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Air Serbia unveils seventh new route as Belgrade secures over a dozen services

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Air Serbia has announced the launch of a new service to Alicante, with Belgrade Airport now securing its fourteenth new route in 2026. The Serbian carrier will launch operations to the Spanish city on June 1, operating twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays, with the Airbus A320 aircraft. It will compete directly against Wizz Air which commenced flights between the two just last June, recording load factors exceeding 90% in its first few months of operations. Alicante will become the third new route in Spain to be launched by Air Serbia this year alone, complementing Seville and Tenerife, which will commence in the second half of the year. The Serbian carrier will now serve eight cities in Spain. Further flight details can be found here.

Commenting on the latest addition to its network, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, BoΕ‘ko RupiΔ‡, said, “The new nonstop Belgrade - Alicante service is a result of a detailed analysis of the market and performance of comparable routes, which confirms that Air Serbia remains committed to sustainable growth, increasing the market share and providing a better choice of destinations to its passengers. We are immensely pleased by the fact that we will be able to offer even easier access to Spanish summer resorts to passengers from Serbia and the region this summer. With this strategic move, the national carrier further boosts its presence on one of the fastest-growing markets in Europe”.

Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport has started the year on a strong note, with the launch of Wizz Air’s new seasonal service to Grenoble, marking the first of thirteen to be introduced this year. Wizz Air plans to further grow its network with another four routes announced, while Air Serbia intends to introduce seven new routes. Royal Jordanian Airlines will add services from Amman, while airBaltic introduces flights from Riga. During the first six months of the year, the airport will add close to 400.000 additional seats, resulting in growth of 9.4%. The airport is due to publish its 2025 passenger figures next Tuesday evening. Further network growth is anticipated this year, including the resumption of flights to Abu Dhabi, alongside the launch of new services to North Africa and Central Asia.


New routes from Belgrade Airport in 2026

The growth comes despite an increase in fees. As of January 1, the airport has revised its charges, which primarily introduces a 2% blanked increase across almost all airport fee categories. It includes an increase in rates for the use of centralised infrastructure, landing and lighting, contact stand usage, parking, passenger service charges and the Baggage Reconciliation System (BRS), with the overall structure of fees remaining unchanged. As a result, the passenger service charge has increased to 21.17 euros per departing international passenger and 9.13 euros for domestic passengers, up from their previous levels, while the BRS system fee has risen to 0.19 euros per bag, also reflecting a 2% adjustment. Infrastructure and stand charges across all maximum take-off weight bands have likewise been uniformly increased. Belgrade Airport stated the changes follow consultations with airport users and represent a modest upward revision aimed at cost alignment and regulatory compliance.

Work on the expansion of the existing terminal building has begun to accommodate the expected rise in passengers. The airport will add a new section to the C wing of its terminal, which will feature three additional gates and three new passenger boarding bridges, along with four new aircraft stands designed for narrow-body aircraft such as the Airbus A320 and Boeing 737. The expanded area, which will add 5.350 square metres to the terminal, will be equipped with four new moving walkways, two for departing passengers on the first floor and two for arrivals on the second. Construction work is expected to be finalised by the end of December, after which the total number of gates will increase from 33 to 36.

January 14, 2026
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  1. Anonymous09:02

    Good to see Wizz Air, Air Serbia and new entrants all expanding at the same time.

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    1. Anonymous09:06

      I still hope someone will resume AUH but I don't see it happening

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    2. Anonymous09:06

      Etihad will come back.

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    3. Anonymous09:12

      Doubt it, they just cancelled Baku plans

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    4. Anonymous13:27

      Any chance coming to the UK market? Currently Wizz only operates between Luton and Belgrade would love to see some new lines connecting Scotland with that part of the Europe.

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    5. Anonymous14:23

      there are quite a lot of us that would love that, but until UK and Ireland do something with visa thingy won't happen.

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  2. Anonymous09:02

    The most interesting part is what’s still to come

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    1. Anonymous09:07

      Definitely more leisure routes (Ibiza primarily), more CAS routes (Tashkent), more long-haul (Miami, Seoul, Tokyo), fifth Wizz Air aircraft, more Air Serbia routes (Yerevan, Helsinki, Bergen, Trondheim, etc...).

      Definitely much more room to grow.

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  3. Anonymous09:04

    Adding almost 400,000 seats in just six months is no small achievement.

