Serbia - Saudi Arabia flights to be established
Flights between Serbia and Saudi Arabia are expected to be established in the near future, the Serbian Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Tomislav Momirović, has said. Initially, low cost carrier Flynas was to introduce a three weekly service between Riyadh and Belgrade this June, however, the airline shelved those plans, along with several other routes. “The introduction of scheduled flights between Riyadh and Belgrade is planned very soon and the benefits of this route will be significant”, Mr Momirović said following talks with the Saudi Minister for Transport Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser. There have never been scheduled services between the two countries.
Last year, Flynas maintained a series of charters between the two cities to cater for Indian workers undergoing quarantine in Serbia prior to entering the Kingdom. Serbia’s Foreign Minister has held talks with Saudi Arabia’s non-residential Ambassador to the country, where the two also discussed in further detail the potential introduction of flights between the two states, as well as the possibility of relaxing visa requirements. Belgrade Airport’s operator VINCI recently noted, “The Middle East represents one of our most important markets. We are in constant communication with airlines from that region. During the pandemic, in line with Serbia’s constructive approach, Belgrade was used as a transfer point for passengers from that region. In the coming period, we can expect some good news from the Middle East market”.
Saudi Arabia is one of Belgrade’s largest unserved markets in the Middle East, with Riyadh having the most indirect passengers between the two countries according to the global travel data provider OAG. It is followed by Dammam, Jeddah and Buraidah. Saudi Arabian Airlines had previously offered connections to the Serbian market through its codeshare on Eithad Airways’ service between Abu Dhabi and Belgrade, however, those were dropped once the Emirati carriers discontinued services between the two capitals in 2020.
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