Foreign carriers suspend majority of EX-YU flights
Foreign carriers have suspended the majority of their services to the countries of the former Yugoslavia where air traffic is still operational, with more to follow in the coming days, as a result of the coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak.
Aeroflot is halting the majority of its operations due to increasing travel restrictions and new measures In Russia. The airline will suspended services to Belgrade and Tivat from March 21 but continues to maintain flights to Zagreb. Etihad Airways will suspended services to Belgrade, with its last service planned for today. Qatar Airways will temporarily discontinue operations to Sarajevo and the Serbian capital. The final service to Bosnia and Herzegovina is planned for today, while to Belgrade on Monday, March 23. The Qatari carrier plans to run services to the Croatian capital at this point.
Emirates also currently intends on maintaining its operations to Zagreb, albeit at six times per week instead of daily. Its partner Flydubai will run two weekly flights to Belgrade, however, services to Sarajevo will be temporarily suspended. The airline will operate its final flight to Sarajevo today, with the service resumption expected on April 1. Norwegian Air Shuttle has discontinued flights to all of its destinations in the former Yugoslavia, with operations currently scheduled to resume in mid-April. The airline will operate its last service to the region, between Stockholm and Sarajevo, tomorrow.
Turkish Airlines will discontinue flights to Dubrovnik, with the airport’s General Manager noting that all international services will likely be suspended. It follows Croatia Airlines’ decision to maintain only domestic services from all airports other than Zagreb. “We currently have flights from Athens [Aegean Airlines], London [British Airways] and Istanbul. Turkish Airlines is likely to cancel Istanbul, while we will see what happens with Athens and London. Due to very low demand, I expect they will be suspended as well”, the General Manager of Dubrovnik Airport, Frano Luetić, said. Lufthansa has suspended its operations to Zagreb and Sarajevo, however, services continue to be maintained from both Frankfurt and Munich to Belgrade for the time being.
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