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  4. Anonymous09:05

    21.17 euros per departing passenger Ξ™ believe makes BEG more expensive than ATH and every other Greek airport.
    To me it seems excessive.

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    1. Anonymous09:06

      Yes it's unreasonably expensive

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    2. Anonymous09:17

      I believe it is more expensive than what Romanian and Bulgarian airports charge as well.
      21 Euros is one day's wage for most people in the country. Some make even less than that.

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    3. Anonymous09:35

      Belgrade region does need a cheaper airport, be it in Novi Sad, Kovin or Batajnica. That would foster tourism, as well as induce outbond travel demand.

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    4. Anonymous09:39

      Sadly the infrastructure is nowhere near good enough to allow quick access to Belgrade. It can't function like CRL does for Brussels or STL and LTN do for London.

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    5. Anonymous09:40

      *STN

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    6. Anonymous09:57

      Well, BG voz could easily depart from Batajnica airport. But I doubt they`d allow for that, now that they`re investing into air force. Although, there`s enough space for both. Vinci contract maz be ammended to include the other airport so that the process does not create much problem. Čenej airport is not well positioned, but if they built one more westdward, between NS and Vrbas, it might have a direct access to the main railroad. Not gonna happen, though. Or if a Pančevo-Kovin-Smederevo railroad is built (which makes much sense actually, both for regional as well as for freighter trains!), Kovin might be an option.

      As that all is highly unlikely, the option remains to finally develop Kraljevo airport properly. It is not Belgrade, still, it is not too far away. And Vinci could also be given the terminal to operate there.

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    7. Anonymous10:20

      If Vinci is given the terminal there it will make sure it is expensive enough so that BEG doesn't suffer any reduction in passengers.

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    8. Anonymous10:25

      Another airport in northern Serbia would not work. The country is not that big guys.

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    9. Anonymous10:54

      Well, actually, Novi Sad is the biggest European city with no airport (Sheffield is a competitor, but they do and do not have one, and that is due to lack of space).

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    10. Anonymous10:57

      Novi Sad is just 80km from Belgrade Airport.

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    11. Anonymous11:12

      It's unique thing that two biggest cities are so close and both of them are (sort of) capitals. We know historical development so we take it for granted but that's unusual and urges different approach to everything, transpotation included.

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    12. Anonymous11:21

      Not so unique (apart for the capital thing). All around Europe there are big cities one close to another.

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    13. Anonymous11:21

      "just 80km" is wild!

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    14. Anonymous11:25

      Novi Sad isn't a big city in wider European terms.

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    15. Anonymous11:26

      @11.21 Yes, just. It takes under an hour to get from Novi Sad city centre to the airport.

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    16. Anonymous11:32

      @10:54 although the drive is only 1h15 to Manchester Airport which is about the same as driving from Central London to Stansted.

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    17. Anonymous11:33

      It is not 1.15 it is usually under an hour and most of the time an hour.

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    18. Anonymous11:47

      @11:33 if you can get between Sheffield and Manchester airport in under an hour you clearly drive faster than legal mate hahah

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    19. Anonymous11:48

      I was talking about Belgrade Airport-Novi Sad.

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    20. Anonymous11:56

      Building an airport between Novi Sad and Subotica could work - near Vrbas/Feketic, in my opinion. Both cities would be around 50km from the airport and if linked with new railway built from Novi Sad to Subotica could work. Even people from Belgrade would use it that way if there would be some LCC and interesting destinations.

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    21. Anonymous12:13

      That makes no sense. Only another one, snaller, between Belgrade and Novi Sad on the fast railway direction. Around Beska maybe. But that’s not possible before 2040-2050 maybe, when Surcin reaches its maximum

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    22. Anonymous12:32

      Surčin has more or less reached its maximum at peak hours. But then, that`s a different pair of shoes, because peak hours are nor relevant for building an "auxiliary" airport but with expanding the hub. Given that I do not believe in expanding Tesla according to earlier plans - for much has been invested into new infrastructure (inserted railway, terminal expansions) at present that would become unusable if a brand new T3 by the proposed new runway is built - I deem the scenario with building an entirely new hub and turning Tesla into a "New Airport City" possible.

