Aegean to launch two new Belgrade routes
Greece’s Aegean Airlines will launch two new scheduled seasonal services to Belgrade next summer, complementing its operations from Athens. The carrier will introduce two weekly flights from both Heraklion and Rhodes to the Serbian capital. Services will commence on June 2 and June 3 respectively. Operations from Heraklion will run each Tuesday and Thursday, while the Rhodes service will be maintained on Mondays and Fridays. The airline will deploy its 206-seat Airbus A321 aircraft on both routes. Flights will run until September 29. Overall, Aegean has put 7.035 seats on sale each way between Heraklion and Belgrade and a further 6.834 each way between Rhodes and the Serbian capital. Tickets are on sale through the airline’s website.
The carrier had previously only operated charter flights from the Greek islands to Belgrade, without the possibility of booking a ticket directly with the airline. It will face direct competition from Wizz Air, which will resume its seasonal flights between Belgrade and Heraklion on June 22, 2022 with a two weekly rotation. Wizz had introduced the route only this year. Furthermore, Air Serbia operates a significant number of charter flights in cooperation with tour operators to both island airports. Greece sees the largest number of summer charters from Belgrade each year.
In addition to the two new routes, Aegean will continue to maintain its year-round operations from Athens to Belgrade. Next summer it plans to run four weekly rotations between the two capitals with its A320 jets. The Greek carrier had previously announced plans to expand its operations in the region in 2022, with the airline to introduce a seasonal three weekly service between Thessaloniki and Dubrovnik from June 1. Furthermore, it will restore operations between Athens and Zagreb for the first time since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. The seasonal flights will commence on June 15 and run twice per week, each Wednesday and Saturday, with a mix of A320 and A320neo aircraft, until October 8.
Further information for the new Heraklion - Belgrade service can be found here, while additional information for the Rhodes - Belgrade route can be viewed here.
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