Summer 2014

More flights than ever before - the 2014 summer season begins

The 2014 summer season has begun today and will run until October 25 with the national carriers of the former Yugoslavia promising a busy summer ahead. Low cost airline Wizz Air, with its bases in Skopje and Belgrade, will also operate a notable amount of flights.

Adria Airways will operate 180 scheduled weekly flights, with 159 of them originating from Ljubljana, towards nineteen destinations. From its base in Pristina the airline will operate eleven weekly flights (excluding its service to Ljubljana) as well as six weekly flights from Munich to Lodz in Poland and four weekly services from Tirana to Frankfurt. The Slovenian carrier will inaugurate flights from Ljubljana to Prague and Warsaw and will also operate seasonal flights to London Gatwick and Tel Aviv. During the summer season, charter flights operated by Adria in conjunction with travel agents will connect Ljubljana with numerous holiday destinations, above all in the Mediterranean. The Slovenian carrier will fly weekly from Ljubljana to the following destinations in Greece: Heraklion, Thessaloniki, Rhodes, Kos, Samos, Santorini, Karpathos, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Skiathos, Lesbos and Lefkada/Preveza. There will also be flights to Palma de Mallorca in Spain, Antalya in Turkey and Sharm el Sheikh and Hurghada in Egypt. This summer Adria is again planning to operate charters from Trieste to the Greek islands.

Air Serbia plans to operate one of its busiest summers in years. The airline will launch services to Beirut, Budapest, Kiev, Sofia, Varna and Warsaw. The Serbian carrier will endorse its new look summer schedule with a promotional flight to Budapest on April 1, to be operated by the Airbus A319. Air Serbia will also resume seasonal summer flights to Dubrovnik, Split, Malta and Monastir. The airline plans to operate 700 charter flights this summer, carrying some 87.500 passengers on services to Greece, Turkey, Egypt, Spain and Italy.

Croatia Airlines will introduce new flights from its bases outside of Zagreb. The airline will launch services from Dubrovnik to Amsterdam and from Split to Athens. The carrier will also resume a handful of seasonal flights including those from Zagreb to Athens, Barcelona, Brač and Tel Aviv, from Dubrovnik to Athens, Berlin, Dusseldorf and Venice and from Split to Belgrade, London Gatwick, Lyon and Vienna. In cooperation with Trade Air, Croatia Airlines will offer a one weekly commuter service with the routing Osijek-Zagreb-Rijeka-Split-Dubrovnik-Rijeka.

Montenegro Airlines will introduce a new seasonal service from Podgorica to Dusseldorf this summer and resume seasonal flights from Tivat to London Gatwick. Furthermore, the carrier will strengthen its operations out of Tivat with additional frequencies on almost all its flights out of the city. On the other hand, B&H Airlines won’t be adding new flights this summer season.

Wizz Air is also planning a major expansion in the former Yugoslavia this summer as Skopje becomes its largest base. The airline will launch new flights from the Macedonian capital to Beauvais, Hahn, Cologne and Charleroi. It will bring the total number of destinations served out of Skopje to fourteen. From its Belgrade base, the no frills airline will launch new flights to Larnaca in Cyprus and resume summer services to Sandefjrod in Norway. The airline will maintain its existing operations from Charleroi and London Luton to Ljubljana, from Gothenburg, Malmo and Basel to Tuzla and seasonal flights from London Luton to Split.

Airline	New routes
Adria Airways	Ljubljana–Prague, Ljubljana-Warsaw, Munich-Lodz, Tirana-Frankfurt
Air Serbia	Belgrade-Beirut, Belgrade-Budapest, Belgrade-Sofia, Belgrade-Varna, Belgrade-Kiev, Belgrade-Warsaw
Croatia Airlines	Dubrovnik-Amsterdam, Split-Athens
Montenegro Airlines	Podgorica-Dusseldorf
Wizz AIr	Skopje-Beauvais, Skopje-Hahn, Skopje-Cologne, Skopje-Charleroi, Belgrade-Larnaca