Wizz Air has accused the Serbian government of attempting to force the closure of its Belgrade base through amended aviation regulations that redefine how foreign airlines can operate services from the country. The low cost carrier argues the changes effectively prevent airlines from maintaining bases in Serbia unless they are Serbian operators, claiming the measures violate the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) Agreement and are aimed at protecting flag carrier Air Serbia.
The following is Wizz Air’s statement in full:
Wizz Air strongly condemns the Serbian authorities’ plan to breach its obligations to Europe as they implement measures aiming to force the airline to cease its base operations in Belgrade from November 2026. Their actions are a calculated attack on fair competition, consumer choice, connectivity, and thousands of Serbian jobs, as well as being an unarguable breach of the country’s obligations under the European Common Aviation Area Agreement.
Since 2010, Wizz Air has invested heavily in Serbia, contributing several hundreds of millions of euros to the country’s economy, transporting more than 14 million passengers, supporting tourism, trade, and employment across the country. The airline has built an extensive network of affordable direct connections between Serbia and major European cities (29 routes to 26 cities across 10 countries), making travel accessible for Serbian citizens, businesses, students, and tourists alike.
Despite these contributions, Serbian authorities are now pursuing measures clearly designed to push Wizz Air out of Belgrade in an effort to shield the state-backed national carrier from legitimate competition - the same state-backed airline which has swallowed the equivalent of hundreds of millions of Euros of Serbian tax-payers’ cash by way of government support at the same time as WIZZ has been investing.
If Wizz’s Belgrade base is forced to close, the consequences for Serbia will be severe:
• Thousands of additional jobs in tourism, hospitality, airport services, and related industries would be placed at risk;
• Serbia would lose critical low-cost and direct air connections to major European destinations;
• Serbian consumers would face reduced competition, fewer travel options, and higher airfares;
• The country’s tourism sector and broader economy would suffer significant damage.
Beyond the immediate economic impact, these actions raise serious concerns about Serbia’s commitments to the European Union and its standing as an EU candidate country. Wizz Air strongly believes in fair competition, open markets, and strong connectivity, principles that underpin Europe’s aviation system.
“The Serbian authorities must decide whether they support open markets, connectivity, investment, and consumer choice - or whether they intend to restrict the market in order to protect artificially one carrier at the expense of the Serbian economy and against the interests of the Serbian people”, said Owain Jones, Chief Corporate Officer of Wizz Air. “The measures they plan to use against Wizz Air are illegal. We call on the Serbian authorities to stop discriminatory practices immediately, respect international obligations, and allow fair and transparent market conditions for all airlines operating in Serbia”.
Wizz Air remains committed to Serbia, its loyal passengers, and its professional and dedicated team of colleagues who make up the Belgrade base. The airline urges Serbian authorities, regulators and all relevant stakeholders to reverse course before lasting damage is done to Serbia’s international connectivity, economic credibility, tourism sector, and investment environment - and calls upon the European Union to ensure that Serbia abides by its international agreements.
Meanwhile, the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate has also issued a statement regarding the ongoing matter.
The following is the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate's statemetnt in full:
In response to recent media reports concerning proposed changes to the regulatory framework governing civil aviation, the Civil Aviation Directorate of the Republic of Serbia wishes to emphasise that no airline has been denied the right to operate flights between the Republic of Serbia and European Union member states, nor the right to launch new services in accordance with the applicable international agreements.
The Civil Aviation Directorate carries out its responsibilities professionally, impartially, and in full compliance with both domestic and international regulations, while upholding the principles of equal treatment and fair competition.
It is important that the public is accurately informed that the proposed regulatory changes do not constitute a restriction of traffic rights, but rather an adjustment of the regulatory framework that will be applied equally to all airlines operating in the Serbian market.
The Directorate will continue to act transparently and responsibly, in the interest of the safe, stable, and competitive development of civil aviation in the Republic of Serbia.
Bring out the popcorn, this news is great for potential of a Zagreb base
ReplyDeleteDon't think Wizz will leave so easily.
DeleteWith Ryanair around , Wizz will not come in Zagreb ever!
