Air Serbia to expand network with new routes


Air Serbia plans to expand its network over the coming months with the launch of several new routes, as well as the resumption of destinations previously served by the carrier. In addition to Tianjin in China, which is to launch in October, and Chicago, which is set to commence in April of next year, the carrier is also set to return to Cairo in the spring of 2023 and is negotiating flights to Ohrid from June of next year, among others. The airline’s return to the Middle East is also expected to be announced, after it suspended operations to Tel Aviv and Beirut in March 2020, amid the Covid-19 pandemic, and shelved plans to introduce flights to Amman this summer.

Air Serbia, the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism in Macedonia, and the Serbian Ministry for Trade, Tourism and Telecommunications, have held talks over the airline’s potential resumption of flights between Belgrade and Ohrid next year. During the meeting, which was attended by the Serbian carrier’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Boško Rupić, the three sides discussed the possibility of the airline maintaining a two weekly service between the two cities over the summer months. The proposal is being supported through the Open Balkans initiative of which both Serbia and Macedonia are a part of.

The head of the Agency for the Promotion and Support of Tourism in Macedonia, Ljupčo Janevski, said, “We have seen excellent statistical indicators, showing the projected growth in the number of Serbian tourists by 500% this year. During the first quarter of 2022, the number of tourists from Serbia visiting Ohrid grew 100%. Furthermore, the number of overnight stays has grown significantly as well”. He added, “Regional cooperation is a prerequisite for the development of the tourism industry, and with the Open Balkans initiative, where boarders are being removed, we now have a market of fifteen million domestic tourists”.

Air Serbia launched a seasonal three weekly service between Belgrade and Ohrid in 2016, following a three-year hiatus. In 2017, operations were increased to four weekly. However, by 2018 the flights were discontinued amid a wide-ranging push to cut costs and rationalise its network. Back then, the airline primarily relied on transfer passengers to sustain its Ohrid service, with special fares targeting the Macedonian diaspora in Australia, many of which hail from the Ohrid region. However, the termination of Air Serbia's Abu Dhabi flights in 2017, which served as a feeder from Australia, significantly affected loads on the Ohrid route.

The Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, confirmed this week that Air Serbia plans to return to Cairo from May 2023, although he hoped "it will be in March or even a bit earlier" following talks with the Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in Belgrade this week. The Egyptian Embassy in Belgrade has made no secrete that it has been in talks with Air Serbia over the airline's return to Cairo. "We are in constant contact with Air Serbia, so we can look into overcoming the challenges of the pandemic and restore nonstop flights. We have conducted and facilitated numerous meetings in the aviation sector, with the aim of further expanding the network of flights and routes between the two countries. We look forward to positive results in this regard”, the Embassy said recently. Air Serbia maintained services to the Egyptian capital until the outbreak of Covid-19.



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  1. Anonymous09:06

    Nice to see a second destination in North Macedonia!

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    1. Start direct flight to Saudi Arabia. BEG To DMM

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  2. Anonymous09:07

    Makes sense. I expect many feeding routes to be introduced for new long haul

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    1. Anonymous09:09

      I think we will see routes Marek announced last year. He said more regional routes and Central European ones. I remember he mentioned Krakow

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    2. Anonymous09:21

      He also said they were considering new routes to Bulgaria and Romania.

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    3. Anonymous09:26

      Wandering if Budapest makes a comeback too.

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    4. Anonymous09:28

      What other cities could we see them expand to in Romania and Bulgaria?

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    5. Anonymous09:31

      Couple of years ago they were considering flights to Oradea
      https://www.exyuaviation.com/p/oradea-eyes-air-serbia-flights.html

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    6. Anonymous09:32

      Varna which they used to fly is a possibility

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    7. Anonymous09:33

      Cluj-Napoca, Iasi, Brasov, Varna, Burgas (Plovdiv, Veliko Trnovo, Stara Zagora, Ruse... Oradea, Arad, or even Timisoara - yes, I know how close it is, but if it brings pax, why not).

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    8. Anonymous09:51

      @Anon 9:26 Budapest makes sense, since LOT hasn't restarted its feeding network so far for the long haul flights to JFK and ICN.

