Wizz Air to base second aircraft in Belgrade


Low cost airline Wizz Air will base a second plane, an Airbus A320, and open four new routes from Belgrade in mid-May 2017. New destinations include Friedrichshafen, Nuremberg, Hannover and Malta. All will operate on a year-round basis, twice per week. Furthermore, it will boost frequencies on services to Dortmund, Endhoven, Gothenburg, Memmingen and Stockholm Skavsta by adding an additional weekly flight. Speaking at a press conference in Belgrade, Wizz Air's CEO, Jozsef Varadi, said, “We are back in Belgrade after some turbulence. We are seeing significant demand for low cost flying in the country. We decided to deploy one more aircraft in Belgrade, our second Airbus A320 jet, that will be here in May. It is a significant investment of around 100 million dollars. It will create 36 new jobs”. As a result, Wizz will offer 642.000 seats from the Serbian capital in 2017. “This is the right stepping stone forward in this market which is unpenetrated. We are reacting to the increased level of demand”, Mr Varadi said.

Wizz Air's Belgrade expansion will come three years after it decided to significantly slash its operations from the city following a public spat over fees. This resulted in the airline relocating one of the two aircraft it had stationed in Belgrade. At the time, the carrier said the city had become one of the most expensive in its netowrk and accused "wannabe monopolists" Air Serbia and Etihad Airways of being behind the surge in fees. Commenting on the matter, Wizz Air's CEO said today, “The airport charges are still high but the situation has changed. Over the last three years overall traffic has gone up 35%. Given the stronger than expected demand we decided that, despite the high airport charges , we would expand. Should the charges come down we would do much more”.

DestinationLuanch date
FriedrichshafenMAY 19
NurembergMAY 19
HannoverMAY 20
MaltaMAY 21
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Wizz Air faces direct competition only on one of its four new routes from Belgrade, that being Malta. The budget airline will compete against Air Serbia, although the Serbian carrier maintains the service only on a seasonal summer basis, whereas Wizz will operate it throughout the year. Wizz Air has expanded its operation across the former Yugoslavia this year. On top of its new flights from Belgrade and Niš this year, it has introduced three new routes from Skopje and two from Podgorica. The airline recently said it has plans to commence services to Sarajevo in the near future while continuing to maintain its base in Tuzla. Furthermore, the no frills carrier is in talks with Pristina Airport. In addition, Wizz will launch a new route each from Skopje and Tuzla later this year.

This afternoon Wizz Air's CEO and its CCO will be in Tuzla and are set to announce the airline's expansion plans from the city.

Comments

  1. Anonymous09:02

    It will be interesting to see what they have to say. Any guesses on possible destinations?

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    1. Anonymous09:17

      I vote for BCN.

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  2. Anonymous09:09

    If they announce an expansion from BEG then what has changed in their relationship with BEG?

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    1. Anonymous10:12

      BEG must have offered them subsidies. Either strong "marketing suppprt" and/or significant reduction in airport/handling fees.

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    2. Anonymous10:31

      Obviously not

      “The airport charges are still high but the situation has changed. Over the last three years overall traffic has gone up 35%. Given the stronger than expected demand we decided that, despite the high airport charges , we would expand. Should the charges come down we would do much more”.

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    3. Anonymous10:47

      Definitely yes

      Certainly BEG had offered them something, if not apt charges, then other type(s) of monetary support. No LCC/ULCC opens a single new route without financial aid/risk take-over.
      The Wizz CEO won't be that stupid and tell public+competitors the full truth, that is for sure.

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    4. Anonymous11:04

      Your conspiracy theories are backed with zero evidence.

      On the other side, Wizz CEO has clearly stated what was his company's logic behind this new expansion in BEG.

      You may accuse him of hiding the truth because such accusations are a typical last resort of conspiracy theorists.

