LOT eyes Budapest - Belgrade service
LOT Polish Airlines is considering introducing flights from its future base in Budapest to Belgrade. According to the "BUD Flyer" portal, citing industry sources, the airline is looking to commence services between the two capitals to better feed its network of long haul routes. The Warsaw-based carrier is creating its first airport hub outside of Poland in response to recent growth and route expansion opportunities. The aim is to position LOT as the new transfer airline of Eastern Europe. The carrier already operates to several destinations from Budapest, including New York, Chicago, Krakow, London City and Warsaw. It will introduce services to Brussels and Bucharest in September, as well as station an Embraer E195 jet in the Hungarian capital.
LOT Polish Airlines' CEO, Rafal Milczarski, recently said, "With new flights we will start developing transfer traffic via Budapest Airport. It is a smart way to further establish the airline as the preferred choice for travelling in the region". The Polish carrier currently maintains eleven weekly flights between Warsaw and Belgrade, which will increase to twelve weekly in late September. It noted, "There is no dominant category of passengers on our Belgrade service. It varies based on the day of the week. Of those transferring through Warsaw, the majority of passengers connect onto flights to Toronto and several points in Western Europe",
The national carrier of Belarus, Belavia, currently operates two weekly services from Budapest to Belgrade. Air Serbia launched daily operations to the Hungarian capital in March 2014 but suspended the service in October the following year due to poor demand. The Serbian government has earmarked funds to subsidies flights between Niš and Budapest from July 2019 until 2023. The route will be maintained twice per week. An operating carrier is expected to be selected on May 6. In 2017, Wizz Air, with the support of the Hungarian government, launched services from Budapest to Pristina, Skopje, Podgorica, Sarajevo and Tirana, which have so far proved successful.
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