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    9. Anonymous10:00

      As for Bulgaria there is no airport in Veliko Tarnovo because it is located on the top of the mountains. The nearest operating airport is Gorna Oryahovitsa. It might work well for their LHR because of the small British diaspora in the region especially in the Elena region. Varna should for sure definitely work for them. Plovdiv is too close to Sofia and already taken by Ryanair and Wizzair.
      As for Romania, CLJ and IAS should also work quite well if they are not so close to BEG. CLJ economy is very good at the moment. Arad is unfortunately "dead" being so close to TSR and in general close to BEG.
      Conclusion that VAR and CLJ are generally the best options for year-round.

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  3. Anonymous09:07

    Excellent news about Cairo. Wonder of Tel Aviv is coming back too

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  4. Anonymous09:08

    Exciting times for Air Serbia. Well done

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    1. Start ZAD year round. BEG offers great transfer options. Bettet than ZAG.

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    2. Anonymous21:46

      ZAD is packed lately.. They could bump it to daily if you ask me. Or upgrade to A319

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    3. +1000 hope JU took note.

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  5. Anonymous09:10

    This must mean they will lease more planes

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    1. Anonymous09:10

      A319/A320s I mean

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    2. Anonymous09:14

      Hopefully more A320 and less A319s

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    3. Anonymous09:38

      They will get more ATRs. Marek already said it.

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    4. Anonymous09:47

      And A329 they announced the other day.

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    5. Anonymous09:47

      *A320 obviously

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    6. Anonymous10:11

      They need to order neo planes and add more ATRs to the fleet.

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  6. Anonymous09:14

    Have a feeling Amman will be back too.

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    1. Anonymous09:22

      Hope they finally launch it. Third time lucky.

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    2. Anonymous09:40

      It is a good substitute for Beirut.

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    3. Anonymous10:11

      +1

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  7. Anonymous09:18

    Who could feed Chicago route the most?

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    1. Anonymous09:46

      Budapest, Bucharest, Krakow, etc.?

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    2. Anonymous09:53

      LOT tried Chicago from BUD almost without feeding network. The LF was about 50-60% and most of the passangers flew directly between Budapest and Chicago. BUD definitely could feed AirSerbia's Chicago flight.

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    3. Anonymous12:56

      Sarajevo (huge Bosniak diaspora), Italian destinations (although they maybe have some better alternative), Budapest, Bratislava, Prague... Central Europe, Balkans, Baltic, Greece and Italy have biggest diaspora over there.

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  8. Anonymous09:23

    Air Serbia is getting back on the original plans from 2013 of making Belgrade regional hub, but this time more carefully

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  9. Anonymous09:23

    Good start JU. Good luck.

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  10. Anonymous09:24

    Possibly we shall have ORD, CAI, AMM, OHD, BUD, KIV, MAN, AGP, TSN

    Less possible HEL, LIS, CLJ, NAP, KWI.

    They stopped flying to BEY before pandemic started due to very bad economical situation in that country which has not been improved and therefore I doubt they will start again flying there. Also KRK does not seem to be realistic to me as P2P traffic is almost non existing, it is LOT territory and the presence of LCC is quite strong there.

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    1. Anonymous09:40

      Although the situation in Lebanon is not great it is also a bit blown out of proportion by the media. Had a friend travel there recently and he said everything is functioning. There is electricity, Beirut has more or less recovered from the blast. The exchange rate is crazy but I see all other airlines still fly to BEY so I'm not sure why JU can't.

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    2. Anonymous09:52

      I gave my impressions based on the friend who actually lives in Beirut.

      If you say that advantage of some city is to have electricity I believe we are talking about deep structural problems of this very beautiful city.

      Let's be clear here - I would like very much to see JU in BEY again especially as it was very good feeding route for CDG, but somehow I have quite big doubts as buying power of local population has been drastically descreased. As far as I am informed they still can't take all the cash from their bank accounts due to bank limitations...situation similar like in Serbia during 90's. Inflation is also very high.

      And that kind of situation and not pandemic was the reason JU stopped flying there.

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    3. Anonymous11:59

      Actually, the state electricity company can provide about an hour of electricity per day. The rest of the day, you need to use a private generator to generate electricity.

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    4. Anonymous12:59

      You are right about KRK being LOT's playground but not about P2P. Krakow is tourist destination, a lot of organized tours heading there from Belgrade. It's maybe time to swap buses with planes.

