easyJet to discontinue Belgrade service
easyJet will terminate flights between Basel and Belgrade next year, leaving the low cost carrier with a single route out of the Serbian capital. The airline will discontinue operations between the two cities on May 8. Up until then, services will be maintained between two and four times per week. In a statement to EX-YU Aviation News, the budget carrier said, “easyJet can confirm that it will cease operating its route from Basel to Belgrade from next summer onwards. easyJet regularly reviews all of its routes to ensure its network best reflects demand which can vary regionally. Passengers whose flights have been cancelled as a result of this can change their flight free of charge or receive a refund and passengers can amend their booking. We would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause".
easyJet competed against Wizz Air on the route. The latter plans to increase frequencies between the two cities next summer. Wizz will maintain four weekly flights from Belgrade to Basel starting April 2023, up from three weekly rotations. Furthermore, it will increase services from Niš to the Swiss city to four per week as well. On the other hand, as a result of its route termination, easyJet will operate just a single route out of Belgrade from May of next year. Services to Geneva, where the airline faces no direct competition, will run four times per week for the majority of the summer
easyJet has had mixed success in Belgrade. It launched operations to the city back in 2013 with a three weekly service from Milan Malpensa Airport. Shortly after it introduced operations from Rome and Geneva. Services from Italy were discontinued in 2014, while the airline withstood a slew of competition on the Geneva route over the years including Air Serbia, Etihad Regional and Swiss International Air Lines. In 2018, both Basel and Berlin were added the low cost airline’s network out of Belgrade. Operations from Berlin were discontinued last year. easyJet has terminated a number of routes over the past year across its network as it looks to stabilise its finances. The airline is set to post a loss of between 195 and 218 million euros this year.
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