Air Serbia begins scheduling 2024 summer growth
Air Serbia has begun loading its network modifications into the Global Distribution System for the 2024 summer season, which begins on March 31, with several routes seeing a notable increase in weekly frequencies. The Serbian carrier will boost operations between Belgrade and Barcelona from its existing nine weekly flights to twelve weekly rotations. In addition to Wizz Air’s daily service, the two cities will be linked with a record nineteen weekly flights, with three daily rotations on Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The carrier will also grow its seasonal operations to Corfu, which were launched this year, with an additional two weekly flights for a total of four. Seasonal operations to Palma de Mallorca are also set to receive a boost with an extra weekly rotation for a total of four.
Air Serbia has previously emphasised that densifying its network with additional frequencies will be a priority during the upcoming summer season, following significant frequency growth during the ongoing 2023/24 winter season. However, the airline also plans to add new destinations to its network, primarily those that rely on transfer passengers, “Since we have reached the critical mass of our network, further growth potential is in the transfer segment. It is very important for long-haul development, which will rely on that transfer segment. During this summer, we reached over 40% transfer passengers”, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said.
The airline plans to promote Belgrade Airport as non-congested alternative to transfer passengers once construction work at its hub is completed. “Despite the growth we are achieving, the airport is still going through infrastructure upgrades. Hence, at the moment, we are not strongly promoting the seamless hub option as a kind of niche in contrast to the congested hubs. However, once the infrastructure upgrade is finished, we believe that we can achieve a nice symbiosis with the airport where it can be a convenient alternative to the congested hubs, especially for north-south and west-east flows”, Mr Marek noted.
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