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    5. Anonymous15:20

      KRK has too many direct routes for a substantial number of short haul transfers. During I-VI 2022 it already had 3.2 mln passengers.

      https://www.krakowairport.pl/en/company/business/aviation-business/statistics/monthly/

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    6. Anonymous15:52

      Well if 3.2mil in 6 months doesn't ring a bell in JU...

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  11. Anonymous09:28

    Seems clever to me to fly to these places, perhaps they should also consider the Caucasus, not much competition in legacy carriers there.

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    1. Anonymous10:02

      I believe Tbilisi is a possibility. I remember reading here last year that Georgian government is in talks over flights to BEG.

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    2. JATBEGMEL21:37

      Im surprised that Georgia is really unknown to our market. Awesome country, inexpensive and quite close to Serbia. It's great to see Georgian restaurants opening in Belgrade. It would be nice to see TBS as a future destination.

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  12. Great article. Hopefully, the Covid numbers wont rise and screw all this up.

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    1. Anonymous09:48

      I think the world is over Covid. Very few countries reintroducing restriction, even with rising case numbers.

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  13. Anonymous09:33

    Nice to hear!

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  14. Anonymous09:33

    Krakow seems like a no brainer. I remember seeing it listed here as one of the top unserved routes from BEG.

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  15. Anonymous09:34

    Air Serbia is really flying high this year. Well done.

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    1. Anonymous09:36

      I just hope they can sustain all this growth.

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  16. Anonymous09:37

    At least JU is trying and they have reformed themselves over the past several years and now has a clear network strategy.

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  17. Anonymous09:41

    I just read Saudi Arabia is trying big time to attract foreign airlines and is slashing fees at all its airports. Maybe JU considers it for their Middle East ops.

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    1. Anonymous09:45

      Is there really any demand for flights to Saudi Arabia?

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      It would be a good idea to try it out, after all Saudia did announce flights between either Riyadh or Jeddah (most likely Riyadh) and Chicago, so there could be some transit demand?

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  18. Anonymous09:43

    everything sounds great and I hope that this will happen. But JU needs more regional aircraft

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      Marek said they’re getting more ATRs

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  19. Anonymous09:44

    OHD and CAI make perfect sense and it is good to see them back. Wonder what else we might get.

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    1. Anonymous09:47

      No wonder they didn't let Air Cairo start those flights this year.

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  20. Anonymous09:46

    They need to find a way to improve their sales so that their summer seasonal routes can survive the whole year.

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  21. Anonymous09:56

    JU must look into Israel, Egypt or even Africa.

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    1. Anonymous09:57

      It says in the article CAI is coming back.

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    2. Anonymous10:08

      Pretty sure TLV is coming back too.

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  22. Anonymous09:56

    I hope they try again with VAR

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  23. Anonymous09:57

    It will be a busy summer for BEG in 2023

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  24. Anonymous09:58

    Good luck JU. I hope 2023 will be a year of nice surprises.

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    1. Anonymous10:08

      Considering they added an average of ten new routes in 2019 and 2022 I think we will see the same in 2023.

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    2. Anonymous10:09

      In the end, they really will have 100 destinations by 2027 like Marek said.

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  25. Anonymous10:01

    Maybe Tehran?

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  26. Anonymous10:03

    Lisbon please

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    1. Anonymous10:10

      Portugal is the only major European market missing in their network.

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    2. Anonymous10:26

      Portugal and Ireland

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    3. Anonymous12:47

      I don't think Ireland will be launched any time soon, the visa requirements are just too big hassle and Serbian diaspora there is quite small.

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    4. Anonymous13:06

      But it's interesting Dublin is just after Lisbon when it comes to unserved European destinations.

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    5. Anonymous13:25

      Its not "just after Lisbon"

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    6. JATBEGMEL14:44

      Dublin isn't in the top 10 of unserved routes from BEG for 2019.

      LIS was the largest unserved European route from BEG, ranking 8th (14,035 2 way indirect pax). CGN was next on the list in 10th place (13,505).

      Prior to the pandemic, just over 3,000 Irish tourists visited Serbia. In 2021, less than half of that visited Serbia at roughly 1,300 tourists.

      I think we will see another UK route or 2 before DUB is even considered.

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    7. Anonymous14:45

      It is more likely they start Manchester.

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    8. Anonymous14:54

      Then my bad, sorry. The list shows there aren't many unserved Euro destinations from Belgrade (with some demand)

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    9. JATBEGMEL15:28

      @14,45

      I think MAN will be their next UK route. There are a decent amount of British citizens visiting Serbia, Serbian community in the UK, plus possible transfers via BEG especially in the summer months.