DeleteUhm and why would anyone in Serbia care about that? It's not like anyone would be using ZAG flights even if there was a Wizz base there. And that was before the whole EES (and soon ETIAS) mess.
DeleteWhy would Wizz leave BEG for ZAG? It is not the same market, and they don't even fly there. The BEG Airbuses will be taken to Italian bases and Poland instead. Maybe even Hungary.
DeleteWhy Air Serbia not open a low cost, country pump money in it (yeah...) and open 50-100 locations from Belgrade, that would be a win win. I know, we are not strong, but we can do it, try it
DeleteAir Serbia would then become a airline with 7-10 million passengers, few years this air serbia subsidary (Low cost) will loose money, but eventually, can grow
Because low cost airlines operate with the economics of scale and Serbia is simply a too small market to be covered by a dedicated low cost airline. There are no successful low cost airlines with less than ~100 planes and with such a limited network.
DeleteThis is going to be interesting to watch. So ops may be impacted from November.
ReplyDeleteSo why don't you get Serbian AOC and pay local taxes, assholes? 😠
DeletePerhaps they should just leave. At your asshole wont need to fly them:)
DeleteThe EU may apply the same rule against Serbian carriers (reciprocation)! Significant part of Air Serbia's network would discontinue from that point - hurting Serbia's aviation even more.
ReplyDeleteNo, this is ban on foreign bases, not foreign flights, and JU doesn’t have bases in EU.
DeleteThey should apply same rule against Serbian carriers and I am saying this as Serbian. JU should find the way to fight back with other airlines for passengers and not to brag government to help with this kind of moves. This is a shame for Serbian aviation.
DeleteBut they can't apply the same rule because JU is not allowed to have bases in the EU.
DeleteYou don't get it, reciprocation will ban JU from opening base in BUD or FRA, so, it will do nothing. They may claim that this is violation of ECAA, or pressure Serbia in other ways.
DeleteBut JU can't open a base in BUD or FRA. It is not allowed with or without this regulation.
DeleteJust ban JU from the EU lol.
DeleteThis wouldn't trigger reciprocating but rather more severely breach the ECAA terms, meaning penalties and reduced access for JU to the EU market, so operating and expanding its network becomes costly for JU. This is arguably worse than wizz competition as you'll notice EU destinations are a huge chunk of its network. On top of that Serbia has no political leverage against the EU, so when Daddy Brussels raises his brow, Serbia will fold and revert it before the new law takes effect. So much stupidity from people running this country...
DeleteThe EU can ban JU from carrying transfers within the EU. So they might ban them from selling CDG-BEG-ATH etc.
DeleteShould teach JU a lesson.
interesting @15.02
DeleteIt is not interesting, it is nonsense. There is no regulation in the EU that allows such bans on connecting traffic. You cannot even enforce it.
DeleteYes, there is. Go through the archive of this website, I think in 2014, and you can see the argument Croatia made back then. Zagreb was silenced by the EU.
DeleteZagreb could have brought this up with the Court of Justice of the European Union. They didn't, because they knew they would lose.
Delete15:02
DeleteJust neighbour's wet dreams, keep on dreaming.
The EU can make life very hard for JU if it wished. What a load of stupidity this. Also if i was Wizzair i would no longer have any respect for the Serbian state. Goodbye expansion
DeleteI am supporting this because the governments should protect their national carriers from LCCs. Just look at OTP, TAROM is near collapse.
DeleteWhy don't you use LOT as an example where a competent management turned them into a success. So maybe it's not up to W6 but the JU management
DeleteSo these statement basically confirm that the meaning of these changes is to ban Wizz Air base, not just potential non-EU routes. Wonder what JU will say about it, they were very positive about competition before.
ReplyDeleteYou know it is not so much about current competition but what Wizz Air was maybe planning for BEG
DeleteMaybe they are afraid of flights to Montenegro? It’s a cash cow.
DeleteThat can't happen until one side enters the EU and considering they now have a base in Podgorica, it can happen even with these rules when Montenegro enters the EU. So it has nothing to do with it. But Wizz could have been planning to add more planes to BEG and open more routes.