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    23. Slav.Man12:49

      if there was competent planning and leadership should be looked into. because it would benefit JU as well and BEG airport. by giving the LCC an LCC airport to go to reduces costs for people and frees up slots at BEG for the full service airline and JU can have more flexibility in their network planning. but thats too much to expect of the government.

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    24. Anonymous13:00

      Guys, are you okay? The airport probably did not reach 9 million pax last year and you are claiming a new airport is a necessity?

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    25. Anonymous13:08

      It was reported here on numerous occasions that more or less during peak hours, all gates and positions are occupied. So, yes, for the hub and spoke concept, the limits have been reached - even Jiri Marek has talked about that recently. Adding the overall capacity to this equasion is apples&oranges. So, I do not know if You are OK, but it is not OK to interrupt a normal conversation with such remarks.

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    26. Slav.Man13:10

      did you not read at all why anyone mentioned a new airport is needed? as for the purpose a new airport would serve? another airport is not only suggested when the current one is at maximum capacity and cannot be expanded anymore. another reason is to stimulate growth to serve low cost airlines specifically. to give airlines a cheaper cost for cheaper prices for passengers. for wizz, ryanair, eurowings etc.

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    27. Anonymous13:37

      I think Wizz is more or less out of JU waves, excluding delayed flights. But surely BEG can arrange more remote parking positions and more bus gates for other LCC’s and more ATRs

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    28. Anonymous14:40

      Gate space is a problem due to insufficient planning not because BEG is at capacity. BEG's runway is no where near max capacity and won't be for at least another decade. Quicker extensions such as additional remote stand positions and gates can be made to ease the issue with parking and gate space.

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    29. Anonymous15:08

      "both big cities are so close"

      Meanwhile NS is 6x smaller than BG (at least)

      Novi Sad doesn't need an airport. Belgrade doesn't need another airport. It just needs the current one to stop ripping us off.

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    30. Anonymous15:11

      Ripping you off? You want to fly for free?

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    31. Anonymous16:05

      How are you going to prevent it from ripping you off, when privately operated? Well, only by indroducing competition in Belgrade region, and that can be done by...

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    32. Anonymous16:27

      I would build three airports in Serbia (of reasonable size). One near Vrbas, second near Bor and third near Novi Pazar.

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    33. Anonymous16:31

      But BEG is growing despite it not being very expensive. Obviously there is enough demand that can afford to pay the price. If you can't then there is always TSR, INI or FR from ZAG.

      ZAG reduced their charges and look at this year how bad it is for them. You can reduce your charges but there is only so many passengers you can attract without transfers.

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    34. Anonymous16:36

      LOL. You forget KurΕ‘umlija needs one too!

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    35. Anonymous17:14

      It does not, but Vranje does. It is at the air distance of Podgorica - to where the flights begun in 1930 (do not use the motorway argument - after motorway will have been completed, there will still be multiple daily flights to Podgorica). Service to Belgrade could easily sustain A320 flights on Fridays and Sundays.

      Anyway, Sjenica will be the next airport in Serbia, as Bosniak politicians are all in for that.

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    36. Anonymous18:02

      Vranje is surrounded by Skopje, Pristina, NiΕ‘ and Sofia, two out of 4 linked by highway, one hour ride. And is neither big enough nor rich enough to have the 5th airport in radius of 200 km with existing 4 airports which have nearly 20 mil pax combined and hundreds of services

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    37. Anonymous18:13

      What a pointless and stupid discussion.

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    38. Anonymous18:13

      Yes, but you are not going to drive to Skopje, in order to fly to Belgrade. And you need to cennect regions of your country properly, you know. Serbia spans some 550 km on the north-south axis, and it requires a regular air service. Organized nations do these stuff.

      Speaking of, there will be Sjenica-Istanbul flights.

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  5. Anonymous09:05

    I’m curious how airlines will react to the higher airport fees in the long run.

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    1. Anonymous09:08

      They will just forward the expense to customers. Nobody from passengers will complain because od 2 euros more expensive ticket.

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    2. Anonymous10:21

      2% is less than inflation rate so it's really fine.

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    3. Anonymous11:22

      2 euros more expensive ticket haha? lets see, but i boubt it will be just 2 euros

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  6. Anonymous09:05

    There will another new route today :)

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    1. Anonymous09:08

      Who is going to add another route today?