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  27. Anonymous10:03

    If they are planning many new routes, I wonder if all the ones launched this summer will actually come back,

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  28. Anonymous10:21

    Potential new/returning routes for JU:

    Amman
    Munich
    Manchester
    Lisbon
    Cairo (confirmed)
    Yekaterinburg
    Tripoli
    Damascus
    Teheran
    Kuwait

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    1. Anonymous10:57

      Tripoli? The airport isn't even in use anymore because it is constantly changing hands between different rebel groups and the country is still in a state of civil war. Mitiga Airport is used as an alternative to Tripoli and the only international airline that flies there is Tunisair. Definitely won't see Air Serbia there any time soon.

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    2. Anonymous11:08

      Also Damascus is here out of question and I don't think that due to political situation any new Russian destination will be added.

      Teheran is already covered by Mahan Air and I truly doubt JU will be flying there. If we talk about exotic routes there are more chances to see some route in Iraq than in Iran.

      Of course that Tripoli is mission impossible.

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    3. JATBEGMEL12:20

      I dont think Mahan will remain much longer if the talked Chinese routes and frequencies happen. Apparently a big market for Mahan is China-Serbia. Mahan doesn't really offer much else for the Serbian market, while O&D demand isn't big. JU has a better chance here as it could attract transit pax via BEG to IKA. JU has a decent European network that could connect onto a potential IKA flight. However, I don't see that happening before JU relaunches a couple closer ME destinations such as AMM, BEY and TLV.

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  29. Anonymous10:22

    I'd rather see more Romanian destinations than more ex-YU routes like Ohrid.

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    1. But this I don't understand fully, why start with secondary cities when almost ~3M big Bucharest is not covered properly; I mean OK, now JU has a lot of flights there, there is also code-share with RO (a bit expensive mostly ghough), but for instance if you want to fly on Tuesday - there isn't a single flight offered?! Isn't it a priority to make Bucharest properly double-daily in order to enable normal connections for the network, and only then go for additional cities in Romania?

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    2. Anonymous10:55

      @10.22

      why?

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    3. Anonymous11:32

      What do you mean why? It makes more sense to cover a market of 20 million people than an airport that barely gets any service.

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    4. Anonymous15:49

      It is not that easy with Romanian market. It is highly controlled by LCCs. Furthermore, there is nearly no P2P market between BEG and OTP, nearly all are transfers. There is no way OTP could go twice daily, maximum is one daily. OTP has every major company from Europe and Turkish sends A333 often.

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    5. Anonymous15:57

      There is potential for P2P, I don't see why Belgrade and Bucharest wouldn't be nice citybreak destinations for each other. Maybe some push from tourist boards is needed.

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    6. Anonymous16:08

      I was in Bucharest last week and there are no Serbs. A month ago I went to Bucharest by Ryanair from TSR. No Serbian car was on the border and Ryan was full with Romanians. This time I flew with JU and the flight was full of transfers. I know this because we were waiting for transfers and the plane was empty without them. There was less than 10 us flying P2P.

      I agree there is potential and Bucharest is nice city for short break. The issue is with flight times, since they are not ideal for shortbreakers. Ryanair from TSR is much better option for them, since they have early morning departure and late night arrival. Both JU and RO arrive in the middle of the day and by the time you are in the city center, you have already lost the whole day. Same goes with the day when you are traveling back. Tourist want early morning/late night flights.

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    7. JATBEGMEL16:31

      Bucharest isn't an easy city to reach from Belgrade, or from most of Serbia, so it doesn't surprise me for the lack of tourists between the 2 cities. Air fares aren't cheap either. No busses, no trains.

      JU does have a couple of night flights out of BEG and RO used to have a morning/evening flight to/from BEG in the past. More should definitely be done to attract O&D passengers.

      @15,49

      JU was operating 8 pw to OTP prior to the pandemic.

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    8. Anonymous17:21

      Exactly, @JATBEGMEL. There is no highway between two cities so driving isn't a convenient option. There are no busses or trains, so the plane is the only option. Return ticket starts from 200 Euros (without checked baggage), which is little too expensive for such flight.

