Air Serbia reschedules launch of select new routes
Air Serbia has delayed the launch of several new routes planned for June 1 and June 2, however, all are scheduled to go ahead and have not been scrapped at this point. The services have been delayed only by several days, although further changes remain likely. The inaugural flights from Belgrade to Amman, Chisinau, Lviv and Rostov-on-Don have been moved, while services to Geneva and Florence, to be introduced on June 1 and June 6, are to go ahead as planned. At this point, the airline has retained the same frequencies on all the new routes as initially set. Services between Kraljevo and Thessaloniki, which were to launch on March 31, have been moved for May 2.
| Route | Original date | New date |
|---|---|---|
| Belgrade - Amman | JUN 01 | JUN 04 |
| Belgrade - Chisinau | JUN 01 | JUN 07 |
| Belgrade - Lviv | JUN 01 | JUN 08 |
| Belgrade - Rostov-on-Don | JUN 02 | JUN 05 |
The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, yesterday reiterated the country’s plans to provide aid for its national carrier, labelling the company as one of the pillars of its economy. “I don’t want to talk too much about it now, during this crisis, and will be speaking more about it in two weeks. We saw how important Air Serbia has been for us during this situation. Imagine what we would have done without Air Serbia. Would anything be possible without Air Serbia? How long would we have to wait for aid and how long would it take to repatriate our nationals? We are doing it for free. The government pays for it, unlike in some other countries. We were able to do this because we saved our national carrier several years ago. And we will strengthen it even more. We have a very ambitious program planned”.
Air Serbia has suspended its commercial operations until at least May 1. The carrier has been running a number of repatriation flights and will continue to do so over the coming days. Over the weekend, it operated services to bring back stranded citizens from Dubai and Vienna. This week, flights are also planned to Malta, Bratislava, Prague, Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin, Frankfurt and Paris. Serbia has signalled it may relax some measures introduced to combat the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic in late April or early May, which would include the lifting of the existing state of emergency.
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