Wizz Air is introducing a new service from Belgrade and is expected to introduce additional routes and increase frequencies across markets in the former Yugoslavia following the recent expansion of its Skopje base. With the closure of its Abu Dhabi base, the airline has signalled a strategic shift back toward Central and Eastern Europe. In line with this renewed focus, Wizz Air has also unveiled new routes from nearby bases, including Sofia, Sibiu, and Chisinau.
Wizz Air will introduce a new three weekly service between Belgrade and Madrid, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, competing directly against Air Serbia on the route. Flights will commence on October 28, with tickets now available for purchase through the airline's website. Further details can be found here.
Wizz is also set to increase frequencies across its Belgrade network this coming winter season. In addition to its recently launched flights to Alicante and Friedrichshafen, which will continue throughout the winter, the airline will significantly boost capacity on several existing routes. Services to Bergamo will increase by four weekly flights, bringing the total to seven, while both Dortmund and Barcelona will be upgraded to daily operations with three additional weekly rotations. Wizz Air will also add two weekly flights to Basel, for a total of seven, and maintain Larnaca at four weekly services with an extra two weekly rotations. Memmingen, Beauvais and Malta will each see one additional weekly flight compared to last winter, operating eight, five, and four times per week, respectively.
The Montenegrin Minister for Transport, Maja Vukićević, and the CEO of operator Airports of Montenegro, Roko Tolić, met with senior Wizz Air management this week to discuss the airline’s potential expansion in the country. “The meeting focused on a range of concrete measures aimed at further enhancing what has already been a successful partnership, with the goal of opening a new chapter in Montenegro’s air connectivity. Discussions centred on increasing the number of destinations served by Wizz Air from Montenegro, which would further strengthen the country’s links with key European markets”, the Ministry said in a statement. Earlier this year, Mr Tolić revealed that discussions were underway to establish a two-aircraft Wizz Air base at Podgorica Airport, planned for early 2026, describing it as “an opportunity not to be missed”.
Wizz Air is on track to reopen its two-aircraft base at Tuzla Airport. While local authorities initially announced the base would reopen in September, the launch is now expected to be slightly delayed. The airline previously won a blitz five-day tender to operate subsidised flights from Tuzla. It is expected to launch operations to Hamburg, Beauvais, Cologne, Malmo, Gothenburg, Berlin, Charleroi, and Hahn. During the upcoming winter season, which runs from October 26 to March 28, Wizz Air will also increase frequencies on select routes, adding one additional weekly flight to both Memmingen and Basel, for a total of seven and four weekly services respectively.
Ljubljana-Luton and Ljubljana - Bucharest is a must!
ReplyDeleteLjubljana-Berlin also
DeleteLuton perhaps, together with Charleroi and increased frequencies to Skopje. Bucharest they discontinued from Trieste so I highly doubt that they could find demand for an A320 in Ljubljana.
DeleteI would really like them to expand from Ljubljana but their operations from Slovenia have been so sloppy. They fly one route then disconitnue it after 2 years. And they have focused on just Charleroi and London for the past 10 years.
DeleteLJU-BEG could also be an option.
DeleteFraport is not interested in Wizz Air.
DeleteW6 flies to almost all Fraport operated airports in Europe.
DeleteNo way LJU-BEG would work for Wizz Air. Air Serbia is way too strong with many frequencies.
DeleteJU is overcharging people to fly on the Atr. Wizz would revolutionize this market.
DeleteBetter Vienna Belgrafe😍
Delete@09.33 Wizzair will restart, end March 2026, Bucharest from Trieste, ticket are on sale already.
Deletewhat about VIE-LJU and VIE-SKP for W6
DeleteFifth aircraft at BEG should become reality.
ReplyDeleteI would rather see Ryan open a base with at least two aircraft to start with.
Delete^ they won't
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/01/ryanair-says-underdeveloped-belgrade.html
Maybe some day.
Delete@Anon 09:14
DeleteTrue dat, if they could they would drive W6 away from BEG too.
Why? As long as both Air Serbia and Wizz Air are growing there is no need to disturb this equilibrium by inviting Ryanair. The market isn't big enough for three based carriers.