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    5. Anonymous13:09

      Oh please, come on! Everyone with some market knowledge knows how the Low Cost business works and how these airlines finance themselves. Do you really think that an airline can regularly offer 2 hour flights for average of around 25 eur air fare (without taxes/fees)? Every low coster would be bankrupt after few weeks if this was their main source of income. But yes, you are right I have no clear evidence in this particular case and this is all a big conspiracy theory :) I guess there is no point discussing this on here with so many SRB/BEG fanboys.

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    6. Anonymous13:12

      Correct. Go back to the chauvinist hole you crawled out from.

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    7. Anonymous14:55

      Yap, the same story as several years ago when we can read here that there is no subvention at all in BEG for Wizz and than even CEO finish in prison because subventions were so high that they were unlegal.

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    8. Anonymous21:48

      average 25 eur...ticket price STARTS at that range. just few days ago I flew London BG and had to pat close to 300 eur for my ticket.

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  3. Anonymous09:10

    There is always a possibility that they will open a base in Nis.

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    1. I expect they will do that eventually, but why make a PR event in Belgrade for that?

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  4. Anonymous09:19

    Nadao sam se necemu boljem od glupog Ahena

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    1. Anonymous09:22

      Ahen je samo zamena za Endhoven dok se tamo radi pista.

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  5. Anonymous09:20

    Today Wizz Air will announce much more interesting bunch of new destinations from Tuzla airport, is it less attractive to public ? Not a single word about that.

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    1. Anonymous09:22

      Erm their CEO is attending a conference they called in Belgrade.

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    2. Anonymous09:25

      It probably is less attractive since Wizz Air did not choose to make a PR thing out of it.

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    3. Anonymous10:32

      Stand by until the afternoon with Tuzla.

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  6. Anonymous09:22

    I guess they will announce few new destinations from BEG, one of them BCN, and eventually they will announce opening new base in Nis in 2017. Let see!

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    1. Anonymous09:24

      How don't you understand that BCN as a destination from Belgrade is impossible for Wizz Air ?

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    2. Anonymous09:26

      Why is it impossible? BCN is in an EU country.

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    3. I think BCN is possible (they fly BCN from SKP but not from BEG) but the chances are better for HAM, HHN, BTS or SXF. Probably new plane in BEG base. Eastern Europe no chance from BEG. Let's see

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    4. Anonymous09:54

      NUE and HAJ are just confirmed.

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  7. Anonymous09:30

    I expect three of these BUD, HAM, PRG, NCE, WAW.

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    1. Anonymous09:35

      BUD, WAW, PRG... no chance. CGN, HAJ, HHN, NUE are probable new destinations.

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  8. Anonymous09:34

    I presume that Belgrade airport made same discounts or "other benefits" to Wizzair. On that way they can easily and fast increase number of passengers what they really need after one year of decrease. Public is louder and louder about that, so airport management must do something.

    In same time there will be no questions why decrease, is it connected to Air Serbia, and there will be less critics of decrease share of foreign companies in BEG. So basically that is very good move of CEO to prevent public linch.

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    1. Anonymous09:36

      Yeah because the entire public is so involved in Belgrade Airport. All the public can see if they are even remotely interested is that BEG had its busiest year in history in 2015.

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    2. Anonymous09:42

      Erm... Just because you are obsessed with JU and BEG's number of pax does not mean the public in Serbia shares your obsessions or it's interested in your conspiracy theories.

      W6 opens new routes because they see some opportunity in the market. Plain and simple. Unless of course you are a desperate hater with a desperate need to spin any aviation news against the object of his hate.

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    3. Anonymous10:02

      Of course not. My observation was not about general public, but about media and professionals, what is much more dangerous for CEO to stay on position.

      Let me just point how Wizzair was shouting about Air Serbia privileges and "monopolism", how unfair BEG discount are and that BEG is most expensive airport they have base in. So, if they change rhetoric something change in relations with Belgrade airport and they negotiate some benefits.

      For sure BEG would not do that if they were not in this position with so much less passengers. So CEO was forced to do that by present situation which is more than different than 2 years ago.