DeleteBut both Serbia and Montenegro are part of ECAA, so they should be allowed to fly that route?
DeleteThey are not. Serbia and Montenegro traffic is governmend by bilateral agreement until one party enters the EU.
DeleteI hope the government will withdraw this horrible measure and WIZZ will stay and show to JU what is competition. And I do not want JU to break up but to show them that they are resilient. Otherwise the whole aviation in Serbia is in problem, less flights, less passengers, INI airport can close, BEG will lose 1,6m passengers.
DeleteINI does not have to close, flights can continue there as normal.
DeleteEspecially since JU's winter network is a joke. They are angry that so many of their pilots switched to W6 over the years.
DeleteHow yes no. JU's pilots have bigger salaries than OU's, so crews are leaving Croatia to Wizz. And this "winter network joke" is about 2.5 times larger than OU, which is not a joke, but pathetic.
DeleteYes but W6's pilots have better salaries and work conditions than JU, that's why many left.
DeleteThat's not true at all. W6 is famous for employee harassment, especially towards cabin crews. Pilots are also staying only until they find better opportunity. Thats's why they organise recruiting every few weeks all around the region and promise dream jobs. But that's advertising only
DeleteGet the popcorn out
ReplyDeleteSerbia always provides that
DeleteFor God sake, even Forin Banks mast be registered in Serbia as local and follow the low in place. That applies to Chinese, USA. Italian, Swiss, Russian and all other banks, Hungarian as well ❤️🩹. There is no reason that Wizz not open LLC in BGD
DeleteI wish Serbia would just say "this is misunderstanding, W6 base will be able to continue to operate". But they didn't, so...
ReplyDeleteSame way Air Serbia can't open a base in Ljubljana, Madrid or Copenhagen.
DeleteTrue. Why EU companies can open bases in Serbia and Serbian cant.
DeleteBecause Air Serbia is not an LCC and Serbia as a country profits from W6's presence.
DeleteJU is incompetent obviously if they are running to mommy.
Air Serbia does not want to open a base in Copenhagen.
DeleteYet W6 wants a base in BEG. Also Serbs want W6 here so this is a non-democratic move by the Serbian government, Marek and Malovic.
DeleteNo, this is actually democratic reciprocity to EU bans JU open base in EU. If you are partners, both should have the same rights, don't they?
DeleteIs it anywhere legally stated it's prohibited to open a base as a Serbian airline? Cause I'm pretty sure they can but simply makes no sense. Cause from a hypothetical Copenhagen base a Serbian carrier can only fly to Serbian destinations so Belgrade, Nis and Kraljevo, just like an EU airline can only fly to EU destinations from Belgrade. That hypothetical Serbian airline will not be able to fly Copenhagen to Berlin just like Wizz can't fly Belgrade to Nis. It's not that JU can't open a base, it's more than it wouldn't make any sense to do so... Ultimately what people don't seem to get is that in this agreement the EU despite being 27 countries is acting like 1 country with the same rights and obligations as Serbia as the 2 are parties in the contract, they both willingly signed. EU is not screwing Serbia over, cause it accepted the agreement it wasn't forced to, but saw the benefits in. There were other options to take, like look at Turkiye, however Serbia gained more to open up than not doing it and Air Serbia's success today is the result of this reality
DeleteThank you, this was needed.
DeleteYou being "pretty sure" is baseless
DeleteTo obtain full EU operating rights, the airline would need to establish an airline holding an EU Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and majority EU ownership and control.
Air Serbia cannot simply base aircraft in, say, Italy and start operating unlimited domestic Italian flights (Rome–Milan, Milan–Naples, etc.) because those are EU internal cabotage rights reserved for EU carriers.
Likewise, it cannot freely operate routes between two EU countries
At the end of the day, Serbia needs W6 more than W6 needs Serbia. Those are facts. Air Serbia won't grow after this, they will just increase fares.
