Gulf carriers outline EX-YU operations
The majority of airports across the former Yugoslavia are currently closed for commercial traffic, while numerous airlines across the world have grounded their fleets. However, the handful of carriers from the Gulf that serve the region have outlined their tentative resumption of operations and schedules for the upcoming period. Additional changes remain highly possible.
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is currently the only major Middle Eastern carrier still operating commercial flights and has positioned itself as an option for travellers abroad attempting to get home. The airline initially cancelled its service from Doha to Zagreb from April, only to reinstate a full schedule before finally settling for a four weekly rotation between the two cities from April 1 until May 31 using its Airbus A320 aircraft, after which flights are expected to increase to double daily. Operations to Belgrade have been suspended and are scheduled to resume on June 1. Services will operate five times per week until June 30 with its Airbus A321 aircraft, before increasing to ten weekly from July 1. The carrier will reintroduce operations to Sarajevo on June 1 with a three weekly schedule, instead of the planned four weekly, while services to Skopje will also run three times per week, a reduction from four last year, starting June 1. Both routes will be served by the A320 jet. The airline’s new seasonal service to Dubrovnik will be in inaugurated on July 1, instead of mid-May, and will run five times per week, decreasing to three weekly from October 8 until the end of the summer season.
Emirates
Emirates plans to resume its service to Zagreb on May 1 with its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Initially, flights will operate three instead of seven times per week in May, increasing to daily from June 1.
Flydubai
Flydubai plans to resume daily operations to Belgrade on May 23. This will be followed by the reintroduction of daily Sarajevo flights on May 25. Although the carrier maintained up to three daily rotations to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital during the peak summer travel period last year, these are not planned for 2020, however, the reduction was scheduled prior to the coronavirus crisis. The Dubai-based airline intends on returning to Skopje from May 25 with two weekly flights. Seasonal services to Dubrovnik and Tivat resume May 21 and June 26, respectively.
Etihad Airways
Etihad Airways will reintroduce daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade from May 1.
Kuwait Airways, Air Arabia and Flynas
Saudi Arabia’s Flynas plans to resume operations between Jeddah, Riyadh and Sarajevo on May 21. Its new seasonal service from Qassim to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital will be pushed back a few days and launch on May 27. Kuwait Airways will go ahead with its planned new seasonal route to Sarajevo starting June 9. Air Arabia will resume its seasonal operations from Sharjah to Bosnia and Herzegovina’s capital from June 25.
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