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    4. Anonymous10:15

      No. These are all your speculations and wishful thinking. If Wizz have seen some new opportunities or possible strategies in BEG then they will go after them regardless of previous problems in relationships with the airport. Wizz is a business and businesses follow profit, not emotions. Everything else is a cheap conspiracy theory.

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    5. Anonymous10:26

      Or they realized that their partial boycott did not brought BEG on its knees and they could not expect any old sweetheart discounts. A proof that they could work profitable with present fees. That said, they will enjoy some discounts for opening new lines.

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  9. Anonymous09:35

    Not good news for Air Serbia.

    But very good news for passengers in Belgrade.

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    1. Anonymous09:39

      Your need to see bad things for Air Serbia in everything that occurs in the known universe is impressive.

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    2. Anonymous10:04

      If that influence company, of course. And for sure more routes or to base 2nd aircraft in BEG would influence Air Serbia mostly, wouldn't it?

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    3. Anonymous10:12

      Commercial aviation is not a zero-sum game and that's the only advice I can give to you.

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  10. Anonymous09:49

    Bratislava??

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  11. Nemjee09:52

    OT
    OS 772 120/120 this morning.

    About 15 pax to Chicago, 10 to Manchester and then I saw Toronto, Düsseldorf, Kiev, a few to Paris.

    Maybe 10 people went out.

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  12. Anonymous10:08

    No discounts, W6 has to pay full fees. Three new destinations in Germay will put morenpressure on LH.

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    1. Anonymous10:35

      I believe they have right to some temporary discounts for opening new connections, like all other companies.

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    2. Anonymous10:46

      That's what I ment to say, they get the same treatment as JU and LH.

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    3. Anonymous10:49

      Do you believe in Santa Claus?

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    4. Anonymous11:01

      And if they bring two more planes to BEG and quadruple the number of departing passengers, they may also receive permanent discounts. Clear and fair rules.

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    5. Anonymous11:19

      That's what they are currently paying. And, yes they can receive volume discount in the future.

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    6. Anonymous11:19

      @11:01

      Actually, no. The 'rules', i.e. fees applicable are set in the AIP, which is subject to instant review without notice should the government deem it necessary. To make the point, latest revision was around the time of introduction of Air Serbia and the subsequent hike of fees for everyone except them and removal of Wizz Air's 2nd aircraft.

      There's a clear conflict of interest. I'm sure you can connect the dots. Clear and fair would mean that the fee structure is tied to a contractual obligation, which is not the case at all here.

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    7. Anonymous11:41

      Sorry anon 11.19, I don't understand your point. The rules apply to everyone and are logical. If Wizz quadruples its departing passengers numbers, it can enjoy further discounts. These rules were double checked by European commission and it concluded that the rules were fair to everyone.
      The deal that Wizz had previously was unfair to other companies. Wizz cannot blackmail BEG or ZAG like they blackmail smaller airpots, or like they blackmailed BEG when JAT was on the ropes. After three years they realized that and moved on.

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    8. Anonymous11:43

      No. Contractual would mean that the airline has to maintain routes for the term of the contract but they can terminate whenever they want.

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    9. Anonymous12:11

      11:19 here.

      @11:41, I think the point I made hasn't come through really. It's not about whether the rules are fair at a single point in time. It's about their applicability and who and how can alter them. In this there is a clear conflict of interest, and an inherent risk that no reasonable business would agree investing under. My assumption is that something has changed in the meantime for Wizz to agree to base a second aircraft.

      As to the 'blackmail' you refer to, that's business as usual. A hyperbole argument from where I stand.

      @11:43

      It's always a challenge having this conversation with an audience that hasn't had exposure to commercial contracting in aviation. I'm afraid this statement is way off the mark.

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    10. Anonymous12:25

      @12.11 If Wizz quadrupled the departing passenger number and BEG suddenly would decide to drastically change to rules to avoid giving discounts, than Wizz could appeal and EC would revisit the whole issue. This did not happen. So far it is still just a conspiracy theory.
      What has changed is that Ryan is entering Serbian market and Wizz cannot afford to continue their partial boycott and lose the Serbian market. They stopped playing the victim, realizing that their past sweetheart deal is not coming back.

