Air Serbia delays service resumption
Air Serbia has pushed back its resumption of commercial operations from April 13 until May 1 as a result of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Although the airline has not officially communicated on when it intends on returning to the skies, up until last weekend it has been selling tickets for services from Belgrade starting April 13. Wizz Air, which also initially planned to resume flights from the Serbian capital on the same date has moved its service resumption by two weeks, pending government approval. Additional adjustments remain highly possible, depending on travel restrictions and traffic demand.
Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport remains closed for commercial flights until further notice, while the airports in Niš and Kraljevo are closed until May 12. The Serbian carrier still has flights scheduled to launch to six new destinations out of Belgrade from June 1, including Amman, Chisinau, Geneva, Lviv, Rostov-on-Don and Florence, although their fate remains uncertain at this point. The carrier is also due to inaugurate services from Kraljevo to Thessaloniki in early May, however, these will have to be rescheduled due to the airport’s closure.
Air Serbia has been grounded since March 20 following the closure of all of the country’s airports for commercial traffic. Since then, it has been running an average of two daily flights to repatriate stranded citizens and bring medical supplies and aid. Rescue flights have so far been operated to Abu Dhabi, Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Bratislava, Bucharest, Doha, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Larnaca, Los Angeles, London, Malta, Moscow, Paris, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Vienna and Warsaw. More repatriation flights, including a service to the United States, are expected in the coming days. The airline has also run numerous flights to China to transport medical equipment and supplies. These have included operations to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
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