NEWS FLASH
Passenger numbers on flights between Belgrade and the Cypriot city of Larnaca have continued to grow into 2025 following last year’s record levels. During the January – July period, a total of 123.187 passengers flew between the two cities on Air Serbia and Wizz Air flights, with the figure growing 28.9% on 2024, or an additional 27.656 travellers. Overall, across the two airlines, the average cabin load factor on the route for the first seven months of the year stood at a high 84.6%. Larnaca is now one of Belgrade Airport’s busiest routes.
Impressive numbers!
ReplyDeleteI flew last night on JU LCA BEG and flight was almost sold out, I would say with the mix of locals and transfer passengers. In my opinion, JU offers much better service from Wizz (which we took last year). The JU crew was awesome in both directions. I noticed most tourists in Ayia Napa were Serbs or British.
ReplyDeleteEven though W6's service is far from the best, since last year they started paying more attention to their schedule. They introduced several evening departures from Belgrade which are great.
DeleteHow can evening departure from BEG be great for tourists going to Cyprus? They want morning departures.
DeleteBecause you leave at night, after work, no need to take that day off from work.
DeleteSame with the flight back. You get to spend a whole day in Cyprus before flying back home to Serbia.
Quite the opposite, you pay extra for hotel night without being in Cyprus and when leaving you checkout at 12 and deal with suitcases whole day before night flight
DeleteWell, Wizz Air seems to be running full flights so it must work for their passengers.
DeleteYou might pay for an extra night but you also get the next morning in Cyprus. I don't see it as such a disadvantage.
Damn, is Larnaca really that good?
ReplyDeleteHahaha no. That's just where the airport was opened in a rush following the illegal Turkish invasion of 1974.
DeleteMost people go to other places like Agia Napa, Limassol, Protaras etc.
Illegal or not, it actually freed Greece of fascist dictatorship.
DeleteAnd people use Larnaca airport for visiting Turkish part of Cyprus, too.
Larnaca is actually pretty decent citywise, probably the best place after Paphos. Limassol is quite boring outside the marina and has much less ancient sights.
DeleteAnon 11.14 what does the Greek regime have to do with Cyprus in 1974? At that time it was it was an independent state and Turkey was one of the guarantors of its independence.
DeleteNot many go to the north who visit the south. Those who go on holidays to the occupied area usually fly to Ercan via IST.
Larnaca is mostly overlooked by Cypriots. They invested millions into fixing it and it is still less developed and popular compared to other towns such as Agia Napa, Pafos or Limassol.
DeleteAs for Limassol, marina is actually not where the fun is, it's more to the north in the old town. As for ancient sites, Limassol is literally where the ancient Amathus used to be found. You have a whole bunch of ruins next to the Amathus Hotel. Once you pass Limassol you have, in my opinion, the most beautiful ancient site in all Cyprus: Kourion.
Who hasn't been there I highly recommend it. Even to this day they host live events at their amphitheatre. According to Cypriots, Limassol is the party capital of the island and that's where most go out... not in Agia Napa.
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DeleteLarnaca beats Ayia Napa and Limassol for me. It's much less crowded and crazy. Also, they're doing some renovations and very much investing in the waterfront, so it's gonna ve even better.
DeleteAlso, I can't believe people willingly go to Nissi Beach, that's crazy.
Nissi Beach is gorgeous but there are just too many people. Just around the corner you have Macronissos which is not as crowded and still as good. That's where most of us locals go when heading to Agia Napa, same with Konnos.
DeleteYes, they fixed Larnaca but unfortunately their coast isn't as good. That said, Mackensie Beach right next to the airport is enough to make you go to Larnaca.
What we are missing is PFO-BEG with Ryanair and the offer is complete.
ReplyDeleteSeasonal three weekly should work without a problem.
Well, PFO-INI since no Ryanair in BEG.
DeleteYes, PFO-INI by FR would be great!
DeleteYes, I was just saying what is missing from the offer. I think PFO-INI could work twice a week. Will it happen? I don't think so.
DeleteHope that trash airline does not come to BEG . They are beyond bad and they get 1.5 * rating for a good reason. We currently have much better options with JU and Wizz and leave it that way .
DeleteRyanair is better than Wizz
DeleteWizzair is the best airline in my opinion, because of by far the newest fleet and good prices.
DeleteWell, JU didn't really expand in LCA this summer. I think they added just one extra weekly flight and they upgraded most flights to an A320.
DeleteWizz Air on the other hand grew like crazy, operating up to 8 weekly flights with the A321(neo).
Even with all this extra capacity, flights were still full. I think at this point there are people from all around using these flights (transfers, Serbs, Croats, Romanians etc).
Wow. The growth is amazing. It would be nice to see the report for the whole year.
ReplyDeleteHuge YoY growth, what happened?
ReplyDeleteMiddle east conflicts, people looking for alternatives. Turkey sky high price growth too.
DeleteCyrpus offers really good value for money at the moment, compared to comparable destinations. It used to be perceived as a fancy destination
DeleteThis should come as no surprise at all.
ReplyDeleteThere is a reason Air Serbia flies to so many cities in Spain and Italy.
People prefer sun and warmth to the cloudy and cool weather of northern Europe.
There is a lot of space for 3rd player...
ReplyDeleteHopefully Ryanair to Paphos from INI
DeleteCyprus Airways is another option. Aegean operates a mini hub in LCA but I think they have other priorities right now.
DeleteASL and W6 have literally established a duopoly on that route. It's unclear who is more expensive. And people have to fly.
ReplyDeleteThey absolutely do.
DeleteI'm sad that Balkaners discoveres Cyprus, because it was amazing a few years back when the flights were super cheap. Lol
ReplyDeleteAnyway, it's great for the Cyprus, they offer much better value for money, and aren't overpriced as Greece or Montenegro or Croatia.
Cyprus became affordable the moment Wizz Air launched flights. I think that was in 2014.
DeleteUntil then both Jat Airways and Air Serbia ripped people off.
I remember when Wizz Air launched those flights they used to sell one way tickets for as little as 1.700 RSD!