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    11. Anonymous13:42

      @12:25

      Actually, it's solid business reasoning and mitigation of risk, especially given the counterpart is the Serbian government. Nothing to do with a conspiracy theory. I know this for a fact.

      I agree with the first part of the second point. Other than that, the 'sweetheart' deal is blown out of proportion by cheerleaders and not in the same order of magnitude of the fees fixed for Air Serbia. Think tenfold - couple of euros per pax versus tens of euros per pax. :)

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    12. Anonymous14:57

      @13.42
      Everyone can go to BEG homepage and see that you are exaggerating tenfold ;)
      Without even including the sweetheart deal into the calculation.

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    13. Anonymous19:22

      @2:47

      Sorry to say we're not on the same page in terms of insights available. I hope the trust you have in the arguments you're presenting ends up justified.

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    14. Anonymous23:02

      @19.22
      Oh, "trust me" argument. And I thought you were serious... :D

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  13. Anonymous10:10

    Typical Wizz. Gastarbeiter routes including a clone of the one that has been tested in the market by legacy carriers. Malta is the only exception and as such will be cancelled after the first summer season.

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    1. Anonymous16:00

      Gastarbeiter routes bring profit to the airline and to the airport. What is wrong with that?

      I would like Dublin and Barca and Tenerife but there is no demand.

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  14. Anonymous10:11

    Malta, Hanover, Nirnberg, Fridrihshafen? WTF :D

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    1. Anonymous10:41

      high yielding market - in the end they want to maximize prices -> their profits

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  15. FDH, NUE, HAJ, MLA

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  16. Anonymous10:15

    Malta before Spain lol good luck

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    1. Anonymous10:30

      oh good point though. Vueling is probably the (only) reason why no BCN from BEG

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  17. Tranquilis10:26

    FDH, NUE, HAJ, MLA? Boooooooriiiiiiing.

    One exception is Malta though, we'll finally have the chance to see if the rumors of a great untapped market are true.

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    1. Anonymous10:28

      oh yes the Malta myth, popcorn*

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    2. Anonymous10:30

      Boring or not, that's where your people are travelling.

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    3. Anonymous10:37

      But ASL is already flying to Malta, it is not untapped market.

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    4. Anonymous10:55

      For you as a tourist it is quite boring.


      But go to a bus station of any middle size town in Serbia and you will see crowded buses of people emigrating to Germany, not Spain.

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    5. Tranquilis11:10

      Just to refute some of the arguments: I'm neither looking at this from tourist lens nor live in Serbia. Think in the direction of strong professional ties to aviation development and Wizz Air :)

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  18. Anonymous10:27

    Malta in winter? Could this work or will it be seasonal?

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    1. Anonymous10:33

      Article says year round.

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  19. Anonymous10:31

    Extra Friedrichshafen :) Vi neznate koliko gastera ima sa druge strane Bodenskog jezera: ceo Aleksandrovac i pola Krusevca. Pozz iz Arbona

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    1. Anonymous10:37

      U tom slučaju ova linija bi trebalo da ide iz Niša a ne Beograda.

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    2. Anonymous11:10

      tako je

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  20. Anonymous10:38

    Malta is really a logical choice. There is a stable, young, even somewhat increasing Serbian community there. A couple of thousands of them, not too numerous but still quite significant.


    Not just construction workers and hotel workers but also dentists, doctors and professors. Add tourist visits to their resorts and youngsters and adults visiting English learning schools to that number.

    On the other hand, Barcelona has fewer Serbs than Malta. Barcelona is quite seasonal. I am sure Vueling would have increeased frequencies if there was enough demand.

    Note that many people who visited Barca, did that on those bus and ship tours and visited northern Italy and France as well.

