Skip to main content
  • Home

Search This Site

EX-YU Aviation News

EX-YU Aviation News

  • About
  • Vintage
  • Trip Reports
  • Newsletter
  • Support

EX-YU VINTAGE


JAT's inter-city bus service
Belgrade - Niš, 1980s

Labels

ACI Air Adria Airways Adria Airways Switzerland Adria Tehnika Air Croatia Air Montenegro Air Serbia Amelia International Archive files Banja Luka
Belgrade BH Airlines Bihać bosnia and herzegovina Bosnian Wand Airlines Brač Covid-19 croatia croatia airlines Dalmatian Dubrovnik ETF Airways European Coastal Airlines Feature Fleet Fly Air41 Airways FlyBosnia Focus Jat Airways Jat Tehnika jobs Kon Tiki Sky Kosovo Kraljevo Limitless Airways Livery Ljubljana Lošinj low cost airline macedonia Maribor Mat Airways MAT Macedonian Airlines montenegro montenegro airlines mostar MRO New route Newsflash Niš Ohrid Osijek Photo podgorica portorož Pragusa.One Priština Privatisation PROMO Pula Results 2008 Results 2009 Results 2010 Results 2011 Results 2012 Results 2013 Results 2014 Results 2015 Results 2016 Results 2017 Results 2018 Results 2019 Results 2020 Results 2021 Results 2022 Results 2023 Results 2024 Results 2025 Rijeka Ryanair safety sarajevo Sea Air serbia service Skopje Sky Srpska slovenia Smile Air Split Summer 2009 Summer 2010 Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013 Summer 2014 Summer 2015 Summer 2016 Summer 2017 Summer 2018 Summer 2019 Summer 2020 Summer 2021 Summer 2022 Summer 2023 Summer 2024 Summer 2025 Summer 2026 tivat ToMontenegro Trade Air Trebinje Trip report Tuzla Užice VLM Airlines Winter 2008/09 Winter 2009/10 Winter 2010/11 Winter 2011/12 Winter 2012/13 Winter 2013/14 Winter 2014/15 Winter 2015/16 Winter 2016/17 Winter 2017/18 Winter 2018/19 Winter 2019/2020 Winter 2020/2021 Winter 2021/2022 Winter 2022/2023 Winter 2023/2024 Winter 2024/2025 Winter 2025/2026 Winter 2025/26 Wizz Air Zadar zagreb
Show more Show less

Archive

  • May31
  • April80
  • March80
  • February73
  • January84
  • December81
  • November83
  • October83
  • September79
  • August80
  • July83
  • June76
  • May84
  • April81
  • March77
  • February78
  • January81
  • December83
  • November83
  • October84
  • September84
  • August87
  • July84
  • June80
  • May84
  • April79
  • March84
  • February75
  • January81
  • December79
  • November79
  • October80
  • September81
  • August81
  • July79
  • June79
  • May80
  • April75
  • March84
  • February76
  • January79
  • December83
  • November78
  • October78
  • September79
  • August86
  • July98
  • June99
  • May93
  • April93
  • March92
  • February83
  • January93
  • December94
  • November77
  • October80
  • September79
  • August79
  • July86
  • June84
  • May86
  • April82
  • March95
  • February74
  • January79
  • December82
  • November77
  • October84
  • September80
  • August82
  • July84
  • June75
  • May79
  • April76
  • March75
  • February73
  • January80
  • December80
  • November79
  • October77
  • September73
  • August70
  • July80
  • June75
  • May76
  • April72
  • March75
  • February71
  • January78
  • December74
  • November72
  • October75
  • September69
  • August65
  • July73
  • June73
  • May74
  • April67
  • March72
  • February64
  • January72
  • December73
  • November70
  • October70
  • September70
  • August56
  • July68
  • June72
  • May73
  • April56
  • March31
  • February29
  • January34
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September31
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October30
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December32
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February29
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December32
  • November31
  • October31
  • September30
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May32
  • April31
  • March31
  • February28
  • January31
  • December31
  • November30
  • October31
  • September31
  • August31
  • July31
  • June30
  • May31
  • April30
  • March32
  • February29
  • January31
  • December30
  • November30
  • October31
  • September30
  • August30
  • July31
  • June31
Show more Show less