DeleteStorm in a teacup. They have 260 aircraft. by november they will have like 270. They can't really be bothered about 4-5 aircraft base. Worst case they will fly to Belgrade from all their EU bases and that's it.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is most fair. JU can't open a base in let's say LJU (which would not be a big stretch to base a few planes there), so why should W3 have a base at BEG w/o registering a local business.
DeleteJU can open a base in LJU if it first secures a special permit. They can't do it freely but they can. Just like non-EU carriers can secure 5th freedom rights within the Union.
DeleteMany destinations like those in Spain will be cut because Wizz Air can't operate W flights from other bases, they are too far.
indeed JU can open a base in LJU if they find a 51% partner company from anywhere in the EU
DeleteSo there's an easy solution for Wizz - register an airline in Serbia or find a partner to help you. I am pretty sure they can do it alone.
DeleteAnd you think JU won't sabotage this move? If Wizz is chased away from BEG, I see them dumping capacity to BEG from other bases and killing off JU.
DeleteW6 has deep pockets and they can afford to bleed JU dry.
Wizz will not bother with that, they will just leave
DeleteWell that just means they don't find the Serbian market interesting/profitable enough and that is okay. What is not okay is for them to operate under different set of rules.
DeleteNo, they won't and you can see from this article. Wizz is known to respond to JU every time, this will be no exception.
Delete@Anon 15:13 If they managed to pull Wizz Bulgaria, Wizz Ukraine, Wizz Abu Dhabi, Wizz UK and Wizz Malta, they could surely manage Wizz Serbia as well. If they wanted to.
Deletewhere is WizzBulgaria??? Wizz Malta has nothing to with Malta
DeleteIts registered in Malta. so it has a lot with Malta as a company.
DeleteOn a side note, if they would have acquired Serbian AOC, they could fly to locations that were forbidden to them with Hungarian and Maltese planes. Such as Montenegro, Caucasus region (Armenia and/or Georgia), Israel (maybe not at the moment), Jordan, etc.
Yes, exactly. And without those destinations they're pretty useless in BEG in terms of network.
DeleteAnd they pay taxes to Malta
DeleteThere is a really simple way for Wizz to circumvent this: Get a Serbian AOC like you have in The UK and on Malta and then there won’t be issues of this sort.
ReplyDeleteAirSerbia would not be allowed to open a base in any EU city and fly to other EU cities without a transit stop in Belgrade, so why would Wizz have the right to the same in Belgrade? That is an unfair advantage they’ve been enjoying for over 15 years and are now crying over the advantage being withdrawn. The benefits were given to them at a time when the connectivity from BEG was much more limited than it is today.
you cannot be for real.
Deletethey will not give them permission for it (to protect JU, and thats the only point of this rule).
and Irronically if they give them, the pressure on JU will be even bigger, their lucrative MNE market will be gone sooner than you think.
"AirSerbia would not be allowed to open a base in any EU city and fly to other EU cities without a transit stop in Belgrade, so why would Wizz have the right to the same in Belgrade?"
DeleteBecause that is the law and the regulation that your country signed up to. Next question?
Are you the one who kept writing next earlier today?
DeleteThere is regulation which allows JU to open a base in the EU.
1) There is no limitation on flights in and out of Serbia to any destination, operated by any airline - just on basing the aircraft that is outside Serbian registry in Serbian Airports. So Open Sky has not been violated.
Delete2) Wizz was allowed to open a base in the pre expansion era of Serbian aviation and the situation 15 years ago is substantially different to what is today
3) If they obtain a Serbian AOC - they can continue with their Belgrade base - but would then be regulated by DCV which they are trying to avoid.
4) Air Serbia applied for permits and was not allowed to base aircrafts in Slovenia when Adria went under. It does not have any rights to base planes anywhere outside if Serbia
DeleteJU never tried to open a base in Slovenia
DeleteIt certainly did
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/07/air-serbia-open-to-future-airline.html
In the past, the Serbian carrier has explored other opportunities to base operations in other markets. The airline presented plans to establish flights from Ljubljana to several European destinations in September 2020. The then CEO of the carrier, Duncan Naysmith, was accompanied to Ljubljana by Luka Tomić, the head of the Cabinet of the Serbian Minister for Finance, as well as the then-assistant in charge for aviation from the Serbian Ministry for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Zoran Ilić, where they held talks with the Slovenian Ministry for Infrastructure. “Air Serbia presented its proposal for linking Slovenia with nonstop flights to key markets, as well as flights via Belgrade. The airline outlined potential plans to open a base in Ljubljana, acquire a Slovenian Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), presented its strategy and network, and potential routes from Slovenia”, documents from the Slovenian Ministry for Infrastructure show. The Serbian carrier has since given up on the idea, focusing instead on developing its Belgrade hub.
