Air Serbia will introduce flights between Belgrade and Munich this summer season, launching a daily service from May 22. Operations will be maintained by the 118-seat Embraer E195 aircraft. The move follows the closure of Lufthansa CityLine, which has led to the cancellation of a significant number of flights between the two cities. Lufthansa had previously been the sole operator on the route. The German carrier is no longer accepting bookings on most services between Munich and Belgrade until June 1, while flights scheduled beyond this date are also unlikely to operate at full capacity. The Bavarian capital becomes Air Serbia's tenth destination in Germany, joining Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hahn, Hannover, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. Tickets for the new route are now available for purchase through the airline’s website
Munich becomes Air Serbia’s tenth new destination this summer, with the carrier set to progressively roll out its new routes from April 30. With this addition, the airline will operate 46 weekly flights from Belgrade to Germany, rising to fifty weekly rotations when services from Niš are also included. Further details for the new Belgrade - Munich service can be found here. Air Serbia’s predecessor, Jat Airways, last operated flights between the two cities in June 2008, deploying the ATR 72-200 on the route. The Serbian flag carrier is therefore returning to Munich after almost exactly eighteen years.
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| Air Serbia's Germany network, summer 2026 |
Commenting on the launch, Air Serbia's CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “By introducing direct flights between Belgrade and Munich, we open the doors to the heart of Bavaria - one of the most dynamic regions in Europe. This service not only helps businesspeople and tourists, but it is also a key link that makes travel faster and planning easier. Whether you seek Munich’s global business opportunities or cultural richness, the new service enables you to reach it more easily than ever, giving Serbia an even better position on the map of European travel".
Who will save Ljubljana?
ReplyDeleteVCE, TRS, ZAG, VIE, KLU
DeleteVery funny
DeleteAir Dolomity
DeleteThe cars. MUC is 6hr drive away.
DeleteWell, 6 hrs is not a short trip.
Delete@10:38 well its sad reality... bravo
DeleteTake EU funds, build "high speed railway" to A and IT and you are good SLO
Deletehow exactly will KLU save it? There are more austrians from karenten traveling from LJU than Slovenians from KLU. And I hope that nummber increases
DeleteWell done...
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile OU is proceeding to send ATR to MUC :) Bravo Air Serbia!
ReplyDeletewhy not? If demand isnt well...
DeleteCroatian airports are overall mostly served by Lufthansa mainline and are less affected than BEG
DeleteCroatia sends a around 14pw A220 to MUC.
DeleteNo it does not. Couple flights to MUC are on ATR operated by ETF Airways.
DeleteRead and learn. Croatia offers around 14 rotations to MUC with A220-100/-300.
DeleteWhat do you not understand? Croatia offers less than 14 rotations to MUC. Its mostly 10 to 12 and half of them are operated by ATR of ETF Airways.
DeleteAttack as much as you want but there is not enough of demand to cover all weekly flights with a220's. Would be great but Jasmin is greatest CEO!
DeleteAnon 11:33
DeleteDaily flight OU 4438 is always with A220 (except one rotation with A319)
3-weekly OU 430 flight is always with A220
1-weekly OU 4432 is always A319/A220
Croatia offers less than 14 rotations to MUC? Please inform yourself.
No idea what those flights are. Croatia flies Zagreb to Munich on flight OU436 and OU4436.
DeleteOU436 is operating 4 times weekly. Twice of those 4 are on ATR.
OU4436 is operating daily. Five of those 7 are on ATR, one is on Q400 and one on A319.
So, in total they have 11 weekly from Zagreb to Munich of which 9 are on ATR.
Maybe the departure airport is not the same, you are talking just about Zagreb, and the other guy (maybe) about all OU departure airports with MUC as destination... Trying to help you figure this out...
Delete"No idea what those flights are."
DeleteOf course you don't. Croatia Airlines flies few routes to MUC and majority of capacity to MUC is offered on A220.
Bravo Air Serbia!
ReplyDeleteThat is how the business is done and how the profit is being made.
