Russia’s Red Wings Airlines plans new Belgrade routes
Red Wings Airlines has applied and received permits from the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency Rosaviatsia to launch two weekly flights each from Kazan and Yekaterinburg to Belgrade. If the Russian airline decides to exercise these rights, it will have to receive approval from the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate prior to launching operations. The Serbian regulator has refused to issue permits to two Russian carriers this summer - S7 Airlines and Ural Airlines - in line with the stringent bilateral air service agreement between the two countries. Red Wings maintained flights between Moscow and Belgrade prior to the pandemic, but has suspended all international flights since, with exception to Yerevan in Armenia.
Serbia has emerged as one of the most popular markets for Russian tourists this year. During the first six months of 2021, Serbia was the fourth most popular non-CIS international market for Russian travellers according to the Association of Tour Operators of Russia. It was behind only Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, but ahead of Greece, Tunisia, Croatia and Mexico. Currently, three airlines maintain operations between the two countries including Air Serbia, Aeroflot, and Nordwind Airlines. The Serbian carrier maintains services to Moscow, St Petersburg, Krasnodar, and Rostov-on-Don, while Aeroflot runs flights from Moscow and St Petersburg. Nordwind operates flights from Russia’s two largest cities as well and has scheduled the launch of its new service from Rostov starting September 16.
There have never been nonstop flights from Kazan and Yekaterinburg to Belgrade. Based on OAG data, Kazan is currently the busiest unserved route between Serbia and Russia with some 2.951 indirect passengers, while there were a further 1.816 travellers flying between Kazan and Belgrade on a single itinerary. The two cities are currently covered by a codeshare agreement between Air Serbia and Aeroflot. Red Wings Airlines boasts a fleet of just over twenty aircraft including Airbus A320s and A321s, Boeing 777s and Sukhoi Superjets.
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