Turkish Airlines becomes Belgrade’s top transfer carrier
Turkish Airlines became the main transfer carrier out of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport last year, overtaking both Lufthansa and Aeroflot which were in front in the pre-pandemic 2019. Turkish Airlines resumed operations to the Serbian capital in June 2020 following the global lockdowns. In August, a wide-ranging codeshare agreement with Air Serbia came into force, allowing even greater connectivity via the carrier’s Istanbul hub. An entry ban for the majority of Serbian citizens and residents to many European markets throughout most of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, coupled with an entry ban into the United States if transferring via a European Union or Schengen Zone member state, also saw more people opt to fly with Turkish Airlines to their final destination compared to its competitors. Overall, it held 16% of the transfer market to and from Belgrade.
Top transfer carriers at Belgrade Airport in 2020
According to OAG data, Turkish’s most popular destinations for transfer passengers to and from Belgrade last year included the resort town of Antalya, the country’s capital of Ankara, as well as Chicago, Moscow, Miami, Tel Aviv, Izmir, Los Angeles, Tunis, Hong Kong and San Francisco. These figures also take into account the first two and a half months of last year, during which travel was restriction-free. In response, Turkish Airlines’ lower cost unit, AnadoluJet, will introduce a two weekly service from Ankara to Belgrade on December 23. It will complement Turkish Airlines’ double daily flights from Istanbul to the Serbian capital, which match pre-pandemic operations.
Top Turkish Airlines origin and destination points on Belgrade flights in 2020
Turkish Airlines is currently among Belgrade Airport’s busiest carriers. Due to strong demand, particularly with connecting traffic, the airline utilised its wide-body Airbus A330-300 jet on one of its weekly services to the Serbian capital from June until late September. Turkish has also benefited from strong point-point demand between the two countries. "We mutually recognise Covid-19 vaccine certificates to enable easy travel for citizens. Now, people from both countries should be able to travel passport-free with their identity cards. We will continue to work on this together and I believe we will reach an agreement”, Turkey’s Foreign Minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, said recently.
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