Kraljevo’s Morava Airport will see its first commercial service to Vienna next month, with a tender to select an operating carrier for the subsidised three weekly flights to close next Thursday. Operations will be bolstered with the introduction of seasonal services to Thessaloniki from March 2020. “We certainly expect for Wizz Air to apply for the tender and maybe Air Serbia. Actually, I believe Air Serbia is the most interested party considering Kraljevo’s close proximity to Belgrade, so it is easier for them to base an aircraft there. In spite of this, I don’t know whether they have obtained the tender documentation”, the Serbian Deputy Minister for Transport in charge of aviation, Zoran Ilić, said. However, despite Mr Ilić’s hopes, Wizz Air does not fulfil the tender requirements as it does not operate aircraft with up to eighty seats or less.
Despite the ongoing tender for routes of public interest, operator Airports of Serbia is also in talks with a carrier over the introduction of services to Germany and Turkey. Flights to Frankfurt, Munich and Istanbul are believed to be the subject of negotiations. The General Manager of Airports of Serbia, Mihajlo Zdravković, said, "We have already held talks with several airlines, and I must say there is interest”. The government reserves the right to add new routes of public interest without initiating a new tender, however, the value of the contract for additional services must not exceed 5% of the total value of the initial agreement, which totals 5.7 million euros for the entire three-year period (297.800 euros in 2019 and 2.7 million euros in both 2020 and 2021).
In the run-up to the new services, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has officially assigned Morava Airport its three-letter location identifier - KVO. Furthermore, the Serbian government has allocated 1.3 million euros in the 2020 state budget to undertake necessary preparatory work at Morava Airport for the construction of a second runway, which will be large enough to handle jet-engine aircraft without any limitations. Located in Central Serbia, Kraljevo’s Morava Airport was officially opened in late June. According to the Mayor of Kraljevo, Morava Airport will considerably contribute to accelerating the economic development of Kraljevo and many other nearby towns and municipalities.
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I hope its true, I wouldn't be surprised if they just used the old board from BEG :) :)
737/A320 can safely operate even from/to 1600m runways.
:-)
I don't thing Mr. Ilić does not know that Wizz Air doesn't have a call center with at lest 15 workers which have Serbian security clearance. Of course he knows that, and of course he knows Wizz Air can not participate in tender.
thing = stvar
think = misliti
I don't understand why the runway wasn't done correctly right away, and why are some people wondering why Wizz isn't going to apply for the tender when they don't(And no LCC does for that matter as smaller aircraft aren't profitable in LCC model) have aircraft that can fly here.
KVO can become an all-leisure airport and not 85% transfer like BEG.
Long-haul LCC is the future¡
my2cents
Kraljevo can serve substitute Belgrade when it comes to charter, where Belgrade is clearly suffering in winter.
This is definitely an opportunity for the regionality of the 3 airprots of Serbija.
Када би тај посао радиле домаће фирме као извођачи, колико би то трајало?... Колико би се пута чуле чувене "срце-парајуће речи, нажалост, субјективни, објективни разлози"...
Желим да верујем да ће инвеститор, држава овај пројекат
ефикасно и успешно завршити са коомпанијама које имају са чиме да гарантују квалитет, цену и време. Будућим развојем
Чачанско, Крагујевачко, Краљевачког привредног кластера
централне Србије, Морава ће дефинитивно опстати као карго центар Србије. Одмах после Београда. Путнички саобраћај кроз LCC, чартер и ад хок ће се развијати повећањем туризма
Нисам сигуран да ће се моја прича свима свидети. Али је једно сигурно. " Родило се. Ваља га љуљати". Као што говорим од 1989 године у Сиднеју да бити аеродром на Морави. То тврдим и овде у Краљеву. Тек допутовао из Сиднеја, настављам веру у људе и Мораву. И после тридесет година. Добро дошао додељени код КVO! Дефинитивно у породици међународних аеродрома. И до Владе Србије са људима који воле комерцијално ваздухопловство.
Међу којима је и моја маленкост.
Rodney Marinkovic. Aviation Enthusiast Association.
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