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DeleteJU could at the very least have flown MUC daily for years now. The area around MUC is both very bog population wise, very wealthy and has lots of gastos from our region, the rest of the Balkans and Greece.
DeleteExcellent,they are very agile
ReplyDeleteAgile is an understatement in this case
DeleteSuch a bad news for some experts here.
ReplyDeleteBtw, well done JU! Great to see them react fast!
I don’t like it. Those pax will mostly feed LH network. For JU is better to develop its own, then support other’s networks
DeleteFeed LH network? Who is going to buy two separate tickets, go through passport control, pick up bags, check in again and then go onto a Lufthansa flight?? I mean, should they not fly to Frankfurt either then?
DeleteBut who will fly then? Business passengers? Diaspora use FMM traditionally.
DeleteYea there is a lot of diaspora there in Bavaria
DeleteLufthansa used to have 3 daily flights from MUC to BEG, so JUs daily flights are not in danger. FMM is pure LCC route from BEG, with W6 serving the route. Also 120km away (FMM) airport and 40km (MUC) away from the city center airports cannot be compared. Personally, I dont see a problem with JU benefiting from feeding LH network. If they make money, its fine. It has been a while since people are advocating for launching the route. Just wish them good luck and its enough.
DeleteLH carries a lot of diaspora people too, it's absolutely not true they all use FMM.
DeleteWizz have 9pw to MEM. And that iz p2p. JU will fill the gap. Bravo Srbija!!
DeleteYou are also forgetting that JU flies 2x to NUE.
DeleteYou know there are people out there who don't want to fly to FMM and they travel 145 km to Munich. There is a reason why so many airlines fly to MUC.
I wonder how W6 managed to serve the Munich region 9 weekly with 239 seat A321s but JU was unable to even fly a daily E-jet to MUC itself.
Delete^ because they have a different passenger structure. JU's is much more similar to LH. Not to mention that Wizz Air's cost base and cost per passenger is completely different. But some here, on an aviation site, still think it's all about load factor.
DeleteIn yesterday’s news about Lufthansa canceling the Munich route, the comments brought up the question of whether Air Serbia is quick to adapt to competition and its network. I think this is enough proof. I hope they’ll succeed on the route the Embraer is certainly a big thing for them. We will se what will be LG because I assume that most passengers on LH flights were transfers.
ReplyDeleteTrue dat.
DeleteBravo JU!
ReplyDeleteThey are incredible fast. So is this mean they are adding new Embrer in fleet?
ReplyDeleteNo. They will likely move some Embraer operated flights to Airbus.
DeleteNo. They have more than enough room in current Embraer fleet. They are mostly using 3 E195s while fourth was a backup. Now fourth one will also be mostly deployed.
DeleteHaving a backup aircraft has proven to be a very good decision. With it JU can easily adapt to market and launch routes like this in just 3 days.
Ejet planes are not a problem. Ejet crews are lacking. Probably they will gain enough until flights starts
DeleteThey were downgrading some frequency on some routes, so there they have found spare Ejets
DeleteWhich routes?
DeleteHe is referring to this but this happened in April
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2026/03/air-serbia-reduces-operations-in-april.html
Charter cancellations guys. Some E90/95 flights will get the A319.
DeleteThey could get some LH Cityline Bombardier CRJ-900LR :) :) :)
Deletewow. I don't remember the last time they launched a new route with a DAILY frequnecy!
ReplyDeleteIt was Budapest. They launched it with more than twice daily flights then.
DeleteIts kinda crazy that an airline can plan and announce a new route in 1-2 days. Normally, airlines plan routes like this for week or months. I am happy that BEG will not lose Munich connectivity.
ReplyDeleteIt is because JU has backup capacity, and also because their route scheduling department is very agile.
DeleteThey saw an opportunity and they jumped on it. This is a chance for them to push LH out of this route.
DeleteBut still, it's crazy. You need to, at least, contact the authorities and get the slots before the sales start and the sales started today.
Delete^ and you know they didn't contact the authorities yesterday and get slots as well? No airline is going to schedule flights without getting slots. Really, some of you are clutching at straws.