DeleteJust look at Vienna and what a mess three based carriers have created. Austrian Airlines seems to be suffering the most. For the time being, BEG should focus on these two growing as fast as they realistically can.
Austrian Airlines is doing just fine. They have with Tirana at least 2 daily flights , sometimes 3. If they had problems, they would stop 3-2 daily flights this Year
DeleteWhat are you talking about? I am talking about Vienna airport which is home to Austrian Airlines, Lauda/Ryanair and Wizz Air.
DeleteOS is not doing fine, they just reported a €44 million loss.
VIE will have well over 32 million passengers this year. Competition brings people and money to the city and the country.
DeleteAlso easyJet is returning to Vienna!
DeleteSay that to the Lufthansa Group shareholders. I am sure they are going to agree that's more important than OS being profitable.
DeleteAviation and airports do not exist only for LHG stock holders to have fat profits every year. I'm sure Vienna and Austria in general are very concerned about LH profits while they have so many visitors spending money there.
DeleteWell, in that case the Austrian government should not have sold OS to a private company. They should have kept them as a national project whose main goal was to support the Austrian economy. Since they didn't then OS' primary goal is to meet the expectations of its owners in Germany, not the Austrian government.
DeleteWhy should the Austrian government pay for OS losses when Lufthansa shareholders can easily do so.
DeleteAnd what actually supports the national economy is many airlines competing with each other for passengers.
Anon 11.55 I agree with you and that is why OS has no responsibility towards Austria, its government or the industry. It's sole job is to operate a safe and profitable business.
DeleteBravo BEG 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
ReplyDeleteI hope they base another aircraft in BEG now that they are abandoning AUH and focusing on Eastern Europe.
ReplyDeleteThey are also receiving a lot more aircraft from Airbus now so their fleet situation has improved a lot.
Seems that W25/26 will be very interesting. ASL should be prepared for W6 growth and expansion.
DeleteIs it realistic to have another plane based during the winter season? I would rather think that they would boost frequencies and then prepare for another plane in summer 2026. Then again Wizz Air tends to be unpredictable.
DeleteThey are getting so many aircraft each month from Airbus that they can try a lot of new routes and increased frequencies.
DeleteIs there a chance they will expand in Sarajevo to respond to Ryanair?
ReplyDeleteWould be great. More choices.
DeleteThey are responding to Ryanair by reopening the base in Tuzla.
DeleteI hope so too, Prague, Malta or Larnaca would be a hit and fill the spots that Ryanair didn't cover yet
Delete+1
DeleteLjubljana - Rejkjavik????
ReplyDeleteDemand?
DeleteBe low, so no chance.
DeleteHopefully JU can launch Beograd - Reykjavik and offer connections to the region.
DeleteWhat do you think?
Iceland-Slovenia market is perfectly served via FRA.
DeleteIceland-Serbia market would be better served via BEG. Plus all the connections JU could offer to the region and beyond.
DeleteOk, but who's gonna fly that BEG route?
DeleteAbsolutely no one. That is why there will be no flights. Just the imaginery wished of @anon 9.13
Delete^JU of course. Or if you mean p0assengers Iceland is a very wealthy country and the locals travel a lot for tourism and business. BEG could be their gateways to Southeastern Europe and the Mediterranean.
DeleteBoom! Reality check by Anon @9:16.
DeleteAnon@9:17 but there is so few of them.
Delete@Anon 09:21
DeleteJust look at the destinations map of KEF.
There is a huge amount of traffic to and from Iceland!
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/airports/kef/routes
Anon 09:17 as long as I remember Serbia is not a major tourist destination or have sea . So what Icelanders gonna do in Serbia ???
DeleteDrink rakija. Eat grilled meat. Listen to turbofolk. What else could anyone wish for?
Delete@9.34 I don't think it is worth arguing with him. Waste of time.
DeleteIt's not unrealistic to have Wizz Air fly from BEG to KEF, they already do from several other eastern European markets.
DeleteThen again, if BEG management was more proactive they could have attracted Icelandair to launch BEG. They have an extensive network across the US and Canada and have a strong brand in those markets.
Then again, I wonder if BEG management even knows FI exists given how lethargic they are.
