Carriers continue to amend their schedules to former Yugoslav markets amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, which has driven up jet fuel prices across Europe. Airlines are revising their operations, with short-term frequency cuts primarily impacting April and May. It follows the earlier cancellation of over 450 flights in April.

TAROM Romanian Airlines will temporarily suspend services between Bucharest and Belgrade from April 9 until May 10. During this period, the carrier had planned to maintain three weekly flights. Furthermore, Air Cairo is reducing operations on its Hurghada – Belgrade route from five to three weekly services during April.

Turkish Airlines is scaling back operations on its Istanbul – Zagreb route. Having initially scheduled 21 weekly services throughout April, the airline now expects to run between eighteen and twenty flights per week for most of the month. A similar adjustment is being made in Ljubljana, where operations have been trimmed from the originally planned eighteen weekly to between fifteen and seventeen.

LOT Polish Airlines is also cutting back services to several destinations across the region. In Podgorica, frequencies will drop from eight weekly to 6 – 7 in April, while in May they will decrease from ten to nine weekly. In Skopje, operations will be reduced from seven weekly to between four and six in April, and to six weekly in May, compared to the initial plan of seven. The carrier will also scale down Dubrovnik services during select weeks in April from three to two weekly, while in May, Split will see two to three weekly rotations for most of the month, down from the planned four.

SunExpress has postponed the relaunch of its seasonal Izmir – Skopje service. Originally due to resume on April 17, flights will now begin on May 1.

AJet is lowering frequencies on its Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen – Skopje route during May, reducing operations from seven weekly to five to six. Likewise, services between Istanbul and Pristina will decrease from six to between three and five weekly over the same period.

From April 20, Pegasus Airlines will cut back flights between Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen and Pristina from the planned fourteen weekly to twelve weekly until mid-May.

Volotea is halving capacity between Bordeaux and Dubrovnik from two to one weekly in April. Similarly, in Split, both Bordeaux and Nantes routes will be reduced from two to one weekly.

SAS, which had planned to maintain a weekly Copenhagen – Split service throughout April, will temporarily suspend operations between April 18 and May 2. Smartwings also intends to scale back services to Croatia’s second-largest city in May, operating four to five weekly rotations instead of seven until May 25.

Ryanair is reducing frequencies between Zagreb and Paphos from the initially planned five weekly to four.

Finally, Aegean Airlines will conclude its new seasonal Thessaloniki – Dubrovnik service, launching this June, a week earlier than initially planned, with the last flight now scheduled for September 11 instead of September 18.