Ryanair launching new Niš service in November
Europe's largest airline, Ryanair, will expand its operations from Niš Constantine the Great Airport this winter season with the introduction of flights to Malta. Services between the two will operate twice per week starting November 8 and will run each Monday and Friday on a year-round basis. Ryanair's Chief Commercial Officer, David O'Brien, said, "Ryanair, as Europe’s number one airline, is pleased to continue its Central and Eastern European expansion with the launch of a new twice weekly Niš route to Malta, commencing in November as part of our extended winter 2019 schedule. To celebrate, we are releasing seats on sale from just 12.99 euros for travel until the end of November 2019, which must be booked by midnight Saturday, August 17. Since these amazing low fares will be snapped up quickly, customers should log onto our website and avoid missing out".
Ryanair has been in discussions with Niš Airport over flights to Malta since 2016. A notable number of locals from southern and south-eastern Serbia live and work on the Mediterranean island. This winter season, Ryanair will maintain services to five destinations from Constantine the Great Airport. In addition to Malta, these include Berlin Schonefeld, Bratislava, Bergamo and Stockholm Skavsta. Niš Airport itself has registered strong growth in July as Air Serbia introduced the first of twelve new routes from the city. It welcomed 35.646 passengers, representing an increase of 11.9% on the same month last year. During the January - July period, it handled 201.304 travellers, down 2.3%.
Ryanair faces no direct competition on its new Malta service. On the other hand, both Air Serbia and Wizz Air maintain flights from Belgrade to the island state. The latter recently also launched services from Skopje to Malta. Demand for flights from Malta to the former Yugoslavia has been growing in recent years, with Montenegro also seeking to establish services to the country. In June, Ryanair agreed to establish a Malta-based carrier to grow its presence on the island and access to North Africa, adding another subsidiary to its group of airlines. Ryanair plans to move six of its aircraft currently based in the country into Malta Air. Europe's largest low cost airline said it planned to increase its fleet on the island to ten aircraft within three years and rebrand them as Malta Air for the 2020 summer season.
Further flight details for the new Malta - Niš service can be found here.
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