I am sure Icelandair is interested in flying low yielding passengers from Belgrade, most of who don't know of Icelandair's existance, on a 10 hour roation with the added opportunity of carrying non existant tourist demand from Serbia to Iceland who would be willing to pay 100 euros, which is the cost of a one way taxi, from Keflavik to Reykyavilk.
Delete@Anonymous 09:40
DeleteThat actually sounds great!
I could really use 10 days of just doing that.
Anon 09.56
DeletePlease re-read what I wrote in my other post. I said FI's primary role in BEG would be to carry transfers to the US.
Anyway, in the US Icelandair is known as the backpackers' airline as they tend to be the cheapest option to Europe. Since you enjoy trashing Serbia and its purchasing power, then Icelandair might be the right fit after all, no?
Any chance they will schedule new routes to Ljubljana?
ReplyDeleteNo need for that. We have FRA-LJU three times a day which is everything LJU needs.
DeleteThey will probably wait for the revised tender conditions
DeleteLjubljana guys are on fire today.
DeleteWe love them
DeleteLjubljana guy*
DeleteBEG-ATH please then see the prices of A3 and JU go down
ReplyDeleteTrue dat! Sky Express would be a good option too with all the connections they could offer to the rest of Greece plus Cyprus.
DeleteIndeed.
DeleteDon't forget that prices are high because both BEG and ATH are expensive... or at least not cheap. Since neither market has an alternative airlines are forced to fly and to pay whatever they are asking for.
DeleteContinental Greece and especially ATH could use an alternative airport. There is next to no competition so ATH can get away with horrible infrastructure, overcrowded terminals and high fees.
The only way to get relatively affordable tickets to ATH is to travel in the middle of the night on JU536...
DeleteNEMJEE I hope the expansion of ATH airport until 2032 will help . And as I watched on youtube the expansion project of ATH , it's gonna be one of the most modern and beautiful airport in Europe .
DeleteAre you referring to the expansion on the western side? I sure hope so as that expansion is long overdue. Whoever has travelled through ATH in summer knows what a mess it can be.
DeleteThe thing is that they accept more and more airlines and new routes when airport has surpassed the passenger limit.
DeleteBut anon 12:26 , ATH is a powerful tourist destination ! They can not do it any other way !
DeleteThey can not do it any other way because any attempts at activating an alternative airport to ATH have been sabotaged.
DeleteATH is a rare European airports of that size which doesn't have an immediate alternative.
One alternative could be some military airports but still difficult ATH will be the only airport serving the city of Athens. Btw speaking of Athens getting more and more flight American just announced Dallas-Athens flights. I guess next year ATH will be packed as hell. Let’s hope the new parking and expansion will finish soon.
DeleteSome 15 years ago there was a plan to turn one of the military airports just north (I think) of Athens into an LCC alternative. This whole discussion lasted a few months and that was the end of it. Knowing how corrupt Greece is we can all imagine what happened and how unhappy ATH and Aegean were with this proposal.
DeleteContinental Greece is basically served by two airports: ATH and SKG. If JU was adventurous enough, they could have explored flying to smaller regional airports similar to what BT does up in the north. All of these are in the range of the ATR.
I am sure airports such as Ioannina, Alexandroupolis... would be more than happy to support JU.
So I'm guessing they will pick up a lot of Montenegro's PSO routes.
ReplyDeleteNot a coincidence that they meet with Ryanair on the same day they say how they are reviewing which routes will be PSO.
DeleteMost likely. Airport does not have a good relationship with Ryanair after they withdrew almost all of their routes from Podgorica last winter. So I'm guessing Wizz Air will pick half of the PSO (if not more) and Air Montenegro will get a couple but not much since they don't have the aircraft.
DeleteThat would be a grate move!
DeleteSorry meant to write Wizz Air (not Ryanair) @9.07
DeleteBEG increases are very interesting and they are definitely putting a lot of pressure on Air Serbia.
ReplyDeleteThis winter season JU will be in a much better position to respond as they will have a total of 6 E90/95 at their disposal. I think last winter they had 2 or 3.
All in all, good to see Wizz Air fight back in BEG. Now let's see what JU does under the leadership of the experienced CEO Jiri Marek. ;)
Forgot to sign my comment, sorry.
