Air Serbia wins Kraljevo flight tender
Air Serbia will commence operations out of Kraljevo’s Morava Airport after winning a tender to carry out scheduled air services declared to be of public interest from the central Serbian city. The airline was the sole bidder and will be the beneficiary of 5.63 million euros over the next three years in order to maintain year-round flights to Vienna and seasonal summer services to Thessaloniki. In total, 300 return flights will be operated to the Austrian capital for the duration of the subsidy contract. The route has been allocated 3.32 million euros. On the other hand, 184 return services will be run from Kraljevo to Greece’s second largest city, for which the Serbian carrier will pocket 2.25 million euros. The company will receive the remaining 50.174 euros to cover operational start-up costs at Morava Airport.
In its decision to award the Serbian carrier the multi million euro contract, the Ministry for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure said, “The offer made by Air Serbia in the amount of 659.191.258 dinars (5.63 million euros) fulfils all the requirements set out in the public procurement law and the tender documentation. The offer made by Air Serbia has been deemed acceptable”. Airlines had until this morning to declare whether they were interested in commercially launching any of the two routes without subsidies. Had anyone declared interest, the selected route would have been removed from the tender and no incentives would be offered, however, the carrier in question would have to launch flights within the timeframe set out in the tender brief. As no carrier raised interest, no airline other than Air Serbia will be able to maintain flights from Kraljevo to either of the two cities.
Under the tender conditions, Air Serbia must launch three weekly flights between Kraljevo and Vienna next month, while three weekly services to Thessaloniki should commence in mid-March 2020. As a result, Air Serbia will now maintain flights to the two cities from both Belgrade and Kraljevo. Furthermore, the airline will serve three cities in Serbia, following Belgrade and Niš. All flights from Kraljevo will be maintained with the regional ATR72 turboprop aircraft. The government has allocated funds for the construction of a second runway in Kraljevo next year, which will enable it to handle larger jet-engine aircraft without restrictions.
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