS STOPS THEIR FLIGHTS DUE TO SECURITY REASONS AND KOMPTOURS EXTINCT OF EXISTENCE.

IN THE YEAR OF 2000 TILL END OF 2001 KOMPAS BECOMES PARTNER WITH A NORWEGIAN ENTITY IN FIRST CHOICE TRAVEL - A PRISHTINA BASED AGENCY WITH A FRANCHISE OF CARSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL AND BEGINS OPERATION ON THE BUSINESS TRAVEL OF COMPANIES, EMBASSIES, NGO’S AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SERVICING ALL THEIR TRAVEL NEEDS. AS PART OF THE CARSON WAGONLIT TRAVEL FAMILY, FIRST CHOICE TRAVEL OPENS A IN-HOUSE OPERATION IN US EMBASSY IN TIRANA WHERE WE BEGIN TO EXPAND. IN THE FOLLOWING YEARS, DUE TO STAGNATION ON THE KOSOVO MARKET AND THE SECURITY SITUATION KOMPAS PULLS OUT OF THE COMPANY AND ORIENTS ITSELF ON THE MACEDONIAN MARKET.