Air Serbia, Croatia Airlines set for slowest month amid pandemic
February is traditionally the slowest month of the year for commercial airlines with the coronavirus pandemic making it even more challenging. Air Serbia and Croatia Airlines are adjusting their operations for the coming month with the Serbian carrier planning to operate 775 flights (return service included), while its Croatian counterpart has so far scheduled 415 flights. As a result, Air Serbia will decrease its operations by 64.8% on last year, while its capacity will be down 63.8% to 86.966 seats. It will offer the most capacity to Podgorica, followed by Zurich, Paris, Istanbul and Tirana. Unlike in January, the airline will not be operating flights to Prague and Sofia. The two destinations were restored only during the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
Overall, Air Serbia will maintain flights from Belgrade to 26 destinations. They include Banja Luka, Skopje, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Tivat, Ljubljana, Tirana, Zagreb, Brussels, Paris, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Berlin, Amsterdam, Zurich, London Heathrow, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo, New York, Athens, Vienna, Moscow, Istanbul and Larnaca. It will also continue to run flights between Niš and Hahn. During the month, the majority of its operations, 55.6%, will be operated by its Airbus A320-family aircraft, 39.7% by the ATR, 2.6% by the Boeing 737-300 and 2.1% by the A330-300.
On the other hand, Croatia Airlines’ operations will decrease 74.2% on the same month last year. It is offering 44.286 seats on sale, which is also down 74.2%. Unlike during the first half of January, the airline has suspended it operations from Zagreb to Sarajevo and Vienna until at least March. The carrier will maintain operations from Zagreb to Skopje, Split, Dubrovnik, Pula, Zadar, Frankfurt, Brussels, Amsterdam, Zurich, Paris, Copenhagen and London Heathrow, as well as from Split to Rome, Frankfurt and Munich. Croatia Airlines will slightly ease its reliance on the Dash 8 Q400 turboprop in February compared to January with the aircraft type to be utilised 62.1% of the time, followed by the Airbus A320-family which will used for the remaining 37.9% of flights. It will place the most capacity on flights from Zagreb to Dubrovnik, Split, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and Brussels.
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