Air Serbia continues to tweak its summer schedule ahead of its official start in just over two weeks. The airline currently plans to operate some 32.579 scheduled flights during the season, representing an increase of 7.2% year-on-year or up by 2.197. The carrier has 3.887.424 seats on sale, up 5.7% compared to last year. However, the ongoing war in the Middle East could impact demand to traditionally strong markets within Air Serbia’s network, such as Turkey and Cyprus. Last year, charter demand to Egypt was also affected by the conflict in Gaza. Over the past week, Air Serbia has delayed the resumption of its seasonal service to Izmir, which will now return on May 23, instead of the initially planned April 1. Furthermore, flights to Ankara will resume on April 4 as scheduled, although they will operate once per week instead of two weekly until mid-May.
As recently reported, Air Serbia will increase frequencies between Belgrade and Tivat during the peak of the upcoming summer season. The carrier has added four additional weekly departures to the coastal city compared to last year, for a total of 41 weekly rotations during July and August. The increase will complement Athens and Vienna, which will also see four extra weekly flights, bringing their totals to eighteen and 21 weekly services, respectively. During the peak summer months, Brussels, Budapest, Milan and Bucharest will each have two additional weekly departures compared to last year. Meanwhile, Berlin, Bari, Florence, Istanbul, Lisbon, Madrid, Malta, Moscow, Nice, Oslo, Prague, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Tirana and Varna will each see one additional weekly rotation during the peak season.
Routes with fewer flights during the peak summer months compared to last year include Zagreb, which will operate thirteen weekly services instead of fifteen, Barcelona, which will run nine instead of ten weekly, and Heraklion, scheduled at three weekly flights instead of four. Unlike last summer, the carrier will no longer serve Lyon, with the route discontinued at the end of last summer. Air Serbia will also introduce five new routes this summer, starting April 30, including Santorini, Baku, Toronto, Alicante and Seville.
