Air Montenegro to commence Riyadh and Cairo service
Air Montenegro plans to introduce regular charter flights between Podgorica and Saudi Arabia’s capital of Riyadh, as well as Cairo in Egypt next month. The flights to Saudi Arabia, which are subject to government approval, are to commence on July 18. “We are in the process of signing an agreement with Hejozati Travel and Tourism [tour operator] from Dubai to perform charters between Podgorica and Riyadh this year. We expect to soon receive all the necessary permits and we hope to connect Montenegro with this important market”, the carrier told the “Vijesti” daily. Air Montenegro will act as a replacement for Saudi Arabia’s Flynas which was to launch operators to the region this summer but has delayed its plans due to a fleet and staff shortage.
In addition to Riyadh, Air Montenegro will link Podgorica with Cairo for the very first time. Regular charter operations will be launched on July 19. The flights will be run on behalf of an Egyptian tour operator. Air Montenegro will maintain services to both Riyadh and Cairo with a 180-seat Airbus A320 aircraft wet-leased from Croatia’s Trade Air. The Montenegrin government has temporarily lifted visa requirements for both Saudi and Egyptian nationals until September 30 in a bid to lure tourists from these two markets. Although the services will cater for inbound toruism, Montenegrin nationals are one the few outside of the European Union to have been facilitated visa on arrival in the Saudi kingdom.
Air Montenegro is the only national carrier from the former Yugoslavia maintaining operations to the Middle East this summer in some form. In addition to its new services to Riyadh and Cairo, the Montenegrin carrier maintains two weekly charter operations between Podgorica and Tel Aviv, which will increase to three weekly next month. “We expect to be able to maintain scheduled year-round flights to Israel in the near future”, Air Montenegro’s Sales Manager, Dejan Pižurica, said recently. In addition, the airline also maintains a presence in the Caucasus, with two weekly charter flights being maintained to the Armenian capital of Yerevan until mid-September.
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