Air Serbia adds seven short-haul routes
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Air Serbia added seven new short-haul routes to its network over the past week in addition to its new long-haul service to Chicago. On May 15, the carrier introduced flights between Belgrade and Hamburg, which it last served in 2019. It will compete directly against Wizz Air on the route. Hamburg becomes the airline’s tenth destination in Germany.
Later that same day, the carrier inaugurated scheduled flights between Belgrade and Cairo, which were last served by the airline prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020. This summer, Air Serbia also maintains regular charter flights from Belgrade to Hurghada, Sharm el Sheikh and Mersa Matruh, as well as from Niš to Hurghada.
On May 18, the Serbian flag carrier introduced flights to Gothenburg. The route was last served by Air Serbia’s predecessor Jat Airways in 2013. The Serbian carrier will compete directly against Wizz Air between the two cities. Gothenburg becomes Air Serbia’s second destination in Sweden after Stockholm.
That same day, Air Serbia inaugurated services between Belgrade and Cologne. The carrier already served the German city from Niš. Cologne Airport’s CEO, Thilo Schmid, said, "We are very pleased that Air Serbia is now adding another exciting destination to our flight plan with Belgrade. There are options to connect from Belgrade to the wider Air Serbia network. These include long haul destinations such as New York and Tianjin, as well as metropolises such as Florence, Tel Aviv and Bucharest, but also regional destinations like Podgorica and Tivat in Montenegro".
On May 19 and May 20, Air Serbia added two seasonal destinations in Italy by launching flights to Naples and Florence. The airline now serves eight cities in Italy with Palermo to become the ninth next month.
Air Serbia added Marseille to its network on May 20, becoming its third destination in France. “We are thrilled to welcome Air Serbia at Marseille Provence Airport. The national carrier will operate two weekly flights between Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport and Marseille Provence, connecting the Serbian community directly to their home-country and bringing additional connectivity to the Balkans and more”, Laurent Dubosc, Marseille Airport’s Network Development Business Manager, said.
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