Serbia - Turkey air deal enters into force

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The new Bilateral Air Service Agreement between Serbia and Turkey, signed over six years ago in October 2015, has finally entered into force as of today. It replaces the agreement between Yugoslavia and Turkey, which has been enforced since 1953. The new bilateral remains restrictive and does not regulate charter operations between the two countries, which has been a contentious issue on several occasions in the past. Under the agreement, each airline must take into consideration how their operations will affect their competitors, while regulators will be able to determine if any increase in capacity or frequencies is justified and in line with market conditions. However, growing ties between Air Serbia and Turkish Airlines has enabled the carriers to expand operations between the two countries. Air Serbia has introduced services to Istanbul, while Turkish Airlines’ lower cost unit AnadoluJet will commence year-round flights from Ankara to Belgrade towards the end of the month. In addition, an airline selected through an international tender will introduce two weekly rotations from both Niš and Kraljevo to Turkey’s largest city next year. Furthermore, Air Serbia and Turkish Airlines now boast a wide-ranging codeshare agreement.

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  1. Anonymous10:43

    Since Air Serbia will fly Kraljevo-Istanbul, is it possible that any other carrier start Nis?

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    1. Anonymous10:47

      No, because in the tender Istanbul is in group two which means airline that applies has to operate both from INI and KVO to IST.
      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/11/serbia-launches-tender-for-ten-new.html

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    2. Anonymous11:02

      Yes, I totally forgot about that condition, which doesn't have to much sense to put two different airports in same group, where one airport has serious aircraft landing limitations.

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    3. Anonymous11:16

      It was done on purpose to ensure no other airline meets criteria.

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  2. Anonymous10:44

    At least some improvement.

    It was very good move from Air Serbia side to sign code share with Turkish.

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  3. Nemjee11:22

    'each airline must take into consideration how their operations will affect their competitors'

    Hahaha to infinity and back. This just goes to show how clueless government officials (bureaucrats) are. Only way JU, TK or PC consider their competition is when they think of ways how to chase them out of a certain market. Also, if they were really to enforce the laws they make then JU and PC should sign a code-share agreement since there is now a disbalance on the market, 2 vs 1.

    They should just sign an Open Skies and get it over with. PC should complain since they are at a disadvantage now.

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  4. OPEN THE SKYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!
    Me as customer should decide which airline I want to fly. And the state should take care of the quality rather then of limiting the business opportunity to the airlines!


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    1. Anonymous13:22

      Can you as a customer import a car from Japan without paying customs, same with the airlines it’s subject to bilateral agreements, if you don’t like it you can always move.

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    2. What??????? You want to say, that Turkish is not paying??? Since Air Serbia is BEG based, it payes a WAY LESS to BEG Airport then it Turkish does!

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  5. Taxes should not be subsidizing national carriers like AS. Open the market. If the national carrier tanks, so be it.

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    1. JATBEGMEL17:05

      And when the airline tanks, so does the jobs. Actually, we should distroy every single remaining evidence of local companies. Most of them are losing money, wasting tax payers money. Even Belgrade's GSP. Who needs it? They can all go abroad and look for a job. It's estimated that 60.000 people are leaving Serbia for jobs and decent salaries. Nothing really. More than the population of Sabac or Valjevo.

      I agree that taxes should not be used to indefinitely prop up our companies, but more transparency and accountability for money spent would be nice to see. And until this happens, nothing will change.

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    2. Бежи бре!18:57

      Miroslav your taxes are supporting DL, AA and UA among others during pandemic. Contact your representative to voice your concerns.

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