Air France to suspend Belgrade service over winter
Air France will suspend services between Paris and Belgrade over the coming winter season, with plans to restore operations in March of next year. The French carrier launched flights to the Serbian capital in 2019 and has maintained daily services over the summer, as well as four weekly operations in winter up until the coronavirus pandemic. The last rotation of the year is scheduled for October 23, while flights will be resumed on March 28, 2021. Air France is currently maintaining four weekly services to the Serbian capital until late October. Furthermore, the French carrier codeshares on Air Serbia’s flights between Belgrade and Paris.
Serbian citizens are currently banned from entering the majority of European Union member states in most cases, although this will be up for review later today. Deamand for transatlantic travel, which Air France relied on, has also been severely impacted by the ongoing pandemic, with entry into the United States denied to all foreign nationals who have been in the European Schengen Area within the previous fourteen days. This measure also affects all transfer passengers. Last year, the French carrier noted that point to point travellers made up 60% of its loads on the Belgrade service, 25% were long haul transfers, particularly to North America, and the rest were European transfers.
Belgrade - Charles de Gaulle vv. passenger numbers
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 158.046 |
| 2017 | 157.596 |
| 2018 | 160.790 |
| 2019 | 223.698 |
Air Serbia continues to maintain services to Paris. It currently runs daily flights to the French capital, which will increase to twelve weekly over the winter months. Furthermore, low cost carrier Wizz Air currently runs three weekly rotations between Belgrade and Beauvais Airport, which will increase to four weekly over the coming winter season. Last year, 286.299 passengers flew between Belgrade, Charles de Gaulle Airport and Beauvais Airport.
Belgrade - Beauvais vv. passenger numbers
| Year | PAX |
|---|---|
| 2016 | 44.912 |
| 2017 | 47.323 |
| 2018 | 62.979 |
| 2019 | 62.606 |
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