    Stefan

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    1. Anonymous11:05

      That would mean that Wizz is primarily after gastos. Which leads to conclusion Wizz is actually competing with cheap bus transport, not with legacy carriers, as some people here continue to insist.

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    2. Tranquilis11:14

      @11:05

      +1. This was always the case, it's just that some people are slow to catch on. It's not a surprise if one is overly defensive over their national carrier project and can't see beyond that.

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    3. Anonymous11:38

      Na Malti nema toliko Srba da bi ova linija opstala ma sta god vi mastali i pricali sve zajedno ih ima izmastano 3 puta manje nego li gastosa u Italiji, jedino ako krenu agencije da ih pune sa zimskim odmorima na Malti i gastosi iz obliznjih delova Madjarske i Rumunije.

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    4. Anonymous13:45

      Brate, broj gastosa itd, sve je to okej. Ajd sad uporedi koliko sati treba autom do Italije, a koliko do Malte. Usput proveri i autobuski raspored prema Malti. ;)

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    5. Anonymous14:05

      Nema ni 2000 prijavljenih Srba na Malti ostalo je rad na crno i nema ih sigurno 10% stanovnistva. Toliko o poredjenju koliko do tamo treba kolima. Ja imam kolegu koji je tamo vise od dvadeset godina. Dodje svake druge ili trece godine.

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    6. Anonymous14:08

      Lepo. Sad ce moci svake godine bar 2-3 puta za iste pare.

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    7. Anonymous14:28

      I ti gastosi na crno verovatno moraju nekad do kopna to ne mora da bude Srbija. Izvikivanje njihovog broja tamo sigurno nije vazno koliko potencijalni turisti koji ce
      ici na Maltu. Koliko ce zakupiti Kon Tiki i sl agencije. 20% stanovnistva u Srbiji ima dovoljno novca da putuje dva tri puta godisnje u inostranstvo. Oni su cilj aviokompanija. Wizz je procenio da moze da bude smetnja ASL kao i na Kipru. Videcemo.

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    8. Anonymous15:04

      20% stanovništva Srbije može 2-3 puta godišnje da putuje?

      Nazdravlje! Bravo za tvoju realnosti!

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    9. Anonymous15:39

      Naša dijaspora tamo nije nešto brojna (mada nek ih je i 4000) sa sve radnicima na crno, to je ok u odnosu na ukupnu populaciju.

      Ali, dijaspora je vrlo vrlo mlada. Većina su do 35 godina, ima ih od kuvara kelnera spremačica i izbacivača u klubovima do obrazovanijih ljudi.

      Takođe, do tamo nema busa a vala ni kolima nije lako stići:P.

      Isto tako svi su prinuđeni da lete sa tog jednog aerodroma.

      O Malti se piše na ovom portalu vec godinu dana. Pre bih rekao da smo mi bili u pravu nego da je Varadi sve vreme čitao naše komentare i rekao ajd da ih poslušam.

      I poslednja stvar: postoji i povratno dejstvo. Evo ja ću možda odmah da vidim na booking i da vidim jel mogu da odem na city break odmor. (ne kažem da 20% može da putuje avionom)
      Dakle aviokompanije ne samo da koriste potražnju već je i stvaraju!!!

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    10. Anonymous16:35

      Vardi samo pokusava da otme posao ASLu imaju mnogo narucenih aviona i nikakav pravi profit ma sta god da pisali ovde ovdasnji uposlenici.

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  21. BA88811:36

    No changes to idiotic LTN timing/scheddule than...

    JU will continue to milk on LON route...

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    1. Anonymous11:47

      Good news for Serbian citizens who own 51% of ASL. Too bad for Wizz British/Hungarian shareholders. My heart bleeds for these poor rich folks...

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    2. Anonymous11:54

      Friday and Sunday late afternoon/night flights were great. Not sure why they changed it.

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    3. Anonymous16:11

      @Anon 11:47

      A lot of people who wanted to fly to London will not be able to afford Air Serbia's extortionate prices, and some of them will simply fly from a foreign airport instead (SOF, SKP, BUD...). Lack of competition is always bad for the citizens even if they "own" 51% of a flag carrier.

