Belgrade Airport eyes new airlines and routes with fresh incentives
Belgrade Airport has introduced a new incentive scheme with the aim of attracting carriers and securing new routes. “The incentive plan is intended for airport users that: have a significant share in the total volume of passengers, launch new scheduled routes, increase the number of flights or have aircraft based at the airport”, it said. Airlines introducing new short or medium haul routes are subject to discounts involving passenger service charges and landing fees for a two-year period, while carriers launching new long haul flights enjoy fee reductions over a three-year period. These incentives are only available for the introduction of routes which have not been served from the airport in the previous twelve months.
Airlines increasing frequencies will enjoy discounts over a two-year period if they serve the route on a year-round basis. Furthermore, airlines are eligible for a range of incentives if they carry upward of 50.000 direct departing passengers per year, with the extent of the discounts increasing depending on the number of handled travellers. In addition, airlines can receive price deductions based on the number of departing transfer passengers handled. Only carriers operating scheduled flights are eligible for the fee cuts, with charters not taken into account. The full list of incentives and their terms and conditions can be found here.
Belgrade Airport’s General Manager, Francois Berisot, said, “Our results are very promising. Recovery is on the way. We are now at a level much higher than last year, and we reached almost 70% of traffic in the first quarter on what we had before the crisis. Everything is happening at the right time. It was good to open the new facilities recently because we expect a very strong summer season, and we are sure that all the airlines and passengers will come back in the same volume and even more than we had in 2019”. He added, “We want to attract a lot more traffic and offer much more destinations for the benefit of the Serbian people”.
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