Air Serbia brings forward service resumptions

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Air Serbia is bringing forward the resumption of its flights from Belgrade to Paris and Amsterdam. Initially planned to restart on June 15, the carrier will now reintroduce services to France and the Netherlands on May 31. It will operate one weekly rotation to each until June 15. Air Serbia will resume commercial flights tomorrow. Due to increased demand, it has added extra frequencies on its Vienna, Zurich, Frankfurt and London routes in May and the first half of June. On May 22, Serbia will lift entry restrictions and requirements introduced during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic for both locals and foreign nationals.

Air Serbia is introducing a range of new on board measures as a result of Covid-19. Starting May 21, it will be mandatory to wear face masks for the entire duration of the flight, and all aircraft will be disinfected regularly. Additional protective equipment, such as gloves and visors, can be brought on board by passengers and will be permitted and welcomed. Service on all flights will be simplified with a focus on minimal contact. This will include the removal of the inflight magazine and brochures. Initially, there will be no catering on board, instead, only water will be served to prevent the frequent removal of masks, and thus reduce the risk of the virus being transmitted. Passengers older than 65 will have complimentary priority check-in, while families checking in for flights will be able to do so using special counters, to make the process quicker and more efficient. Food will be served on the airline’s New York flights when they resume on June 6.

May 21 - June 15 operations (correct as of May 20)

DestinationResumption date
Frankfurt, ZurichMay 21
Vienna, LondonMay 24
LjubljanaMay 29
Paris, AmsterdamMay 31
Podgorica, TivatJune 1
SarajevoJune 4
Banja LukaJune 5
SkopjeJune 5
New YorkJune 6

Air Serbia’s CEO, Duncan Naysmith, said, “We want to reassure our passengers that we have undertaken and implemented all necessary measures, in accordance with the highest safety and hygiene standards, as well as instructions from local and international regulatory bodies. We have also proactively introduced many measures which are above the industry standards to further safeguard our passengers and crew. As always, the safety of our passengers and crew members are our first priority”.

Comments

  1. Anonymous16:41

    What are the frequencies to other destinations? What about LJU? Will JU be the first to launch flights there?

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    1. Anonymous16:43

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2020/05/air-serbia-ready-to-prioritise-regional.html

      Until June 15, the airline will operate one weekly flight to Frankfurt and Zurich from May 21, one weekly service to Vienna and London Heathrow from May 24, two weekly operations to Ljubljana starting May 29, up to five weekly flights to Podgorica from June 1, up to four weekly services to Tivat from June 1, two weekly rotations to Sarajevo and Banja Luka from June 4 and June 5 respectively, two weekly to Skopje from June 5 and one weekly flight to New York from June 6. The remainder of its network is due to restart on June 15, pushed back from the initially planned June 1.

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    2. Anonymous18:58

      well checkAir Serbia web site, FRA LHR x2 , ZRH x3 , ... a lot changes in schedule 15th June. Regards from DUB

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  2. Anonymous16:41

    Bravo!

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  3. Anonymous17:14

    Fantastic news

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  4. When will Nis be reopened? Did someone hear something about it?

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    1. Anonymous14:19

      I think INI is not their priority as they do not earn much money there. They are starting routes that earn money for real first.

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  5. Anonymous19:59

    Only time will tell if measures have been removed too quickly. If the number of new cases in the next 2-3 weeks starts to rise as it did in Singapore then air travel limitations and testing requirements will be back.

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    1. Anonymous20:45

      Doubt they'll be back as the government needs to restart the economy right away.

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    2. Anonymous21:27

      Glad the mass media fueled corona madness is slowly ending and people are back to their senses

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  6. Anonymous21:46

    They are not flying to Athens? :(

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    1. Anonymous22:40

      Or SKG...

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    2. Anonymous22:41

      They start from 15th of June

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  7. Are they flying to Moscow?

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    1. Anonymous01:50

      No. No one can fly to Moscow. The list of destinations they are flying to until 15th of June is in the table in the article.

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  8. Anonymous06:36

    It is, isn't it?

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  9. Anonymous07:28

    Italy just announced that its airports will be opened from June 3rd, this is great news and JU can resume flights ASAP!

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  10. I have my flights from Larnaca to Belgrade in April cancelled. How can I fly on other dates?

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