Serbia warns of further flight resumption delays
The Serbian Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure has warned that the resumption of commercial flights to and from Serbia may be further delayed if countries across Europe fail to reopen their airports by mid-May. Currently, the government has outlined plans for services to restart on May 18. “Our proposal is for commercial flights to resume from May 18 and for services to commence from Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, Constantine the Great in Niš and Morava in Kraljevo. However, if Europe does not open up by this date, neither will Serbia”, the Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Zorana Mihajlović, said.
Ms Mihajlović further noted, “There is still no clarity on the reopening of the European Union’s boarders. When Europe opens up, so will we. We are prepared but we have to coordinate our activities with the rest of the world”. The government has been unclear on when it plans to allow commercial flights into the country, which have been banned since March 19. It initially announced the “controlled” opening of its airports between May 4 and May 11. It then noted that airports would reopen “around May 1” before announcing it would do so on May 18.
The Serbia and Montenegro Air Traffic Services Agency has issued a new Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) - an aviation document informing all carriers of important and urgent messages – that all commercial flights to and from the country will be restricted until 23.59 local time on May 30. This measure may be revised in the coming days and weeks. Wizz Air, which announced plans to resume flights between London Luton and Belgrade from May 1 has now moved its service resumption until May 13, while Air Serbia continues to sell tickets for flights from May 9 onwards. Most other carriers that maintain services to the country have rescheduled flights for June 1. Serbia’s coronavirus taskforce announced yesterday that it has reduced compulsory self-isolation measures for all incoming passengers into the country from 28 to fourteen days. It said it would review and adopt other measures by May 18 in order to make flying more practical while also containing Covid-19.
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