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    2. Anonymous09:14

      It's a surprise but it's one of the two local airlines ;)

      War between them will intensify

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    3. Anonymous09:17

      After Wizz announcing new destinations from BEG most likely it'll be JU.

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    4. Anonymous12:01

      Wizz added another weekly flight to Skavsta for the summer. 4 weekly now.

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    5. Anonymous16:32

      Told you guys a new route will come today :)

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    6. Anonymous16:36

      @16:32 well done for the finger on the pulse sir :)

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  7. Anonymous09:05

    Wizz is on a roll!

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  8. Anonymous09:12

    Impressive

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  9. Anonymous09:23

    Can someone help me count the gates? A1-10_10
    C1-14_14
    A7a-b_2
    C10a-e_5

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    1. Anonymous09:27

      A11 for NiΕ‘ flights, and missing one more

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    2. Anonymous09:27

      A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8, A9, A10 -> 10 jet bridges on A concourse
      C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10, C11, C12, C13, C14 -> 14 jet bridges on C concourse
      A7a, A7b, A11 -> 3 bus gates on A concourse
      C10a, C10b, C10c, C10d, C10e -> 5 bus gates on C concourse

      Total of 32 gates at the moment.

      after this expansion there will be C15, C16 and C17, so total of 17 jet bridges on C concourse, and 35 gates in total.

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    3. Anonymous09:30

      You are missing a gate

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    4. Anonymous09:33

      Which one?

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    5. Anonymous11:58

      That is the problem, we do not know wich. In the text it is writtem that there will be 36 gates. There is one missing in counting

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    6. Anonymous18:04

      Why are you discussing where Serbia shod build an imaginary airport on a topic related to new routes from Belgrade? Immense disrepsect shown by many of you to the author.

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  10. Anonymous09:26

    Who is expected to fly to Abu Dhabi?

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    1. Anonymous09:27

      Either Etihad or Air Arabia.

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    2. Anonymous09:29

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2025/12/air-serbia-in-talks-with-etihad-and.html

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    3. Anonymous09:31

      Etihad like Qatar also has a shortage of narrowbody aircraft.
      I would love to see them come here with a 787 but I think it is unlikely at this point.

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    4. Anonymous09:33

      Etihad has many new aircraft coming soon.

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    5. Anonymous09:50

      EY has A321LRs coming but they are for much longer rotations than BEG.

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    6. Anonymous09:52

      They can be used to Belgrade, however very unlikely as they are heavy-premium with First Class suites. More likely is to use some of A320s.

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    7. Anonymous09:55

      It's unlikely not because of 'heavy premium' (it has just 4 more premium seats than the A320) but because the plane is used to longer rotations.

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    8. Anonymous16:33

      Heheheh maybe Getjet will return to BEG via EY like Klasjet returned via LY.

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  11. Anonymous09:48

    Before 26 march will be announced a few new destinations? or all is close yet for S 26?

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    1. Anonymous09:50

      There were new routes announced just 2 days ago. Airlines can announce new routes for summer season after 26 March too.

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  12. Anonymous10:13

    Cool map, it looks like they were after the westernmost, the easternmost, the northernmost and the sothernmost airports in Europe :)

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  13. Anonymous10:21

    I didnt even realize that BEG is getting that much new routes this year. Nice additions, but still some routes are missing.

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    1. Anonymous10:26

      Which one you think? Obviously UK&Ireland stay underestimated... The rest looks pretty good.

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    2. Anonymous10:29

      You'll provoke the Cluj obsessed guy into action..
      But yeah BG is well connected nowadays.

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    3. Anonymous11:43

      Anon 10:26 - Completely agree with you. I also think that BEG has nice map of routes. I see Helsinki, Cairo, Yerevan, Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Paphos, Azores, Gdansk, Wroclaw, Poznan and Nantes/Bordeaux, beside Manchester, Edinburgh/Glasgow and Dublin (MAN and DUB are obviously most commented airports here).

      Anon 10:29 - Please dont be silly. There is no room for provocations, since I am obviously not "Cluj obsessed guy". I just see more potential routes that I wish to see in BEG routes map. I have never said that BEG is not well connected. If you didnt want to be malicious and if you read the comment I wrote, you would notice that. Also, when you mentioned Cluj, why BEG wouldnt be connected with Cluj if JU sees opportunity in the route. Anyway, have a good day and stay positive. :)

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    4. Anonymous12:25

      Marek stated few times that JU will expand at Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria. So we are still waiting for Cluj, Iasi, Debrecen, Burgas, Bratislava, maybe Chisnau, Kosice, Plovdiv, Craiova or Wroclaw within ATR range

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    5. Anonymous13:43

      Craiova and Drebrecen are new on the list of silly route ideas.