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    4. Anonymous16:46

      @16.11
      London is so expensive that the ticket price is the least of your worries.
      Besides, Air Serbia London ticket price is quite normal, actually cheaper than some other legacy carriers.
      Cheer up man, no need to dramatize and exaggerate! It is always better stick to the facts!

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    5. Anonymous18:58

      @Anon 4:46

      Please compare BA's LHR-SOF fares to JU's BEG-LHR fares and then come back and claim that JU's fares are normal. And the reason for BA's much lower pices is competition from Easyjet, Ryanair and Wizzair.

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    6. Anonymous19:35

      Why lower prices if you can charge more and make more money? It's an airline, not a charity.
      BA would love to charge higher prices without hurting the LF.

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    7. Ano.@07:35...To some extend and in some cases...But AS is flying London with wery poor load factor, often less than a 1/2 aircraft.

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  22. Anonymous11:44

    OT: UA880 encountered severe turbulence from IAH to LHR and diverted to SNN for an emergency landing. 16 pax in hospital, two crew on the B763.

    Appears to have been clear air disturbance. Keep em belts on guys at all times!

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  23. Anonymous12:08

    Meni kao prosečnoj mladoj osobi iz Srbije koja voli da putuje a nema velikih prihoda, ovo je više nego sjajna vest! Na ovim aerodromima ima gomile destinacija sa low cost kompanijama. Jeste cimanje vršiti konekcije sa low costerima ali za cene od 10-15€ po letu, i te kako vredi! Nadam se da ce i za Maltu biti karata ispod 2000rsd u jednom smeru :)

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    1. Anonymous13:33

      Friedrihshafen je poznato mesto za menjanje aviona.

      Nemacka je prezasicena letovima iz Beograda dok je Francuska nepokrivena, a place za letovima za Lion. u Evropi nije dostupan Madrid i Portugal, Irska Dablin, sever Italije, Bratislava zbog Beca, Ankara, Moldavija. Ovdasnje mokre snovi Teheran i kavkaske republike ne razmatramo.

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    2. Anonymous16:08

      Bratislava je "dostupna" iz Nisa, Ryanair uskoro pocinje da leti BTS-INI

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  24. BEG could hit 5.5 million in 2017.

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    1. Anonymous12:52

      So you predict annual growth of around 15%. Sorry, but which facts are you relying on ?

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    2. Anonymous13:13

      Dear Aleksandar Selena Quintanilla's song " Because I'm dreaming " fits you perfectly!

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    3. How do you know 5.5 in 2017 will be 15% growth on 2016 when there is still a third of 2016 remaining?

      Wizz will bring back their second A320. ASL will have JFK operate for the full year and rumors exist that ASL will no longer reduce their winter schedule as much as they did last winter.

      But either way, I am not predicting 5.5 mil in 2017, just saying that it is in the realm of possibility.

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    4. Anonymous14:06

      ASL winter schedule is already fixed.

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    5. Anonymous15:04

      Anon. 12.52. It's 15% only if you assume that BEG will have no growth in 2016. Sorry, but which facts are you relying on ?

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    6. Anonymous16:06

      Anonymous at 3:04 PM
      Here's your facts:
      http://www.exyuaviation.com/2016/08/ex-yu-airports-handle-over-115-million_30.html

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    7. Anonymous16:41

      @16.06
      Wait a second. The statistic shows that the growth in July in BEG, when all new connections were up a full month, was 4%!
      Based on this facts, I cannot understand why are you suggesting that BEG will have no growth Aug-Dec? Can you explain that, elaborate a little bit, please?
      Otherwise what you are claiming makes very little sense.

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  25. Anonymous13:00

    Great news for BEG, and I guess we will have more of the same, tomorrow with Tuzla.
    However, I must say I'm a bit disappointed that there are no news regarding SKP. Having in mind the battle of Ryan and Wizz in our surroundings (SOF and INI), I believed SKP would be their next battleground.

