Air Serbia extends Hainan Airlines cooperation

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Doha becomes Middle East’s busiest

In the battle to be the pre-eminent travel hub in the Middle East, the latest research from ForwardKeys has revealed that Doha seized and consolidated a lead over Dubai in the first half of 2021. In the period January 1 -June 30, the volume of air tickets issued for travel via Doha was 18% higher than it was through Dubai; and that relationship looks set to continue. Current bookings for the second half of the year through Doha are 17% higher than through Dubai. At the start of the year, air traffic through Doha was at 77% of Dubai; but it quickly reached 100% for the first time during the week commencing January 27. The major factor driving the trend was the lifting, of the blockade of flights to and from Qatar this January, which was imposed in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who accused Qatar of sponsoring terrorism - an accusation it strongly denies. Since January, five routes were restored by Qatar Airways in the region and new routes launched further afield. Olivier Ponti, Vice President of insights at ForwardKeys, said, “Without the blockade, which encouraged the establishment of new routes as a strategy to replace lost traffic, perhaps we would not have seen Doha charging past Dubai. So, it seems that the seeds of Doha’s relative success were, ironically, sown by the adverse actions of its neighbours. However, one needs to bear in mind that flights through the Middle East during first half of 2021 were still 81 per cent below pre-pandemic levels. So, as the recovery gathers pace, the picture could change significantly”. The last major factor, which has given Qatar an edge over Dubai, has been its reaction to the pandemic. During the height of the Covid-19 crisis, many routes in and out of Doha remained operational, with the result that Doha became a major hub for repatriation flights - most notably to Johannesburg and Montreal.
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Air Serbia extends Hainan Airlines cooperation

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Air Serbia has renewed its Special Prorate Agreement with Hainan Airlines enabling passengers to reach Beijing from Belgrade via Brussels, Berlin and Moscow. “When Hainan Airlines decides to increase capacity to Europe and when the Chinese market additionally opens up, passengers will be able to travel from Beijing to other destinations in China”, Air Serbia said. The two carriers have been cooperating since 2016. In 2017, Hainan Airlines launched flights from Beijing to Belgrade via Prague, which ran for a year. China was Belgrade Airport’s largest unserved market prior to the pandemic. In 2019, Shanghai was the busiest unserved route from the Serbian capital, followed by Beijing. Jointly, the two cities accounted for 114.641 indirect passengers at Belgrade Airport.

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Anonymous10:35
Hopefully prices will be more reasonable. JU-CA via VIE was like €1.100.
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Anonymous10:46
how is this number of 114.641 indirect passengers includes calculated. Does it count one passenger arrival and departure at BEG once, or twice?
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JATBEGMEL12:10
Its fascinating to see how they are focused on PEK while ignoring PVG, which has the larger demand.
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Anonymous16:01
Once direct flights are established we will see a significant increase in trade/investment. Airline travel is not only about tourism, it's also about business, and right now China are the world leaders in investment.

With so much Chinese investment in Serbia, it looks like Belgrade is headed to become the Vancouver of Europe.
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