Belgrade Airport adding over thirty routes, totalling over 130

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is preparing for a busy year, with over thirty new routes to be added to its network this summer, serving a total of over 130 scheduled routes, excluding charters. Air Serbia is leading the way with its own expansion, having announced the launch of twenty new routes for this year so far, in addition to three new destinations introduced over the winter months. The carrier has also said a further two new points will be announced from Belgrade in the coming period. The Serbian carrier has so far also unveiled frequency growth on ten existing destinations for the summer including Barcelona, Bucharest, Berlin, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Larnaca, Ljubljana, Milan, Rome and Vienna.

Among foreign carriers, Wizz Air is basing its fourth Airbus A321 jet in the city and adding five new routes, in addition to frequency growth on flights to Dortmund, Beauvais, Eindhoven, and Rome. Anadolujet will inaugurate flights from Izmir later this month, airBaltic from Riga in May, Jazeera Airways from Kuwait City in June, while Aeroitalia is expected to add services from Forli to the Serbian capital in April, although these are yet to be scheduled. Furthermore, Lufthansa will be notably increasing frequencies on its flights to Belgrade, Austrian Airlines will boost capacity, while KLM will also be adding additional services on its Amsterdam route when compared to last year. Overall, over 100 new weekly flights are to be added during the summer months.

Belgrade Airport is expected to usher in the high season with the opening of its new central processor building, which will grow passenger capacity, as well as the overhauled A gate wing and a new runway. It has been on a hiring spree to have enough staff to deal with the expected growth in demand. Operator VINCI has not projected Belgrade Airport’s passenger numbers for this year, however, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, believes the figure will reach seven million, which would make it the busiest on record. “The expanded airport will have a capacity to handle up to fifteen million passengers per year. This year, we expect the airport to handle seven million, of which three million will be carried by Air Serbia. That leaves us with plenty of room to grow. The airport will enable smooth connections, which will bring competitive advantages and will bring passengers from other hubs to Belgrade”, Mr Marek said recently.

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