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    1. Anonymous13:16

      Today

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    2. Anonymous13:34

      ??

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    3. Anonymous13:35

      Tuzla is today not tomorrow.

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  26. Anonymous13:35

    They Wizz needs more destinations from Podgorica because TGD needs more business.

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  27. Anonymous14:10

    Small trip report (BEG-HAM-BEG)

    BEG - HAM completely full (88pax)
    Return flight had about 70 pax.

    Adria operated plane, standard JU all good. No WI-FI of course, nor IFE.

    O my issue I had was ground service in Hamburg which were completely horrible. Only one check-in counter working, supposedly all other check-in counters were broken. :))

    When they called for boarding, they announced wrong gate, and a lot of us went in the wrong direction.

    No JU representative in HAM, so no one to complain.

    Overall good experience, only group d service was horrible

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      Air Berlin is handling these things for JU in HAM and they are absolutely terrible! I had to fight with them to give me priority boarding and I am Etihad Guest Platinum, they were totally lost.

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  28. Anonymous14:25

    Air Serbia is guilty for Airport Belgrade not grow situation. Wizz can add more A320 but Air Serbia can not. Airport did not make new gate or bridge for long time, many years because no need for new gates and bridges. After 10 Airbus planes arrived in Air Serbia only one Atr and one A330 came. Atr needs no gate. A330 is only 5 flights in week. No new narrowbody jets for Air Serbia is no need for new gate, bridge and terminal. Air Serbia will get new A320 neo in 2019 to replace old 737 first. Airport will suffer because Air Serbia did not get more jets and Airport will stay small maybe grow after 2020. It is Air Serbia very guilty for Airport situation because they can not add more A319 or A320 planes!

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    1. Anonymous15:06

      The airport had its biggest passenger growth since Air Serbia started operating. Check the basic facts first!

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    2. Anonymous15:46

      My reading of that post, if I understand correctly, is that Air Serbia did not grow core narrow body jet fleet after initial 2013-2014 introduction of Airbus fleet. You are correct about passenger growth, and some of that came from improved utilization, higher LF, additional ATR72 and recently A332 and temporary CRJ900. However he has a point that airbridges are mostly used by A319/320/737 and Air Serbia had no equipment growth in that segment, and will not likely have growth until NEOs arrive, so as a result BEG had no need to add more gates and airbridges. Most of readers here blame BEG management for lack of new concourse, airbridges etc but he points finger at Air Serbia for absence of new airbridges or terminals as there was no need for them.

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    3. Anonymous16:45

      Really? ??? Are you serious ? Sorry to disappoint you my friends from dreaming but I have to get you down to reality. Things are so simple. BEG airport has low passengers just because Belgrade isn't a tourist mecca and Serbian people financial standard doesn't allow them to travel more easily let's say than Swiss people.

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    4. Anonymous16:54

      post at 4:45 has nothing to do with three previous posts, please delete.

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    5. Anonymous19:25

      Why should it be deleted?

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    6. Anonymous20:49

      I also totally agree with anonymous 4 : 45 pm it's not bridges or gates or plane luck, for low BEG passengers growth, it's those two simple things that mentioned.

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    7. Anonymous01:22

      No one is talking about passenger growth, but who is to blame for lack of construction at BEG in the past 3 years. It is Air Serbia management, not BEG management.

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  29. Anonymous15:31

    New routes from Tuzla; Köln, Nurnberg, London, Bratislava, Växjö and Friedrichshafen!

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    1. Anonymous15:50

      but why Växjö?

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    2. Anonymous15:52

      Ja neznam koliko je ostalo linija slobodnih za Sarajevo, nisu valjda samo planirali Budimpesta-Sarajevo?!

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    3. Anonymous15:57

      Isnt it funny how the first city in Bosnia and Herzegovina that got the connection to London, one of the worlds capital is: TUZLA.

      Did Sarajevo had a line to Sarajevo since independence and when?