DeleteNo, I am 100% sure they did contact authorities and got the slots before the sales. I'm praising JU's promptness, unlike your reading capabilities.
DeleteMUC is probably having a huge sale right now. They lost what, 25% of flights overnight? They are interested in new airlines more than anyone.
DeleteThis CityLine had 25% of MUC flights, are you sure?
DeleteIn May, CityLine was to account for 26.4% of Munich Airport's flights.
DeleteWow, didn't have clue, thanks. That's a lot.
DeleteExpect here...air serbia is looking see what planes they can get from LHchityline.
DeleteGreat addition, one might say long overdue! Taking advantage of Lufthansas weakness just in the right moment - great play!
ReplyDelete+1
DeleteIdemo dalje...
ReplyDeleteBravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
ReplyDeleteInteresting piece of history in the text :) can't believe it has been 18 years!
ReplyDelete"Air Serbia’s predecessor, Jat Airways, last operated flights between the two cities in June 2008, deploying the ATR 72-200 on the route. The Serbian flag carrier is therefore returning to Munich after almost exactly eighteen years."
Munich must have been fun in an ATR.
DeleteJat Airways also operated the 734 to MUC, but after Saša the Manager and his team took charge everything progressed
DeleteBilo nekad, sad je to history. Bravo JU 🇷🇸
Delete@admin how many weekly flights did JU have to Munich in summer 2008?
DeleteDaily
DeleteAnd still with visas from Birčaninova queues, I must add.
DeleteWere flight numbers (340/342) the same back then?
DeleteYes they were
DeleteThis is insane, WELL DONE!!
ReplyDeleteOMG, bravo!
ReplyDeleteSo with 10 destinations in Germany is this now their most served market?
ReplyDeleteI think so
DeleteGreece 12 and Spain 10
DeleteSpain is not 10, but 8. They are flying to Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Alicante, Palma, Seville, Tenerife and Malaga. If you count Portugal as well, then you get to 10. But that is not one country.
DeleteGreece is also not 12. They are flying to Athens, Thessaloniki, Corfu, Heraklion, Chania, Rhodes, Mykonos, Santorini. That is 8 scheduled routes.
DeleteIf you add charter flights to Skiathos, Preveza, Kavala and Zakynthos, you get to 12.
And Ibiza pending...
DeleteHe though of Iberian peninsula not Spain!
DeleteMUC is now the shortest German flight out of these 10. Also important with all these fuel prices, probably influenced their decision...
DeleteAn opportunity presented itself and they were quick to react on it. Bravo Air Serbia!
ReplyDeleteThey were VERY quick. I'll bet their network department had MUC case study somewhere at the shelve waiting moment like this just to be implemented, with minor adjustments ofc.
DeleteThat was probably the case here. Still, very agile and quick reaction from Air Serbia. Well done!
DeleteAmazing news, I suppose that they will have also a lot of transfer passengers on this route to destinations in regions which are affected by cancellations
ReplyDeleteTogether with Toronto this is the most important launch this year. It's daily Embraer flight, quite an addition, the biggest after Budapest launch, I believe. At the end, they are launching 10 routes this year which is a full-scale expansion. Maybe it deserves a bit more fuss in marketing & media. Good job JU.
ReplyDeleteLol. Better to leave that for OU. Nantes is that kund as well.lol
ReplyDeleteNow, that is what a serious airline does!
ReplyDeleteAir Serbia doesn’t believe in Lufthansa tears.
ReplyDeleteA whole village of MUC fanboys is now celebrating, including myself <3
ReplyDeleteYasss
DeleteLufthansa must be pissed off. With 21 weekly flights they were making nice money.
ReplyDeleteLet's see if and when they react.
They'll be back of course.
DeleteWOW! WOW! WOW!
ReplyDeleteHaven't heard of faster response to market changes ever, anywhere!!!
Hat off and deep bow!
Meanwhile Jasmin takes care of kahva not to get cold.
And wow once again!