Air Serbia will add additional departures on its newly launched two weekly Niš – Vienna service during the upcoming holiday period. The airline will double operations between the two cities to four weekly from December 22 until January 9, with additional flights on Tuesdays and Saturdays, complementing the existing Wednesday and Sunday service. The carrier will continue to deploy the ATR72-600 aircraft between the two cities. Air Serbia launched operations between the two on October 25, replacing Ryanair which has exited the market.
Good to see the route is performing well
ReplyDeleteGreat news. Hopefully FR come back one day, but till then this is welcome.
ReplyDeleteHopefully not. Ever! They are not reliable and not committed to Serbian (or any) market, so no one needs them. Farewell FR!
DeleteHope them come back. They are the biggest airline in Europe for a reason.
DeleteThey really will need extra ATRs
ReplyDeleteThis route is a no-brainer; it has a potential to grow even more, ATR is ideal for it to make a profit
ReplyDeleteThis route really should be daily with the ATR a perfect fit.
ReplyDeleteI've always believed Air Serbia could do a lot more at INI with the ATRs. Daily to Vienna, several weekly to Istanbul for eastward connections with TK and double daily to BEG for all connections within its own BEG network. And keep Athens and Tivat in summer for holidays. And you have everything covered with the right amount of capacity and very little investment. Now that Ryanair is away would be a perfect moment to execute such a strategy.
ReplyDeleteDouble daily would be a good idea, only the ATR42 fan thinks that.
DeleteAgree except that two daily flights between two airports within 250km distance is not a best way to utilise your resources.
DeleteI would rather see more flights from INI to western cities
The physical proximity is irrelevant here. I'm sure that a lot more than 150 people travel daily from South Serbia to Surčin to catch a flight. Why not save them the hassle and tie their loyalty to ASL by offering daily connections in both ways? Clearly, this would not be for P2P pax.
DeleteIts very relevant mate.
DeleteBut two days ago we saw that experts wrote here that AT42 is a loss making plane and no transfers are needed between BEG and INI, TSR, TZL or OSI. Probably OS was stupid to fly VIE-GRZ for 50 years or still flies VIE-BUD twice a day.
DeleteYou clearly are NOT an expert.
DeleteWe wrote that ATR42 is loss-making aircraft for non-PSO routes. For PSO routes every aircraft is profit-making.
DeleteVIE-GRZ is closing due to huge loss route made in the last few years. That tells something.
And Graz is a rich place..
DeleteThree differences, though: (1) Graz has a functioning rail connection to Vienna, and Vienna has a functioning rail connection to the airport. Big difference. You can leave, like, every half hour and be at the airport predictably within 3 hours. (2) Short flights to Vienna were subject to a punitive surcharge meant to discourage flying. (3) The EU airline market is thoroughly liberalized, meaning that there are other options directly from Graz. This makes it harder for Austrian to compete with their one-stop option. Many of those competing options benefit Lufthansa, which controls Austrian's decisions. And there you have it. Not a comparable situation to INI
DeleteThat all being correcr doesnt make Nis a lucrative market though. No matter your wishful thinking.
DeleteIdemo dalje ..
ReplyDeleteThis is just for holydays.
ReplyDeleteEven a daily INI to BEG would be a huge improvement from what we get now.
ReplyDeleteAre you from Nis by any chance lol.
DeleteI also believe that JU could do much more in INI with ATRs. I wish INI to grow even more, we saw that INI has potential, but JU is not interested in growing in INI while they have many more profitable routes to grow from BEG. INI should get free and start discussions with LCC to come back and grow. INI region is price sensitive, but LCC could do wonders. Many people would travel from Belgrade to fly from INI if there is nice offer of destinations.
ReplyDeleteIsnt it better if they just operate daily or at least five weekly flights with a W rotation? BEG-VIE-INI-VIE-BEG?
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