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    9. Anonymous18:33

      Ryanair launched Bucharest to Sofia in summer with a 2 weekly service. It seems that the route is not performing bad. I think Wizzair can try launching such a service or JU deploying bigger aircraft to lower the price between both capitals. Personally I prefer Cluj to Bucharest when it comes to a visit. Just prettier and much less crowded.

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  30. Anonymous11:03

    Biće uzbudljiva 2023 za JU. Kada možemo očekivati zvanično saopštenje ErSrbije o novim rutama?

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  31. Anonymous11:09

    Does anybody have info on:
    - loads on INI-BEG?
    - loads on KVO routes?

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      KVO-SKG is going really well as far as I know.

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      KVO-IST was claimed to be full load. Does anybody know is it really the case?

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  32. Anonymous13:16

    I guess we'll see new destination in Turkey (Izmir?), specially after news of TK/Anadolu's interest in direct Antalya flights

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  33. Anonymous14:47

    I support their return to Middle East and Ohrid, but I think they don't need many new destinations now. It's frequencies on existing routes they should increase first.

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    1. JATBEGMEL15:24

      Increase in frequencies come with the added destinations.

      ZRH, CDG, BCN, SPU, DBV, SJJ, LJU, OSL, TIA and LCA are some places where we can expect increased frequencies

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    2. Anonymous15:59

      + winter operations

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    3. Anonymous21:19

      I wonder why is FRA on JU only 5 weekly during the winter.
      Before pandemic it was daily during whole year.

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    4. Anonymous23:09

      Because Wizz launched Hahn?

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  34. Anonymous16:02

    So far we have four routes confirmed: ORD, TSN, OHR, CAI.
    I believe that CLJ would be good addition since they have only two legacy carriers: LH and TK. JU can get many transfers from there with couple weekly flights.
    Furthermore, I believe that they will restart TLV and start AMM, so this get us to 7 routes.
    Also, KIV has high chances to get JU flights, as they do not have many legacy carriers.
    And last could be LIS. I know there is an issue with waves, but they need to find a way to fix this, because many routes could be opened.

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      Ako uvedu LIS mislim da će polazak biti oko 10h kad i letovi za LCA i LHR. Tako bi mogli da pokupe transferne putnike iz noćnog talasa kao i one iz rano jutarnjeg iz regiona koji dolaze oko 9. Povratak bi bio oko 17h da se poveže na večernje letove.

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    2. Anonymous17:18

      Block time to MAD is 3:15. LIS is 500km further away, so Block time would be around 4:15. With that time we get that one rotation would take around 9:30. I see two options:
      1. schedule LIS to depart from BEG at 10am and return around 8pm. In that way passengers would have 3-4 hours connection time to(from) the flights in night wave. Currently, there is flight to MAD which departs at 2:20pm. That flight makes good connections to night wave. So this option would be my pick for LIS.
      2. schedule LIS to depart from BEG at 6am (first wave) and return around 10pm. Also make split schedule, so another flight to depart BEG at 5:30pm and return around 10am next day. This requires plane to sit long in LIS, but it is much better for connections. Because this will probably cause ticket prices to go much higher, I guess this won't be JU's pick.

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    3. Anonymous17:26

      1. schedule LIS to depart from BEG at 10am and return around 8pm
      2. schedule LIS to depart from BEG at 6am (first wave) and return around 10pm

      If it depart at 6:00 then it would return much before 22:00, right? would it not return near to 16:00?

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    4. Anonymous17:55

      As a passanger I would prefer Wizz to start LIS. I expect some development from them next year too.

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    5. Anonymous18:11

      Anon 17:26
      I meant plane to sit on the ground in LIS and wait evening to return. Instead of turnaround time of 1h, in this case it would be 6h.

      Anon 17:55
      Well AirSerbia must do something about routes that misses waves. Either move waves or create another wave for such flights. Those are MAD, LIS, CAI, LHR and many more could be launched. Wizz should have already introduces LIS, but I believe JU will do it. So many passengers are there and JU couldn't lose this great opportunity. With their regional transfer market, they will be able to fill planes easily and earn money. From our region there are only flights from ZAG with TAP (not considering Wizz flights from SOF, OTP and BUD).

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    6. Anonymous18:21

      But why to have plane sit in LIS for 6h?

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    7. Anonymous18:29

      To offer best connections to the region. But this is very unlikely to happen. Only few airlines do this. It is major loss of revenue for JU.