Yeah it gave up because it decided so. It didn't give up because Slovenia or someone else blocked them like Serbia is blocking W6.
DeleteOpen companies in countries with such laws. Like Wizz Abu Dhabi or Wizz Georgia. Ovde je zamena teza. Iznose profit, a nece da registruju kompaniju u Srbiji. Uradite, pa cete moci da letite
ReplyDeleteWizz Georgia? 😂😂
DeleteNobody is protecting W6 to base planes at BCN, MAD, HAM, BER, BGY and flies towards BEG. But that comes with the a lot higher price. They want to base planes at BEG for a small money flies towards EU and pay taxes to EU. Unlike UK, where they are paying taxes to UK. Is that really fair business?
DeleteYou are comparing UK to Serbia? Also, Wizz is listed on the London Stock Exchange by the way.
DeleteYes, of course. Every market is different. What's wrong with that?
DeleteThis just refelects Serbia's very lacklusture path towards the EU. Oh gosh Serbia wake up and get rid of these SNS nutters and embrace your position in Europe. I can imagine the anger of the average Serbian who wants to go to Barcelona with Wizz when they realise their own government wants to make it harder and more expensive to fly. Madness in the extreme from a lost government.
ReplyDeleteThis is actually Serbia waking up, but toward the EU and withdrawing almost two-decade long benefits EU carriers enjoyed while Serbian ones got nothing in return.
DeleteThis has nothing to do with the EU. Serbs are not in favor of the membership and right now only 38% support it.
DeleteThis has to do with JU being incompetent and angry that they can't beat W6.
"This is actually Serbia waking up, but toward the EU and withdrawing almost two-decade long benefits EU carriers enjoyed while Serbian ones got nothing in return."
DeleteThat is the whole point of the rules. The benefits are not for the airlines but for the passengers. JU is already highly profitable, so what more do you want? Even higher prices?
JU is already extremely expensive.
DeleteWhat more do I want? I want the EU to respect the same rules their "partners" respect.
Delete"What more do I want? I want the EU to respect the same rules their "partners" respect."
DeleteFirst you need to understand these rules, then maybe you will not get angry once you realise your comments make no sense.
Can Wizz open subsidiary in Serbia, with local AoC, similiar to UK and Malta?
ReplyDeleteYes, if they think it's worth it. Those things cost time and money.
Deleteyou cannot compare any of the ExYu markets to London. Malta is not for Malta but EU-wide. They would have done it already at both their ExYu basis.
Deletetheir fearce reaction says they probably arent interested
DeleteBasing aircraft at CPH also cost money, a lot more than at BEG. Wizz should pay taxes in Serbia, since it base aircrafts at BEG and transport mostly Serbian pax.
DeleteWhat are you talking about?! Nobody in the world requests that!
DeleteNow it's time for the EU to ban JU from carrying transfers within the Union via BEG.
ReplyDeleteIf Wizz Air can't have a base then JU shouldn't profit from the EU single market.
Croatia tried to ban them some years ago but it was put to rest by politics. Maybe it's time for JU to get a taste of its own medicine. I can see people boycotting JU.
If you remove 40% of their transfers, from a marketshare of some 50%, then you can see that JU actually carries around 30% of O&D market.
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DeleteYou know they can't really retaliate against JU since JU is not doing anything contrary to Open Skies? CAA is literally enforcing the agreement to the latter, Wizz is basically operating on a good-will basis. With EU relations souring the goodwill is dwindling down.
