Air Serbia registers busiest month since December 2019
Air Serbia recorded its busiest month this June since the pre-pandemic December 2019 by handling 170.413 passengers, representing an increase of 68% on May of this year. The airline’s market share at its Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport hub stood at 54.1%. During last month, the Serbian carrier maintained scheduled operations to 39 destinations, with Tivat, Podgorica, Paris, Moscow, Zurich and New York being the busiest. During the second quarter of the year, Air Serbia registered a market share of 52% at Belgrade Airport, up nine points on Q2 2019, which was a record breaker for the Serbian capital in most respects.
Commenting on its recent performance, the airline’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Jiri Marek, said, “The results we accomplished in June are a product of strategic planning, efficient recognition of business opportunities, and a quick reaction to changes within the market. We are pleased the situation is slowly heading in a positive direction and the demand for air transport is constantly increasing”. He added, “As a regional leader, we remain committed to intensifying the volume of air traffic wherever we can, in order to continue to provide strong connections between cities in the region, in Europe, as well as the entire world”.
Air Serbia has continued to strengthen its commercial partnerships with other carriers, which now count 48. After recently concluding a Special Prorate Agreement with Luxair, as well as a deal for business class passengers of Luxembourg’s national carrier to utilise its premium lounge in Belgrade, the Serbian carrier has expanded its codeshare partnership with Turkish Airlines. Air Serbia will now place its designator code and flight numbers onto its Turkish counterpart’s services from Istanbul to Odessa, Kiev, Cairo, Amman and Tel Aviv, as well as on domestic operations in Turkey such as Izmir, Antalya, Bodrum, Ankara, Gazipasa, Adana, Dalaman, Gaziantep, Kayseri, Konya and Trabzon. On the other hand, Turkish Airlines will add its marketing code to Air Serbia flights to Banja Luka and Tivat via Belgrade. “We already have a successful cooperation with Turkish Airlines. We are pleased that by expanding our mutual business relations, we will further contribute to improving and strengthening the cultural and economic ties between our countries. We are happy to be able to provide passengers of both companies with an even more attractive travel offer”, Mr Marek noted. As a result, Turkish Airlines will restore its pre-pandemic frequencies to Belgrade, at two daily flights, from next week.
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