DeleteWell they responded many times to Wizz Air and beat it under that same CEO.
DeleteIn which markets did they beat them under Marek's leadership? From what I recall they retreated from some markets only to return after a while.
DeleteI might be wrong but it seems like Wizz Air is overtaking Air Serbia in Milan. Would be interesting to see the number of seats offered by both to MXP/BGY this winter. I wouldn't be surprised if Wizz Air actually takes the lead.
JU won't be getting any ore E jets until December at the earliest. And because they are not sure when they will have the aircraft in place and ready to join the flight program they haven't schedule any additional routes and frequencies for them.
DeleteHopefully (for JU) Wizz will focus elsewhere for growth opportunities with all the extra A321s they are receiving.
Well, according to today's article they are already focusing on BEG. These are considerable increases especially when you take into consideration all of these flights are operated by their high density A321s.
DeleteAt this point they seem to be consolidating their position in LCA, MXP/BGY, BCN and DTM/DUS. This is where JU needs to be cautious if they want to remain competitive.
Ju needs to think outside of the box and launch/relaunch routes such as MUC, TLV, BEY, AMM, CAI, EVN etc where W6 can not fly because of bilaterals or because they are major airports that are too expensive for W6 to serve. Also increase frequencies to destinations such as LHR, FCO, BRU, AMS, CDG.
DeleteJust my2cents
Absolutely, they took a risk with TBS and its paying off big time. Flights are full.
DeleteIt seems that JU didn't have adequate resources to really do much this season. Initial expansion pulled back, 2 extra CDG frequencies from last summer removed only to return as a response to easyJet's new CDG-BEG route, no response to Wizz pulling out of AUH-BEG, little to no response on the extra Wizz frequencies in BEG. JU is typically very quick to respond to competition so this out of the ordinary to what we have been accustomed to.
DeleteHad JU went ahead with their planned frequencies for this summer, Wizz probably wouldn't have jumped into MAD nor would of easyJet attempted CDG-BEG.
How do you know that the reopening of the Tuzla base will materialise? Because Wizz Air applied for subsidies? Well, Wizz Air applied for subsidies for a Memmingen-Sarajevo route last autumn, and was selected for those, but where is that route? Wizz Air might just be applying for tenders to get subsidies IF they choose to operate those routes. If they don't, they have neither gained nor lost anything.
ReplyDeletei dont suppose they would be interested in RJK- LTN? So few airlines interested in RJK..theyve lost flights from Poland, Switzerland, Israel, Latvia. Zero growth. Never anything from France, Spain and it's a miracle Ryanair from STN still operating there. Easyjet tried LGW in 2007 one season dropped it fast. Tried again 2023 also Berlin.. dropped both. Again fast!
ReplyDeleteWhat IS it with that RJK? dorsnt matter how it looks..It has a%decent runway and thousands of tourism beds Kvarner region including islands!?
No demand.
DeleteThere were flights to Barcelona with Croatia Airlines, to Marseilles with Volotea and to Paris with Enterair. You also didn't list they lost Norwegian to Oslo, Easyjet to Gatwick, Bristol, Berlin and Basel. They lost Hannover with Eurowings. They lost Heathrow with Croatia. Demand stuff I will not comment. It's the same no demand pattern we were reading here for years before Ryanair came to Zagreb. Aviation is a little bit more complex than that what just could be seen, but some people are not here to comment aviation at all or at least don't have enough knowledge and/or information to comment on it
DeleteOh yes, and they lost Condor to Frankfurt and Dusseldorf
DeleteAnd they lost Bulgaria Air charters to Sofia. And they lost Ryanair to Bergamo
DeleteNot to mention that long time ago they had charters to New York, with two airlines, Pan Am on 747 and Sun Country airlines on DC-10
DeleteI want to see Dubrovnik - Budapest and Dubrovnik - Bucharest.
ReplyDelete+1 but I think the region is too expensive for Hungarian and Romanian tourists.
DeleteDidn't Tarom try OTP-DBV a few summers ago?
DeleteCharters
DeleteSummer 26 new routes from BEG? In Spain i see SVQ
ReplyDeleteBEG - Spain/Portugal leisure market exploded recent years and still has room to expand.