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    8. Anonymous19:39

      LIS is easy-to-copy. If it starts good with JU, Wizz will launch it and most certanly will take P2P passengers, making it impossible for JU to continue with flights. Similar like Nice. Sure, JU can pick the fight and they know how to fight Wizz but eventually they'll have to pick the battles. Let Wizz have some growth too, LIS is not essential for JU's business model. On the other hand, codeshare with TAP would be game changer for the route.

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    9. JATBEGMEL21:30

      @17,26

      There is no need for the aircraft to sit 6h in LIS waiting for connections.

      O&D demand alone could decently fill a couple of flights per week. Transit pax will depend on how it's timed. Wizz had an 8 hour block time for their BEG-LIS-BEG rotation so:

      1) departure from BEG at 0730 gets the aircraft back at 1530, in time for the aircraft to operate the evening wave.

      2) departure at 1400 will have the aircraft back at 2200, in time for the full midnight wave.

      ORD will likely come with some added frequencies in the region. SJJ is a candidate, and since it's not operational at night, a split morning/evening rotation would work. Add in a couple ME routes and it'll be easy to fill. TIA is another candidate. A couple of these added regional frequencies will help boost loads for LIS, not to mention the current options available.

      As well, an interline with TAP and passengers would also have a variety of connections via LIS.

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    10. Anonymous10:32

      I think long waiting time is not possible also because of the crew. They would have to change it, meaning they should have crews rotate and that is not something AirSerbia do in Europe so far, right?

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  35. Anonymous18:24

    I think there is long term potential for N. Africa, Mid-East, Caucasus, and Central Asia. All of these could connect through BEG for Europe and also N. America, and reverse.

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    1. Anonymous18:37

      North Africa? Which cities exactly? Only CAI can work, nothing else.

      Mid-East? True for TLV and AMM. Other can't work because MEB3 are way too strong for JU to compete with.

      Caucasus? True. Many routes can work here and I this should be target area for JU in the coming years. I also believe that Simferopol could work for JU, but the problem is international recognition of Crimea.

      Central Asia? Too far away.

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    2. Anonymous18:55

      North Africa: Algiers, Casablanca
      Mid-East: TLV, AMM, BEY, and now looks like CAI is coming.
      Caucasus: GYD, EVN, TBS.
      Central Asia: NQZ, ALA, TAS, and although not in Central Asia, IKA

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    3. Anonymous19:29

      There is no point for JU to fly to Algiers and Casablanca. Those destinations can only work as charters in cooperation with local tourist agencies.
      TLV and AMM are very likely to start. BEY isn't likely. CAI belongs to North Africa and it's confirmed.
      Caucasus will get some routes to BEG for sure.
      Central Asia is too far away and JU won't fly there. IKA won't happen. Both Serbs and Iranians need visas and with visas in charge, there won't be JU flights. However, visas won't be removed and everyone knows the reason. So, forget any Iran route.

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  36. Anonymous18:50

    As for Egypt, the city of Alexandria is also worth to consider .
    It is on the Mediterranean, it has beautiful beaches and everything is very good offer for low prices .
    And with six million inhabitants it is not small at all .
    It would be ideal for Air Arabia Egypt or Wizz Air to start Alexandria to Belgrade ..

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    1. Anonymous18:56

      True dat. Good potential for AS.

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    2. Anonymous21:11

      Alexandria is a true gem !
      Even people from Cairo go there for the sea as climate is much better .

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      ^ Alex is even better then Barcelona.
      Have been there last summer and it was a blast !!!

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  37. Anonymous18:55

    North Africa: Algiers, Casablanca
    Mid-East: TLV, AMM, BEY, and now looks like CAI is coming.
    Caucasus: GYD, EVN, TBS.
    Central Asia: NQZ, ALA, TAS, and although not in Central Asia, IKA

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    1. Anonymous21:13

      Casablanca is not worth a trip .
      Marocs touristic center is definitely Marrakech which also has its own airport .

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    2. Anonymous21:15

      Serbian passport holders still need visa for Morocco.

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    3. Anonymous21:41

      I can confim about Casablanca, never again. Madness over there.
      Marrakesh is the best choice.

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  38. Anonymous22:15

    Manpower? Anybody?

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    1. Anonymous21:52

      Hahaha good point. We are barely keeping up with the summer mayhem, people are working overtime, and yet we're talking about massive expansion for 2023!! LOL

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