Air Serbia to launch six new routes
Air Serbia has been selected as the operating carrier of ten routes of public interest, which will be maintained from Niš and Kraljevo, six of which are brand new. The Serbian carrier will commence flights from Niš to Belgrade, Cologne and Istanbul in two weeks, while services to Ljubljana will be restored and existing flights to Hahn continued. They will be joined by Athens on a seasonal basis, which will be complemented by the airline’s existing summer operations to Tivat. All of the flights will be operated twice per week with the Airbus A319 aircraft, with expectation to the new domestic service which will run four times per week with the A319 (twice per week) and the ATR72 turboprop (twice per week). From Kraljevo, Air Serbia will introduce operations to Istanbul, while new services to Tivat will be launched over the summer and maintained on a seasonal basis while Thessaloniki will be resumed. All flights will run twice per week with the ATR72 aircraft. The airline’s existing operations between Kraljevo and Vienna will be concluded next week.
New routes
| Route | Launch date |
|---|---|
| Niš - Istanbul | 04.01.2022 |
| Kraljevo - Istanbul | 05.01.2022 |
| Belgrade - Niš | 06.01.2022 |
| Niš - Cologne | 06.01.2022 |
| Niš - Athens | June 2022 |
| Kraljevo - Tivat | June 2022 |
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Returning routes
| Route | Resumption date |
|---|---|
| Niš - Ljubljana | 06.01.2022 |
| Niš - Tivat | June 2022 |
| Kraljevo - Thessaloniki | June 2022 |
Air Serbia is obligated to maintain the abovementioned routes from January 2022 until December 31, 2023. The airline has already put tickets on sale for those flights commencing next month. The contract for all ten routes is valued at around 23.8 million euros over the two-year period. Flights to destinations in the European Union 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. The Serbian carrier was the only one to apply for the public call issued last month.
Commenting on the new additions to the carrier’s network, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Jiri Marek, said, “We are happy that we are expanding our offer from southwestern Serbia and Šumadija. In this way, we will make it much easier for our passengers to plan their trips, as well as contribute to the strengthening of commercial and tourism activities in these parts of Serbia. For the first time, flights between Niš and Belgrade will be introduced, allowing passengers from Southern Serbia to travel to other European destinations in Air Serbia’s network via the capital, as the airline’s hub. Additionally, we are very glad that we are connecting Niš with Cologne, our fifth destination in Germany”.
Air Serbia’s flights out of Niš and Kraljevo are sold at low cost prices. Passengers on these services are unable to accrue miles through the airline’s loyalty program and no business class tickets are sold.
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