LOT confirms Budapest - Belgrade launch

  • Get link
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Reddit
  • Linkedin
  • Other Apps
NEWS FLASH


LOT Polish Airlines has today announced it will launch daily flights from Budapest to Belgrade, as previously reported. However, the carrier has rescheduled its entire short haul expansion due to fleet constraints resulting from the B737 MAX grounding and will instead start the service during the 2020 summer season, on March 30. In addition to Belgrade, LOT's other new short haul routes from Budapest will include Bucharest, Brussels, Sofia and Prague, which will run twelve times per week, as well as Stuttgart, which will operate daily. All will be maintained with Embraer E190/195 aircraft (a total of four will be stationed in Budapest). Tickets will go on sale on August 7. The announcement was made by the carrier's CEO, Rafal Milczarki, at a press conference in the Hungarian capital. He added, "We also operate flights to each of those destinations from Warsaw and are very pleased with the results. Our analyses showed that those destinations have a huge potential to become successful in Hungary, too”.


July 31, 2019
Belgrade Newsflash serbia Summer 2020
  • Get link
  • Facebook
  • X
  • Pinterest
  • Email
  • Whatsapp
  • Telegram
  • Reddit
  • Linkedin
  • Other Apps

Comments

  1. Anonymous11:05

    So much about LOT cancelling the service, like some jealous here were saying...

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous11:08

      They have effectively canceled planned flights for the winter season. They will only introduce them from summer schedule.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous11:13

      All flights have been moved to summer, even Brussels and Bucharest which was announced months ago as launching in November and were bookable.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous11:13

      Yes but some were claiming they were completely cancelled.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous11:24

      Flights can only be cancelled if they were already in the system. Info anybody?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous15:03

      Portal that published news about canceling was saying it was "canceled or rescheduled", so it was correct.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Anonymous15:20

      That portal you speak of changed the initial text after it published today's piece on BUD and LO. ;)

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Reply
  2. Anonymous11:20

    Time for Air Serbia to respond: launch Toronto and China; then launch BEG-BUD timed for long haul transfers for Budapest passengers. If they don't do it, LOT will siphon away passengers like they did with WAW route.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous14:39

      Let's be realistic, we cannot compare Air Serbia and LOT, as we cannot compare Serbia and Poland - it's just a different game and numbers. Air Serbia will struggle with all new connectivity options coming to its zone of interest, without money and effective ways to fight - abandoning WAW was a wise move at the time.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous16:29

      Abandoning BUD was not once they started JFK.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous16:59

      We already heard that kind of thinking - how Poland has bigger diaspora than Serbia etc. However this is a case of BUD starting a long haul base with some feeder lines, and that case is very similar to Air Serbia scenario. Not responding to it is not the same as not responding to giants BA or LH expanding their long haul at LHR or MUC or even smaller LO at WAW - this is a case of Air Serbia getting competitor to base planes next door, fight for most of the same feeder cities and openly trying to push JU out of long haul business.

      It's completely cut and dry for Air Serbia: announce more long hauls (ideally YYZ and China as they would not overlap with LO services from BUD) and start BUD-BEG services to feed those new lines plus JFK. If not, get out of long haul and cancel JFK. There is no third option for JU.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous18:03

      Hopefully JU will get rid of that loss making flight to JFK.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous20:01

      @Anon at 18:03

      That would be in LOT interest. Solution not so much in LOT interest is to get GoS, EY and JU to commit to expansion of widebody fleet, add multiple long haul destinations and price aggressively against LOT.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Aэrologic21:21

      I'm glad someone thinks the same. This must be reacted to.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Reply
  3. Anonymous11:31

    JFK also goes daily.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Charlie16:16

      As of when?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous16:27

      Next summer when they bring the second 788

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Unknown20:37

      First of all budapest airport needs to get their Shiat together. quickly. I fly into and out of bud couple of times per year and the airport is far to small to handle the volume of passengers that it receives now. Their expansions are way too slow and the new terminal 3 will be opened in 2021. With all of this new traffic coming in next year plus plenty of new routes (long and short haul) will open. The airport in its current state will struggle big time, it could very well shut down LOT in BUD as there's no room to grow.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous21:20

