Nordwind Airlines plans new Belgrade service
Nordwind Airlines intends on further expanding its operations to Belgrade with the introduction of a new service from Kaliningrad. The carrier’s Commercial Director, Anton Mattis, noted, “We have submitted a request for a permit to fly to a number of cities from Kaliningrad, including visa-free ones. In particular, we want to fly to Belgrade. This is a classic visa-free destination that is in great demand”, Mr Mattis said. Nordwind already maintains flights from Moscow and St Petersburg to the Serbian capital. Despite several flights from Rostov-on-Don to Belgrade, the airline recently terminated the service. If the Kaliningrad flights receive the necessary permits, it will mark the first time the two cities have been linked with a scheduled nonstop air service.
Nordwind Airlines plans to commence operations from Kaliningrad to Belgrade from December 1. The service would be maintained once per week, each Wednesday. Due to the termination of its flights from Rostov to the Serbian capital, Nordwind should be granted permission by the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate to launch the new one weekly service from Kaliningrad, so as to meet the current frequency caps between Serbia and Russia, which have been introduced as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Based on OAG’s 2019 data, just 393 people flew between the two cities on a single itinerary, illustrating the lack of flights and connections available up until now.
Nordwind has filed and received permits from Russian authorities for a number of new routes to Belgrade, including from Krasnodar, Samara, Perm and Krasnoyarsk. It must now seek approval from the Serbian regulator if it wishes to exercise its rights. Nordiwnd has been expanding throughout the former Yugoslavia this year, by introducing flights to Serbia, Croatia, and Macedonia. The carrier also plans on launching operations to Ljubljana. It initially filed its schedule for a one weekly Moscow to Ljubljana service starting this November but has now pushed back its preliminary launch date to December 4. Tickets are yet to be put on sale.
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