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    6. Anonymous15:06

      Many of these routes are really not needed at BEG (if we are talking about market needs). Maybe JU needs them for their business of transfers but that's different topic.

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    7. Anonymous16:34

      Debrecen makes sense if they give JU subsidies like RJK did

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  14. Anonymous10:27

    Sky Express to ATH would be great !!

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      W6 to ATH too.

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  15. Anonymous10:51

    The new train to Budapest will make the two airports bigger competitors than they already are. It's important to make the BEG offer as attractive as possible this year, especially in the leisure department. It goes fine so far...

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      I believe a new speed railway and possible impact on both airports deserves a serious analyse

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    2. Anonymous11:24

      BUD has twice the traffic BEG does and it is growing faster as well.

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    3. Anonymous11:26

      The new train will minimal to no impact on Budapest at all. Financially speaking its a disaster for the Hungarian tax payer

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    4. Anonymous11:41

      Trains are tax payers nightmare everywhere in Europe for more than a century now but they're needed.

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    5. Anonymous11:45

      The renovation of the track will between BG and Budapest is regarded in Hungary as a white elephant that wont see any return on the cost of construction. But i agree rail projects (done well) are so important.

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    6. Anonymous12:40

      It has the potential to bring pax from Novi Sad and Subotica, and also some from Belgrade, to BUD. That is also why I wrote something here on building a competitive airport north of Belgrade... that I guess might have a lot of sense.

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    7. Anonymous13:44

      No airport north of Belgrade would be financially viable. Its a non-starter.

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    8. Anonymous13:54

      Is it finantialy viable if it brings, say, 100.000 tourists more to the country? With attracting Ryanair, for instance, as Belgrade-North? How is the viability/sustainibility counted in that case?

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    9. Anonymous14:16

      An airport is a huge capital investment. Serbia has no need for an airport north of Belgrade and it would be a financial disaster on every measure. Its not a serious prospect. There are towns without electricity guys..real issues that need fixing.

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    10. Anonymous14:32

      What towns without electricity are you talking about? Leskovac has had electricity as of 1901. Jesus, you don`t have snow-caused disruptions in mind, do you? Did you read that City of Vienna was brought to a standstill these days? Let`s stop building roads because of natural disasters!

      Of "financial disaster on any measure" may we speak only if there`s financial analysys, with costs and economic impact measured, and to my knowledge there is none< moreover, it is very much to my disbeleif that half a million populated cities do not nead airports at least with a paved runway, and from that disbeleif, as methodologicaly justified, do I draft the draft proposal to investigate into this.

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    11. Anonymous14:39

      @14:32 Novi Sad has an airport. In Belgrade. Simple as that.

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      Ok, mate, but also quite simple is the fact that Bratislava does not only have an airport in Vienna - with dozens of similar cases deducable from Europe, in contrast to this isolated case of ours, which according to you should induce truth. Well, I`ve been taught deduction is superior do induction...

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    13. Anonymous15:09

      But mate. Slovakia and Austria are different states that until the 1990s were cut off from one another by the iron curtain. Their aviation markets are what they are. The economics of another Airport north of Belgrade do not work nor will they ever work despite any wishful thinking or rather colourful use of langauge you might use.

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    14. Anonymous16:07

      Sure, mate. Milan and Bergamo are in two neighbouring states. I don`t need to repeat myself: Europe is full of such examples, Novi Sad is a continental exception to the rule.

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    15. Anonymous16:28

      And what is the GDP of that part of Italy? How does it compare to the north of Serbia?

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    16. Anonymous16:35

      Milan and Bergamo are in a country many many many times richer than Serbia mate. You arguments are just totally silly. All the best.

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      I see, we have a new mantra... Novi Sad airport. Completely useless.

      Railway to Budapest is a miss for the Hungarians because it bypasses all the major cities from the border to the capital city. Don't know why they designed it like that. In Serbia it was made much better so it covers Belgrade, Novi Sad, Vrbas/Kula and Subotica.