DeleteThis increase in frequencies in BEG is nothing much..They already had those frequencies few years ago , now they are just bringing them back to previous number, before the problem with motors..
ReplyDeleteNonsense. This is what they had in summer some years ago, this is for WINTER
DeleteAnd we get Madrid!
DeleteWhy are they ignoring Prishtina, PRN is in desperate need of a few new routes. Could it be the Airport fees?
ReplyDeleteNo demand.
DeleteWith this impressive and much needed growth by Wizz Air, could we see 9 million in BEG this year? They are really stepping up their game. Your move Air Serbia!
ReplyDeleteMadrid finally getting attention that it deserved long time ago.
ReplyDeleteFor Winter TFN and AGP also are good routes for W6
DeleteI expected BIO or SVQ next, but MAD came in. Is there really demand for both players?
DeleteBIO and SVQ better in Summer i am sure least one of two will next summer
DeleteBoth airlines can coexist on the route, especially because Madrid area is a huge and it can generate even more traffic than what is planned. It will be a very similar situation as with BEG-LIS market.
DeleteSKP-CGN is also on sale.
ReplyDeleteYes it is first flight is schedule for 15th of december with 4 weekly flights
DeleteAfter consolidating their position in Cyprus, Wizz Air is now on the move in Spain.
ReplyDeleteFirst they schedule year-round flights to Alicante. Then they boost Barcelona to daily in winter and now they are starting flights to Madrid. Their winter network to Spain will be impressive with three destinations and 13 weekly flights.
I expect another round of expansion next summer with another destination (Tenerife, Sevilla, Malaga or Ibiza) to be launched.
They are obviously after the holiday market which is becoming increasingly popular as Serbia follows other ex-Communist countries: less gast and more leisure demand.
This is a direct attack on Air Serbia so let's see what their seasoned and supposedly expert CEO will do.
Tenerife in my opinión better on Winter
DeleteSerbs travel a lot, all Spanish destinations are only with tourists, while SOF, OTP have diaspora, even PMI, AGP.
DeleteTrue which is good because tourists are usually higher yielding than gasto traffic. I am sure BEG to FMM or DTM has lower yields than their flights to LCA or BCN.
DeleteYes, Tenerife or Las Palmas were a lot more logical winter destinations then competing with JU at MAD
DeleteYes, while these gasto bring money into the country, of course leisure flights where money is taken out of the country are more profitable.
DeleteWhy so much hate for JU's CEO? Despite everything they have grown either steadily or exponentially under his helm. What makes you think W3's entry to MAD (only after JU) will be different?
DeletePersonally I dislike him because he brags too much while in reality very little is done especially in regards to JU's commercial affairs.
DeleteI wrote many times before what he did wrong so I will not repeat myself. I will just mention a few things:
1. He opened the doors to TK when he embarked on a Turkish expansion. End result? Anadoloujet launched ESB, ADB and SAW while TK boosted IST from 14 to 21. JU on the other hand expanded IST and launched ESB and ADB. What happened in the end? JU was severely beaten in Turkey after which they considerably downsized IST and turned ADB and ESB into a summer seasonal operation. How is this possible especially given the number of Turkish tourists visiting Serbia?!
2. What happened to his MRO and FF plan with TK? He kept on mentioning that and what happened in the end?
3. His deal with QR was promoted as quite a big deal but what was the end result of that? JU did not launch DOH nor did QR expand their operations into BEG. Heck it even went the other direction with QR downgrading BEG. Yes, they did cut left and right in their network but they also boosted certain destinations. If the deal with JU was so good then there would be no reason to downsize BEG. They could have funneled some regional destinations via BEG and JU. Why didn't they?
4. Horrid state of their A330s. This is a chronic issue which seems to have no end. On top of that the IFE is outdated and the overall product is non-competitive especially when compared to their immediate competition.
5. Too many wet-leases in their fleet which shows a fundamental problem with talent retention. Yes, many airlines out there rely on wet-leases but it's a market that is cooling down. Once again JU is not following this trend. For example, out of 6 Embraers in their fleet, only 2 are 'their own.'
