Russia’s Nordwind to launch new Skopje and Belgrade flights
Russian carrier Nordwind Airlines will be launching new operations from Russia to both Skopje and Belgrade over the coming months. The airline will introduce its second service to the Macedonian capital after Moscow, with flights from St Petersburg to commence on September 21. Services will be maintained once per week, each Tuesday, with the 110-seat Embraer E190 jet, operated by its partner Pegas Fly. Additional details can be found here. Furthermore, the carrier will increase its two weekly Moscow - Skopje service to three per week, starting September 28. The airline has filed the Airbus A321neo as its planned equipment on the third weekly rotation, complementing the E190 and Boeing 737-800 operating on the other two days.
Currently, the Moscow - Skopje service is predominately used by those continuing their journey to Montenegro, Bulgaria, Southern Serbia, Albania and Greece. Russian tour operators are yet to embrace Macedonia as a tourist destination and there are currently few travel packages being sold to the country. However, Nordwind sees potential in the destination as entry for Russian nationals is visa free. Russian citizens continue to face entry restrictions on a number of markets, particularly in Europe. Based on OAG data, during the pre-pandemic 2019, there were a total of 1.209 indirect travellers between St Petersburg and the Macedonian capital.
Nordwind is planning on introducing its fourth route to Belgrade after Moscow, St Petersburg and Rostov-on-Don, with the latter to be launched on September 16. The carrier intends on commencing a one weekly service from Krasnodar to Belgrade from October 5, however, tickets are yet to be put on sale. The airline recently received a permit from the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate to launch its Rostov operations, despite a stringent bilateral air service agreement in place between the two countries, which has resulted in two airlines being blocked from introducing flights. Nordwind will compete directly against Air Serbia on the new Krasnodar service, with its network between the two countries mirroring that of the Serbian counterpart, although the Serbian carrier maintains significantly more frequencies.
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