DeleteEU cannot ban transfer traffic through Serbia. What the hell are you even on about
DeleteEU may force JU not to base planes on it's territory. Oh, wait...
DeleteYes, if you are not from the EU you can't freely offer connections within the EU. Same way Canadian companies can't offer transfers within the US via their hubs. Croatia already tried to ban JU some years ago.
DeleteThe EU turned a blind eye towards TK and JU but it might change that.
"Yes, if you are not from the EU you can't freely offer connections within the EU. Same way Canadian companies can't offer transfers within the US via their hubs."
DeleteNot the same continent, not the same legal framework, not the same competition policy, not even the same bilateral agreement because the US is a country and the EU is an institution.
CAA is not enforcing agreement to the letter, but chenges it implementation by writtenorder that was put in place in March. This order is cancelling word “unlimited” which is pritty self explanatory even for average bot. There is a lot of Air Serbia and SNS cheering here that has very little ot no substantial knowledge on the matter.
DeleteYes yes, everyone I don't agree is a (party) bot blah blah. Such a tiresome argument.
DeleteYes they are a party bot because no one besides JU and SNS bots can support this decision.
DeleteWizz Air will be chased away, Air Serbia won't grow to compensate but their fares will explode. Marek will brag about record profits and how they are so smart and competent. They will ignore this action.
ReplyDeleteThis won't go down well with people and I see many on purpose avoiding JU.
Avoiding JU and doing what? The biggest competitor will be gone. People will moan but in the end they will pay up and fly Air Serbia.
DeleteMarek is already bragging and JU already have record profits. Obviously W6 is not an issue for JU, looking previous 12 years.
DeleteSo why can't he retain emloyees with record profits?
DeleteBecause unnecessary employees negatively impact profits? Are you 12 years old?
DeleteYou missed the point so read more carefully before insulting others. Are you a JU employee? For days now you keep insulting people who dare oppose JU
DeleteSerbia never fails to entertain, thats for sure :)
ReplyDeleteI wonder if there is any clause within the Belgrade Airport concession agreement regarding Serbia's continued membership in the ECAA agreement? Because if there is, any such move would clearly violate that.
ReplyDeleteThis does not affect ECAA in any way as Serbia says they will start applying it in full (no exceptions) from Nov.
DeleteIt actually does. This is like the laws Serbia tried to pass only to backtrack in the end.
DeleteSerbia won't dare implement this.
Serbia backtracked because of political and financial pressure that the colonial center exerted, not because the laws clashed with any intl treaties.
DeleteWho is to blame here? Here you see a situation where you need Wizz Air because Air Serbia did not grow and fill the empty space. If JU was more like A3 or LO LCCs wouldn't have such an easy job growing here.
DeleteIt’s a little bit funny that Wizz Air is kinda oldest operator in BEG, they started in 2011 and Air Serbia started in 2013.
ReplyDeleteIncorrect. Next.
DeleteOh calm down, lighten up lol
DeleteVery correct, next.
DeleteGrow up, it's the same airline
DeleteTuzla bi mogla profitirati iz ovoga,ako Wizz povuce bazu.
ReplyDeleteLet's speak about Montenegro : they have national carrier, they have not joined EU (yet) and W6 has just open a base there.
ReplyDeleteSo?
Deleteits on their way to EU. what do you want to discuss?
DeleteIs it possible for wizzair to register Wizzair Serbia, fully owned by wizzair and continue operations?
ReplyDeleteThey can't just register, they need to be given an AOC (from the same directorate that is pushing them out)
DeleteThey will be granted AOC. In 6-7 years. Meanwhile, that one paper would be missing
DeleteThat's your imaginary opinion, not a fact
DeleteYea, this is a big tantrum considering they haven't even mentioned the possibility of registering in the country they have a base in.
DeleteThis is all about registration, they need to register as serbian based company wizz and thats all, no reason to dramatize all of this, like you have wizz malta, bulgaria, why there is no wizz serbia, is that a problem of any kind?
ReplyDeleteThere is no Wizz Air Bulgaria for years now. Wizz Air Malta is for a completely different reason. Wizz Air Serbia will never happen, they are not going to register a new airline which cost a lot just to have 4 aircraft.