6. Constant delays to the frequent flyer and corporate programs.
7. Their cabins are outdated and are not following general aviation trends. Just have a look at the new MAX cabin that is being rolled out by LO. Heck even the perpetually struggling OS managed to roll out a new cabin which features new seats, USB ports etc.
8. Now that I think of it, didn't he also announce a JU app. What became of that?
So on and so forth. If you are on LinkedIn then you will see a large number of articles where he is being interviewed and where he is speaking of advancements made under his leadership. Has JU come a long way since the days of Jat? Yes, it has.
Is JU lagging behind its competition? Absolutely.
Should more have been done to improve overall passenger experience? Absolutely.
Simply put, with the money they are making, their overall business should be closer to the likes of LOT or Aegean, not Uzbekistan Airways.
I also think they are being too cautious with their expansion. They can't survive without volume. They are moving in the right direction but too slow given how aggressive Wizz Air is becoming. Without more transfers they remain exposed to numerous risks brought about by increased competition.
JU has had an app since 2020, and they completely refreshed it in 2022.
DeleteYou are right in so many aspects Nemjee.
DeleteIt has to do with much too little competion at Belgrade airport with no reason for JU to do anything at all.
And this is now biting them hard.
The major issue that JU has is limited resources and that’s something that you cannot fix.
DeleteI‘m sure they would expand faster if they had more airplanes, bigger budget, more pilots and cabin crews available etc. If there wasn’t a wet lease, they could only dream of growing and expanding.
What they’ve achieved with so little in a relatively small developing Balkan country is outstanding. Give them some extra time, they know what they’re doing, but they just need more time because of many limitations that they have unlike the competitors.
They lack pilots, crew and employees because they keep on leaving. That's something we can only blame JU.
DeleteWell, maybe it's time to ask ourselves why they have these limited resources? We all know they had full government support and unlimited funds back in 2013.
DeleteIssue is that since day one, JU struggled with CEO selection. Time came and went but results were missing. This did not happen because they lacked funds or the right environment to reforms themselves, both were there from the start.
Talent retention was and still is one of their main challenges.
Let's also not forget that Serbia is not an EU member state so there is much less red tape to worry about.
Take Aegean as an example. Their odds were much worse than JU's. They were hated by the government owned OA but they managed to fight their way to the top. How? Well by putting the customer first and by knowing what they want and what they need. They achieved this despite operating out of a much more difficult market. Yes, Greece has a lot more demand but it also has a lot more competition.
Another fine example is LOT. They almost went bankrupt in 2007-2008 but have since reformed themselves to become what they are today. They also operated out of a relatively poor and decentralized market (back in the 1990s and early 2000s) and they had to face a lot of fierce competition from Wizz Air and Ryanair. After all, wasn't Wizz Air's first base in Katowice?
Yet despite all the challenges and limited resources both A3 and LO managed to become what they are today. Air Serbia was rebranded 12 years ago. At some point we need to start asking the difficult questions instead of finding excuses.
As for the app, I did not mean the phone one. There was an article on here how they were testing the IFE app which would be used by passengers inflight.
So many people asking JU to increase frequencies on already existing routes and then..
ReplyDeleteWizz Air coming and doing it !!!
Hahaha, thats so cool blooded.
Will they add fifth plane, or they have capacity for all increasings and new route?
DeleteWell, they will have some room. For example, HER is operated in summer so they will have those 2 weekly frequencies in winter.
DeleteI also noticed that all of the 4 weekly flights to LCA will be operated by a plane based in Cyprus. That wasn't the case last winter.
It could be that some other destinations will be operated, partially or completely, by a non BEG plane (like LCA and LTN).
^They will probably fly a mix of airbus 320 and 321 as it is winter season. Cannot imagine them flying airbus 321 as it would be a lot of capacity..
DeleteI think it's good that they have a mix of A320 and A321. There are markets out there where the A321 is simply too big. Also, the A320 comes in handy in boosting frequencies in certain markets where that's needed much more than overall capacity.
DeleteWhen i read that Wizz will fly Skopje to Madrid i instantly thought about Belgrade and here we are!
ReplyDeleteCongratulation to Belgrade and Skopje for that wonderful new addition.
