Air Serbia to launch Beijing service “in January 2022”
Air Serbia will launch operations between Belgrade and Beijing in January 2022, according to the state-run Serbia Post. The postal service made the announcement yesterday, touting the quicker delivery of parcels between the two countries as a result of of the new flights. Air Serbia itself has not commented on the matter. Earlier this year it noted it was considering operations to China along with several other long haul markets including Canada and destinations in the United States. The postal company’s announcement comes just weeks after it noted the carrier would soon introduce flights to the Far East, which would generate new mail and cargo opportunities.
Air Serbia currently has one Airbus A330-200 aircraft able to perform flights to Beijing. During the upcoming winter season, it will be deployed to New York twice per week, up until December 20 when a third weekly rotation will be introduced, which will run just until December 30. The existing schedule indicates that Air Serbia is indeed preparing to introduce services to Beijing early next year, as it operated up to four weekly rotations to New York during the busy Christmas and New Year holiday period over the 2020/2021 winter season, from mid-December until mid-January. Changes to frequency and scheduling for the coming winter remains possible.
Beijing was Belgrade Airport’s second busiest unserved route in the pre-pandemic 2019, behind only Shanghai. A total of 52.289 passengers flew indirectly between the two cities based on OAG data, while a further 62.526 travelled indirectly between Belgrade and Shanghai on a single itinerary. Last year, traffic flow was significantly reduced as China shut its borders for both inbound and outbound non-essential travel and continues to enforce rigorous quarantine requirements for international arrivals. Despite the situation, Shanghai was still Belgrade Airport’s busiest unserved destination in 2020, while Beijing came fourth, falling behind Toronto and Chicago. There is believed to be notable cargo demand between the two countries as well.
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