      The airport is disastrous.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous21:53

      This speaks volumes about LO then, launching an ambitious expansion at an airport without enough room. Maybe they hope to push out some of the competition? EW and Launda might struggle in STR, LO might plan on pushing them out?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Anonymous21:54

      To me it says a lot about LOT when they start sales for Seoul just a month before they launch the route. Who on earth does that.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Anonymous21:57

      Well they probably hope it will lose more money than ORD. :D
      I think there is too much capcity to ICN in the region, BUD, ZAG and VIE. Someone will have to give up.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    8. Unknown17:52

      The only thing it means is more overcrowding in checking and security area until even further expansions are done and the terminal 3 is built and more remote stands are likely instead of jetbridges. Budapest is extremely popular and its very unlikely airlines or routes will be axed.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    9. Unknown18:02

      Zagreb has nothing to do with budapest. Flights between zagreb and seoul are tourism for the whole of Croatia and dalmatian Coast. Flights between budapest and seoul are the same thing. Vienna is the same story. OS is staralliance and doesn't offer connections onto Korean air. Only competition is the close proximity of bud and vie. I don't why people are keep on banging on zagreb to seoul flights.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    10. Reply
  4. Anonymous11:32

    So the service begins in 2020? Or this year?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous11:36

      In 2020 as they still have to receive some B789s which will replace B788s in WAW. They just added three more E95 into their fleet, one is flying around in bright yellow Saratov livery.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous11:41

      "LOT Polish Airlines has today announced it will launch daily flights from Budapest to Belgrade, as previously reported."

      Previously reported by EX-YU by clickin on the link:

      "LOT Polish Airlines has filed for slots to launch daily flights between Budapest and Belgrade starting September 1."

      SO what now EX-YU?

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous11:44

      They were supposed to start in September but the whole project was delayed until next year. Their intentions refers to launching BEG, that hasn't changed.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous11:52

      @11.41
      Read the rest of the article not just the first sentence

      "LOT Polish Airlines has today announced it will launch daily flights from Budapest to Belgrade, as previously reported. However, the carrier has rescheduled its short haul expansion due to fleet constraints resulting from the B737 MAX grounding and will instead start the service during the 2020 summer season, which begins in late March of next year."

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  5. Anonymous11:45

    So summer 2020 is already starting to look good.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  6. Anonymous11:49

    Man I'm excited, who else is excited?!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous12:10

      Me too!!!!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. 4U13:21

      #me too :-)

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous13:50

      Yes. :D

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous15:05

      Usually, if you get overexcited, it might ruin all the fun :))

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  7. Anonymous12:22

    This actually gave time Air Serbia to respond and attack LOTs planned long haul that they expect to feed from Belgrade.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. 4U13:23

      LOT is not attacking Air Serbia. If anybody it is Lufthansa or Austrian as Hungarians use mainly these airlines in long haul.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous13:28

      Ako AS pokrene Toronto i Cikago ili Peking,Lotovi letovi nece poceti ni na prolece. A ukoliko vremena transvera budu dobra mogu im ugroziti i trasvere iz Bukuresta i Sofije.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous14:27

      A 13:23

      Then why are they introducing daily flights from Belgrade to Budapest, but to draw some transfer passengers away from Air Serbia to their Budapest hub ... I am sure they are not going for P2P passengers.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous17:13

      @Anon at 14:27

      Exactly. With new BUD services LOT wants to attack two competitors: OK with it's sole A330 on PRG-ICN (now that Korean pulled out of CSA) and JU with it's sole A330 on JFK-BEG (now that Air Serbia has been dead in the water for 4 years on long haul expansion).

