Air Serbia boosts Montenegro operations

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Air Arabia to set up Armenian carrier

UAE-based low-cost carrier Air Arabia is partnering with the Armenian National Interests Fund (ANIF) to launch a new national airline in the southern Caucasian country, adding to a glut of airline launches around the world during the coronavirus pandemic. The two partners are setting up a new joint venture that will operate as a low cost airline using Yerevan’s Zvartnots International Airport as its base. A deal was signed in Yerevan on July 14, witnessed by Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan and Air Arabia Chairman Sheikh Abdullah Bin Mohammed Al-Thani. ANIF is the government’s foreign direct investment fund. The name of the new carrier has not yet been decided on, but Armenians have been invited to submit ideas by a deadline of August 14. Other details including a launch date, the makeup of the fleet, the destination network and the shareholding structure have also yet to be announced. Air Arabia was set up in 2003 and flies from the UAE emirates of Sharjah and Ras al Khaimah. Over the years it has set up a number of offshoots, including Air Arabia Maroc, Air Arabia Egypt and, most recently, Air Arabia Abu Dhabi, which launched in July 2020. It has also been linked to a possible move into the Algerian market. As with the new Armenian venture, these have all been set up with other investors. Armenia’s local aviation sector is currently very limited. There are five airlines but all of them are small and serve a limited range of nearby countries. Larger international carriers also fly in to Zvartnots, including Air Arabia itself, as well as FlyDubai, Russia’s S7 Airlines and Qatar Airways.
Source: Forbes

Air Serbia boosts Montenegro operations

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Responding to increased demand for travel between Serbia and Montenegro, the Serbian national carrier has increased its capacity between the two countries by introducing additional flights and upgrading aircraft on services to Tivat and Podgorica. Between January 17 and January 30, Air Serbia has added three extra flights to Tivat and upgraded its turboprop ATR operations to the Airbus A319, while two planned A319 flights have been upgraded to the higher-capacity A320. Capacity has also been increased to Podgorica on January 17. 19 and 24. It comes following the collapse of Montenegro Airlines late last year and the lifting of compulsory PCR testing requirements for entry between Serbia and Montenegro. “We remain committed to the Montenegrin market and we will continue monitoring the situation, adapting the volume of traffic to changes in demand. Our goal is to maintain a continuous and strong air connection between cities in the region in order to enable all passengers to easily travel to their desired destinations”, Jiri Marek, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, said. The carrier added, “Immediately following the shutdown of Montenegro Airlines, Air Serbia increased capacity between the two countries and deployed additional resources at airports in Podgorica, Tivat and Belgrade, in order to serve all our passengers under the given circumstances”.

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