Deleteagain bulgaria there is no wizz bulgaria.... you will never learn.
Deleteand again wizzair malta ... its not for Malta its for the whole EU. They dont register a subsidiary for 4-5 aircrafts. Wizzair Malta has 112 aircrafts
Wizz Air Bulgaria was before EU. That's was founded to fly from Sofia to non-EU destinations.
Delete+1
DeleteAlso SOF-VAR domestic
Still no sensible answer to why not get Serbian AOC? They claim investment of hundreds of millions in Serbia, so getting an AOC is peanuts compared to that. Bring ONE sensible reason why not?
DeleteSerbs won't let them have AOC they protect JU
DeleteHow do you know that, their application has been pending for years or outright rejected? I'm not buying into Wizz's press release, no mention why they can't (better saying won't) register. Lucky for them the Serbian gov sucks at PR, so Wizz takes the win.
DeleteAre you that naive? Air Serbia got the government to shut W6 base in BEG, do you really think they will allow Wizz Air to get Serbian AOC and to launch flights to TIV, MOW, IST.... of course not. Wake up.
DeleteBoycott JU! Fly with LH Group and others.
ReplyDeleteCalm down
DeleteVery possible JU had no idea and that’s just couple of geniuses in the government.
DeleteDon't be so naive. I think in last year we have found how parallel system works
DeleteThis has JU written all over this
DeleteHaha, I was thinking about that yesterday, it just made me laugh. I thought about what would happen if Wizz Air went bankrupt, how it would affect airports in Eastern Europe, and I said to myself, "JU will react quickly, three A320s are enough," and honestly, I still have that opinion.😁😁😁😁
ReplyDeleteThis will cause BEG to reduce fees, FR will come and W6 will stay.
ReplyDeleteNo reasonable excuse for not getting Wizz Serbian AOC and registering Belgrade aircraft with YU country code. Think of the benefits, for example Wizz would be able to fly between Belgrade and Montenegro!
ReplyDeleteLol, on time when Hungarian oil company try to stiff NIS. Just cute 🥰
ReplyDeleteBetter late than never. Long overdue. Wizz Air should shut up and simply get Serbian AOC. Or BEG should invite Ryanair on routes not operated by JU.
ReplyDelete"Or BEG should invite Ryanair on routes not operated by JU."
DeleteI don't think you understand the concept of Open Skies.
Many Serbs do not. But SNS ones do
DeleteDid Bosnia "force the airline out of" Tuzla? Absolutely not. This is just Wizz being drama queen for not getting their way.
ReplyDeleteOnly delusional people believe CAD will give Wizz Serbian AOC.
ReplyDeleteIt's their main argument, why are you ruining it for them? :)
DeleteThey will never get the AOC.
DeleteThis is the result of JU barely growing for two years. Without W6 BEG would be in trouble. This shows JU management is incapable of beating W6.
ReplyDeleteThis is reported everywhere and comments are very negative towards JU. This is bad PR for them.
For sure, JU's results totally prove your opinion, pardon point.
DeleteThey actually do because the moment Wizz Air started to expand in BEG, JU started to experience slow growth. So what do they do? They run to the government.
DeleteIt’s clear that Air Serbia is losing the battle, hence the need for desperate measures by the government
ReplyDeleteSomething tells me this is all MOL negotiations. Anyways I would not drop a tear coz of them,
ReplyDeleteSo you obviously don't fly out of BEG or you do but you work for JU so you have cheap tickets.
DeleteWhatever comes out of this mess, i hope that in the end Wizz stays or Ryanair or Easyjet open a base and start flying Belgrade-CG twenty times daily.
ReplyDeleteI have the feeling that just flying between those two places would warrant getting that goddamn AOC.
Yeah. The Serbia/Montenegro market is the golden goose of Ex-Yu aviation.
DeleteBuHuHu, low cost airlines are the sorriest thing that ever happened to aviation.
ReplyDeleteWhatever happens-Belgrade airport and Vinci will be the loosers...
ReplyDeleteNo, the biggest losers will be the passengers.
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