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  8. Anonymous15:20

    Man BEG just keeps on winning! Congrats!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  9. Anonymous16:09

    After all LO will not be flying ZAG-BUD as 2 days ago announced

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous16:15

      It wasn't announced at all it was said that they were thinking about it. In the end they obviously decided not to fly there.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous16:28

      Anyone have an idea why they didn't go for it? I mean they announced many cities in the region.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous16:47

      Obviously there isn't market between ZAG and BUD.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous19:23

      Yes but there is to other points they fly to.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  10. Unknown20:57

    First of all budapest airport needs to get their act together, quickly. I fly out of and into BUD couple of times a year and the airport is way too congested and can hardly handle the volume of the passengers now. With all these new routes coming in next year plus many other (short and long haul) will open the airport will be chaos. Their new terminal 3 will open in 2021 and from the plans I've seen it will be low cost shed, no room to grow or expand from there. Plus all of their expansions and new piers are way too slow, I'd avoid connecting in BUD at all costs from knowing what the airport is. Quick and rapid expansion is needed.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous21:54

      W6 failed on BUD-OTP, I wonder if LO hopes for the same on BUD-SOF. After all Wizz flies only twice a week, they are easy target and LO offers better comfort, miles and actually a superior onboard product.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous22:09

      W6 cautiously increased BUD-SOF to 3 weekly for the first time this winter and the 12 weekly LOT service will undoubtely affect them. Even though it will be mainly transfer, might be O&D as well.
      OTP-BUD failed because RO was also operating the route, which made supply more than demand.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous23:18

      Yes but RO is not as competitive as LO so I think they have less chance in SOF than in OTP.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Anonymous05:25

      The same doubts I have for Belgrade after the failure of Air Serbia on the BEG-BUD route.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Anonymous08:06

      Don't have any doubts, smile, enjoy your day and book a flight on LO via BUD!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    6. Unknown18:06

      Belavia flies beg to bud now however they're axing it so lot will take over, air serbia is starting nis to budapest flights.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    7. Unknown18:11

      Tarom flies 3 times per day between budapest and Bucharest but connecting passangers are majority of it. Bucharest isn't really tourist city and with wizz there's no connections possible hence it pulled out.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    8. Reply
  11. Anonymous21:55

    Kinda crazy to think that LOT will operate up to 5-7 daily flights from/to PRG, OTP and SOF in addition to their WAW flights. This will reach the levels of LH!!!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous23:19

      Bye bye OS. LOL

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Unknown19:48

      5 daily flights? They'll operate 1-2 daily flights

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Anonymous21:28

      Unknown he is also referring to LO's flights from WAW, that is from Warsaw in Poland where their main hub is located. BUD as in Budapest in Hungary is where their secondary base will be.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    4. Unknown01:23

      I know but that's like comparing Frankfurt and munich flights as one nevertheless very exciting news for budapest after malev collapse, LOT seems to know their game and is expanding rapidly. OS is indeed in trouble lufthansa group got too big and OS with SN is kinda lost and dying in the paperwork.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    5. Reply
  12. Anonymous00:21

    Budapest Airport has already started advertising the Belgrade route. I got a "sponsored" story from BUD on my instagram.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous05:27

      Budapest keeps rockin'... traffic will soon reach 15 million...!

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Anonymous08:04

      Even though BEG-BUD is horrible, BUD-BEG is quite decent since the flight departs at around 22.30 giving you a whole day in Budapest. Now all we have to see is what kind of fares they start selling. I think this route will be a success, after all I don't remember when was the last time an airline suspended Belgrade due to low loads.

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    3. Reply
  13. Anonymous12:26

    LO should have introduced China flights from Budapest and offered connections from Belgrade the same way Mahan is doing it. Chinese arrival are through the roof:

    June: 16.698 (+41.7%)
    2019: 57.286 (+36%)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Anonymous16:00

      better yet, Air Serbia to start nonstop flights to China from Belgrade

      Delete
      Replies
        Reply
    2. Reply
Add comment
Load more...

Post a Comment

EX-YU Aviation News does not tolerate insults, excessive swearing, racist, homophobic or any other chauvinist remarks or provocative posts with the intention of creating further arguments. A full list of comment guidelines can be found here. Thank you for your cooperation.

VINTAGE EX-YU


JAT's inter-city bus service
Belgrade - Niš, 1980s

POPULAR THIS WEEK

Image

Croatia Airlines posts heavy losses and negative equity

Image

Air Serbia to add more A320s to fleet

Image

Two airlines apply for new subsidised flights to Slovenia

Image

Air Serbia plans 32-member fleet in 2026, eyes MRO facility

Image

Belgrade Airport city rail link work advances

Powered by Blogger
© EX-YU Aviation News 2008 - 2025