Air Serbia ups operations on growing demand and less competition
Air Serbia will be increasing its frequencies on flights to Germany starting in August, outstripping its volume of operations prior to the pandemic as confidence in air travel begins to return and competitors take time in resuming services. Starting August 1, the Serbian carrier will maintain ten weekly flights to Frankfurt until the end of the summer season, up from last year’s daily service. The airline has also managed to secure more favourable slots at Germany’s busiest airport. It comes as Lufthansa is yet to schedule any flights between Frankfurt and the Serbian capital before the start of the 2020/2021 winter season in October. Similarly, Air Serbia will serve Berlin ten times per week, up from seven weekly services during the summer of 2019. easyJet does not plan to resume the route before September 2.
Air Serbia’s CEO, Duncan Naysmith, previously said, "Following the resumption of flights on May 21 our traffic is progressively increasing based on demand. We have and will continue to react quickly and adapt to changes in real-time. We all find ourselves in a challenging environment and the framework in which airlines are operating in is constantly changing, but I am convinced that we will succeed and show why Air Serbia is a regional leader". Overall demand for air travel is still nowhere near the same levels as prior to the start of the pandemic, however, the Serbian carrier has also increased frequencies on several existing services earlier than originally planned.
Since resuming operations on May 21, Air Serbia has reinstated flights to ten cities, with a further fifteen to be launched next week. A handful of destinations originally planned to resume during the second half of the month have been moved for July including Rome, Milan, Venice, Nice, Barcelona, Kiev and Tel Aviv. Germany is one of the carrier’s biggest markets, with the airline serving ten cities in the country from Belgrade and Niš.
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