Belgrade Airport eyes Krakow service
Belgrade Airport believes there is sufficient demand for flights between the Serbian capital and Krakow to be launched as World Routes, the leading platform for global airline and airport route development, begins in Milan today. Air Serbia has also said Krakow is one of its potential new destinations, with both the Serbian carrier and its hub present at the three-day event. “Poland and Central European markets play an important role in our current route development strategy. Before the pandemic, LOT Polish Airlines operated two daily flights between Belgrade and Warsaw, which is indeed an important destination for our passengers. In the short-term, we see great potential for the launch of a new route to Krakow. In 2019, there were nearly 56.000 visitors from Poland and since 2015 the average increase in the number of Polish tourists has amounted to approximately 7.9% per year”, Belgrade Airport’s Chief Commercial Officer, Miodrag Mirković, said.
Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Jiri Marek, who recently noted the airline will put a greater emphasis onto Central European markets, said, “The route from Warsaw to Belgrade is currently operated by LOT, we cooperate on this service and we have a good partnership. We always try to seek out cooperation agreements with a partner, when it contributes to the development of the route and brings mutual benefits, primarily for the passengers”. He added, “When it comes to Poland, we would most likely be interested in opening our own flights from Belgrade to one of the airports in the south of the country, perhaps to Krakow”. Air Serbia considered introducing flights to Poland’s second largest city as early back as 2014.
Krakow is one of Belgrade Airport’s busiest unserved routes in Europe, coming in at number eleven during the pre-pandemic era. In 2019, a total of 6.199 passengers flew indirectly between the two cities on a single itinerary. According to OAG data, LOT handled 62.2% of all Krakow transfers to and from Belgrade. As Poland’s second largest city, Krakow has witnessed the introduction of numerous nonstop flights to the region, fuelled primarily by low cost carriers. Ryanair operates a year-round service from the city to Podgorica, as well as seasonal operations to Zadar, while Wizz Air serves Split on a seasonal basis. Furthermore, LOT Polish Airlines maintains summer flights to Dubrovnik, as well as Tirana.
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