Serbia launches tender for ten new routes
The Serbian government has begun tender procedures for ten routes of public interest which are to be launched from January 1, 2022 and run until December 31, 2023, including seven from Niš Constantine the Great Airport and three from Kraljevo’s Morava Airport. Interested airlines will be able to operate all ten routes or a selection of destinations which have been divided into four separate groups. Group one includes flights from Niš to destinations in the European Union - Hahn, Cologne, Ljubljana and Athens – as well as from Kraljevo to Thessaloniki. Group two encompasses flights from Niš and Kraljevo to Istanbul, group three comprises of operations to Tivat, and group four involves domestic flights between Belgrade and Niš.
All routes will be maintained twice per week, with exception to the Belgrade - Niš service which will have four weekly rotations. Interested airlines are required to maintain operations from Niš with an aircraft that has the capacity to seat at least 140 passengers, with exception for flights to Belgrade and Athens. Services to the Serbian capital are to be run twice per week with a 140-seat jet and twice per week with a 65-seat aircraft, while operations to Athens can be served by either of the two. Due to runway constraints, all flights from Kraljevo are to be operated by turboprop aircraft with 65 seats or more.
Four of the ten routes will be maintained on a seasonal summer basis between June and September, including those from Niš and Kraljevo to Tivat, from Niš to Athens and from Kraljevo to Thessaloniki. The contract for all ten routes is valued at around 23.8 million euros over the two-year period. Flights to destinations in the EU will be covered to the tune of 13.1 million euros, to Istanbul amounting to 6.7 million euros, to Tivat 971.000 euros and the domestic service will be subsidised with three million euros over two years. Airlines have a month to express their interest. After a contract is signed, a flight schedule must be published within ten days.
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