+1
DeleteMadrid for Skopje is for sure one of the best option Wizz offered especially considering there is no other flight serving the city
DeleteMadrid for Skopje is for sure one of the best option Wizz offered especially considering there is no other flight serving the city
DeleteSlap in the face for Air Serbia which did too little with their monopoly on the Madrid route.
ReplyDeleteInstead of going daily from now on they will have to share their passengers with Wizz.
There is still the opportunity for increasing Malaga.
DeleteI hope JU do it already this winter.
JU flies to Malaga ?
DeleteYes, 3 weekly.
Delete3x during summer, 2x during winter..
DeleteWouldn´t mind Wizzair or Easyjet start flying there.
Delete@18:13 And I wander why Air Serbia discontinued its days for MAD, they had Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat during this summer, and winter they usually have Mon, Wed, Sat....Now for winter schedule they moved to Mon, Thurs, Sat, Sun..Very stupid in my opinion, since rotations for other Spanish cities are the same- Thurs, Sun for Valencia and Malaga...So now we gonna have same days for entire Spain..Some people were mixing these flights in oder to get to their final destination, now they're loosing this opportunity since all flight depart on same days..They should've kept Mad on Mon, Wed, Fri and Sat..
DeleteMalaga is even a base for Easyjet.
DeleteTwice a week shouldnt be much of a problem for them.
I am pretty sure Air Serbia will respond to Wizz's Madrid flights very soon.
Delete^ How ?
DeleteThat ship has sailed..
How on Earth that it has sailed? They have smaller aicraft and may raise frequencies, they connect to their hub at BEG. As in any other market, they can compete for Madrid.
DeleteThey will do nothing!
DeleteBecause we've become used to Air Serbia doing nothing when attacked by its competition?
DeleteMust say some of you are really delirious. Does every airline in the world respond to every frequency increase or route launch to their home base? They are the ones that have the economics of the route in front of them and whether it is wise to deploy more capacity or decrease fares. The other month when they increased CDG you were all screaming how they are so proactive and responsive to everything on the market and when they don't increase Madrid in what, the first 5 hours since the route launch was announced, you are all having a meltdown calling them the worst airline in the world, requesting for the management to be dismissed at once etc. By the logic of some they should be flying to every single destination offered from Belgrade and on routes where there is competition have triple the frequency. And then when airlines drop routes you all have another meltdown, how Air Serbia is a monopolist and preventing others to grow. Get a grip
DeleteThats nonsense.How many times guests on this blog were rooting for Madrid and got bogged down with stupid arguments like `no demand`and other lame excuses.
DeleteAir Serbia has much too low frequencies on most of their routes and will get punished for it by the competition.
This is just the beginning.
'Punished'? Wizz Air's route has not even launched. And just on a sidenote, Wizz Air and Air Serbia have completely different cost structures. So while something can work double daily on an LCC it does not necesserily mean it will work for an airline like JU, because their costs per passengers and yields are completely different. Because if they weren't paying attention to that, then you would be screaming about their financial results. Having a meltodwn over 3 weekly Wizz Air flights to Madrid is not normal. I'm happy that both will fly and that we have more choice. And this will work just like Barcelona, Larnaca and many other routes where you have two airlines operating.
DeleteI hope we would have more choice..So far they've usually chosen to fly on the same days to the routes that both airlines cover..
DeleteIts early august.
ReplyDeleteWizz will soon announce Belgrade-Malaga.
2x a week.
Source?
DeleteNot oficial yet because its too early.
DeleteBut have it in mind before booking because when it is oficial prices will go down.
^ Would like it to be true!
DeletePrices will start from 29.99 Euros ...
DeleteWouldn't be more clever to start Seville? Or Granada, they offer incentives?
DeleteGranada would make sense for charters.
Delete2x weekly Wizz+2x weekly AirSerbia is 4xweekly-same amount as Zagreb gets in winter with 4x weekly Ryanair. To Malaga it is.
DeleteWhen again Skopje to Hannover?
ReplyDeleteWhat a nice surprise-big comeback for Wizz Air after many years of decline.
ReplyDeleteThe corona crisis was really a bad start into the 2020ies.
Greetings from the US !
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