      For Serbia, this railway line will be a success without Hungary or Budapest. Trains to New Now are already full.

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      How many "new airport" comment threads are you people going to start on a topic about new routes?

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    19. Anonymous16:48

      @16:35 OK, so take a map and count all the airports in that part of Italy. Basically, they are at a 40 km distance - or even less. And who says there should be an international airport in InΔ‘ija? And by the way, Naples in no richer then Belgrade - well, last year Salerno (an Obrenovac of theirs) resumed regular flights. In any given European country you`ll find the same thing: cities have airports. Even if they have no regular service, they maintain an airport. It is appalling to what extent are we underestimating Serbia, but that comes at no surprise to me.

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    20. Anonymous16:50

      Italy is one of the most visited countries on earth. Some of you really need mental help.

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    21. Anonymous16:55

      "It is appalling to what extent are we underestimating Serbia" nobody is. Just your view that a city like Belgrade and region like Vojvodina could benefit from a vast capital outlay when the existing infrastructure needs working out to its full potential. You are completely wrong in your approach.

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    22. Anonymous16:55

      "Even if they have no regular service" sounds like a great way to waste money...

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    23. Anonymous17:37

      @16:55 No, it does not. There`s general aviation (the accessibility of which might be a key factor for an investor - if one in 20 years comes for that reason, the airport has paid itself), there are also charters, and of course, the very phylosophical impossibility to have all planned as should be - being the cause for planned economies to suffer - in other words, if there`s no miss *an unused airport), you most likely underinvested. That is what Romanians, for instance, seam to have learned from the developped world.

      @Anon 16:50 No, you are the one in need of that. Naples airport caters for 12 m pax annualy, that`s no too much. Why not expand, why open new airport nearby? The real question would be: Why not? There are two forms of civil aviation nowadays: legacy and LCC, there are competitive airlines in both segments, why not offering them competitive environment - so they can compete? Will there be any bigger handicap for tourism in broader Belgrade region, if it becomes the only metropolitan area of Europe not to offer Ryanair flights? Cause it`s the largest airline 0of Europe, you know, and it is not a zero-sum game, as an analyst from nearby resons. That will cost, and will cost much..

      I gues that was too long of an answer to a guy sending me to Palmotićeva. Sad what`s become of us. A big shame.

      So, guys, we concluded that the north of Serbia is poor, unlike... Tuzla kanton. Good.

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    24. Anonymous17:43

      It takes more time to get from many airports to city centres than from Novi Sad to BEG airport. Many large cities in Europe and North America have suburbs larger than Novi Sad. One-stop rail link from Novi Sad to BEG will be available next year, with travel times probably under an hour. Belgrade and Novi Sad catchment area will not grow to 4 -5 million inhabbitants in coming decades so there is no justification for more airports. Once Nikola Tesla airport runs out of expansion capacity, there is already a dedicated area for much larger airport in Dobanovci/Simanovci area with potential for fast connectivity to both cities. Another airport for Novi Sad/Vojvodina is not justified.

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    25. Anonymous17:49

      @17.37 You are comparing Bosnia's terrain with Northern Serbia like you comoare Italy with Serbia. There really is no point discuasing with yoy.

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      Yeah, keep on answering details of someone`s posts and not their substance.

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  16. Miroslav Smederevo11:23

    The new map looks great but it's interesting that Beg really has only one real low cost carrier, ie Wizz.
    Having said that many cities worldwide have only one major carrier or one low cost carrier. Beg has Air Serbia and Wizz.. so it seems like although Beg has come a long way, a city of 1.5 million in the heart of Europe should have more traffic. Beg has yet to get to 10 million annual passenger flow, and I'm sure it will soon and low cost carriers can really help the airport achieve that goal sooner.

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      It is also the capital of one of Europe's poorest countries. You should keep that in mind.

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    2. Anonymous11:33

      +1

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    3. Anonymous12:34

      BS. Belgrade average sallary is about 1500 Euro. Not much less than Europe average

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    4. Anonymous12:42

      Central Belgrade is well above the EU average. The entire city might have passed the line by now (that comes as no surprise to people familliar with economics, as i. e. Bratislava has been wealthier than all depertements of France save Paris for some two decades now).

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    5. Anonymous13:33

      @Miroslav , let me remind you that Serbia is not Greece .Almost the whole population of Serbia is served by BEG airport not just the 1.5 of Belgrade residents .