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    4. Anonymous15:58

      I think BA used to fly there once upon a time.

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    5. Anonymous16:07

      To London sorry. But you got me.

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    6. Anonymous16:14

      Amazing! 15 destinations from tuzla with wizzair

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    7. Anonymous16:20

      Ima li sta za stapica da ostane, Bosnian Wand Airlines? Zasto se nista na ovom blogu nece da pise o njima i njihov CEO?
      Ima li sta da ostane i za macku sa devet zivota, koja nikada nece da crkne kao musica u stanu, BH Airlines?

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    8. Anonymous16:23

      Pisalo se. Ne pise se vise jer su i jedna i druga ne postoje vec godinu dana

      http://www.exyuaviation.com/2015/07/b-airlines-aoc-suspended.html

      http://www.exyuaviation.com/p/bosnian-wand-airlines-suspends.html

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    9. Anonymous16:29

      4:14 => 18 destinations!!!

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    10. Anonymous16:30

      but why Växjö?

      Well, with a little googling i found this:
      It's near Alvestra, and "Alvesta is an important railway junction, joining the Stockholm–Malmö–Copenhagen railway with the Gothenburg–Kalmar/Karlskrona railway".

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    11. Anonymous17:02

      U Växjö ima dosta puno bosanaca, a sigurno i hrvata i srba jer Tuzla nije bas toliko daleko od Slavonije i od Srbije. Kod Växjö je i Värnamo a rekao bi da je onima u Jönköping i okolina Jönköping blizi Växjö nego Göteborg. Ima tu sigurno putnika neki, sto moj tata kaze WizzAir nece uvesti destinacije samo onako bezveze, to je sve sigurno provjereno sto se tice potraznje i putnika i profita.

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  30. Anonymous15:59

    Excellent news today all around :)

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  31. Anonymous16:35

    kad ce poceti letovi iz sarajeva ?

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    1. Anonymous17:26

      Nikad

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    2. Anonymous17:36

      Kad ukinu takse.

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  32. Anonymous17:41

    Finally new Wizz flights from Belgrade and none of them ones they would have to compete with Ryanair:
    Berlin-Schönefeld,Bratislava,Bergamo,
    Barcelona,Palermo,Bari,Madrid,Lissabon.

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  33. Anonymous17:49

    Steta sto ce W6 poceti pre ASL da leti za NUE .
    I ovo jesu zanimljive linije ali ce biti slaba konkurencija ASL.
    INN-NS

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    1. Anonymous23:00

      JU moze odmah da se povuce sa Malte.Posle Larnake Wizz ce ih razbiti i u Valeti.

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    2. Anonymous14:10

      Još uvek važi da mu ne odgovaramo na gluposti?

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  34. Anonymous19:09

    Tuzla needs a new terminal. It is so important because this terminal never handle this

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  35. Anonymous21:20

    They should have more flights from Podgorica or start at Tivat

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  36. Anonymous21:43

    This is really funny that they fly from Skopje to Barcelona and not from Belgrade. Spain is so under-served from Belgrade. Vueling is too expensive and they fly only during the summer. Now I really hope Ryanair will introduce flights from Belgrade.

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    1. Anonymous22:14

      ^Look when Wizz will fly new routes - next year.
      Enough time for Ryanair to announce flights from Belgrade to begin at the same time.
      Wizz will not fly where Ryanair has the upper hand like Barcelona or Bratislava,Weeze...

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  37. Anonymous23:03

    Tivat maybe?

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  38. Aэrologic11:16

    I really hate the language they use, always at odds with the public entities and taking us all for idiots, gently putting aside the fact that the airports they operate from were built with public money and taxes and are one way or another an indirect state-support. Besides, instead of the usual populist mumbo-jumbo, the gipsy-turned-airline-CEO should better quote some facts i.e how much exactly is W6 paying in Europe and elsewhere so we can really see who is the most expensive airport they operate from. I have hard time believing BEG is more expensive than London or even Bucharest.

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