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    6. Anonymous13:45

      @13:33 excatly. The figures are just fine given the political situation too. One positive in a sea of less than rose developments in Serbia is aviation

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    7. Anonymous13:58

      @13.33 To what extent is it served? How many pax at Tesla from Vranje, or Prijepolje?

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    8. Anonymous14:17

      Many will travel to BG to fly, some will not. Thats what happens in many states. Serbia is very well served by BG and Nis airports.

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    9. Anonymous14:33

      It is also served by airports in Kraljevo, Budapest, Timisoara, Sofia, Skopje and PriΕ‘tina.

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    10. Anonymous16:38

      By that logic all of Hungary is served by BUD, all of Slovakia is served by BTS, all of Czechia is served by PRG...

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      It is more than logical that landlocked east European country with 5-8 mil citizens has one big airport and 1 or 2 small. Serbia is not an exception there.

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    12. Anonymous18:14

      And Czechia with its 11 million people basically has only PRG so...

      Even Hungary can barely keep Debrecen alive They have to throw a lot of money their way.

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  17. Anonymous12:22

    All out war between Air Serbia and Wizz haha

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      And we thought that easyJet and Air Serbia were fighting a war, this is like next level xD

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  18. Anonymous12:32

    From 0 routes to Spain in 2018 to 8 in 2026. Not bad!

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  19. Anonymous12:42

    When I saw "new route" I instantly thought Italy or Spain 🀦.

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      They're just copying Wizz

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    2. Anonymous12:57

      HAHAHA.

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    3. Anonymous13:00

      Yes 14 new routes from BEG and it's only January. Truly a tragedy and a reason to facepalm, cry and complain.

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    4. Anonymous13:00

      Yeah, Yerevan will wait I guess...

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    5. Anonymous13:10

      πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

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    6. Anonymous16:39

      Real question is if Wizz Air will respond to this. I am sure ALC was a very good route for them.

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    7. Anonymous16:45

      With Alicante i think new routes to Spain from Belgrad are closed ,perhaps Ibiza only

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    8. Anonymous17:02

      There will be too much in that triangle then. There's also Mallorca.

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    9. Anonymous17:28

      ALC was a cash cow for W6. Now they will have either to share it with JU or to find another one.

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  20. Anonymous13:42

    I hope new routes will also be launched from INI

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      2 have launched in the last month.

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    2. Anonymous14:40

      Just published, Stuttgart NiΕ‘.

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    3. Anonymous16:09

      Interesting. I`ve been mailed offers for NiΕ‘ - Stuttgart via Belgrade constantly in the past two or three months.

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    4. Anonymous16:59

      This will not be a new route, but only a temporary replacement for Basel. Flights from Basel will return after the work is completed.

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    5. Anonymous17:00

      But yes, it's time to bring Malmo and Bergamo back. Hopefully someone will start flights to Berlin again.

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  21. Anonymous14:51

    Does someone know which ex Aegan birds, air Serbia will take ? Thank you

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  22. Anonymous15:00

    Idemo dalje...

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  23. Anonymous15:20

    OK, there's a war starting with these two. Great for travellers, will be good for airport this year but only one will stay next year on these yesterday's and today routes and the airport is far from the plato with new possibilities which could be more benefitial for everyone involved: Faro, maybe even Madeira, Gran Canaria, Bilbao, Menorca, Bordeaux, new Greek island... Again, this is going to be great year for travel, but for JU and W6 this will be tough.

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      Not if the market grows. Lower fares might attract more pasengers from Croatia, Bosnia, Romania...

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  24. Anonymous16:56

    Bravo Air Serbia! πŸ‡·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡·πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡·πŸ‡Έ

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  25. Anonymous17:28

    First half annual growth at Belgrade airport at 9.4% with 400k new seats is outstanding. Unless global financial crisis hits, second half is likely to push airport numbers closer to 10 million annualy. With new airport hotel and three new gates construction ongoing, 14th new service for 2026 and city rail link coming in just over a year, this is really great news for BEG.

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      I don't think the three new gates will be ready in 2026. Most likely in 2027.

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  26. Anonymous18:17

    I can only imagine how Ryanair must feel to see Wizz Air profit so much from BEG while they are stubbornly ignoring them. Just goes to show BEG was right not to give in to FR's bullying.

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