Low cost carrier Eurowings will launch flights between Cologne and Belgrade, replacing its existing Dusseldorf service, which is being discontinued. The new seasonal route will commence on July 17 and operate twice per week, on Mondays and Fridays. Eurowings will face no direct competition on the route, with Cologne ranking among Belgrade’s busiest unserved destinations. The city pair was previously served by Eurowings’ predecessor Germanwings between September 2006 and January 2012. Wizz Air had planned to introduce flights between the two cities in 2020 but cancelled the service due to the coronavirus pandemic. More recently, Air Serbia launched operations between Belgrade and Cologne in May 2023, before discontinuing the route in January 2024.

Cologne will become Belgrade Airport’s fifteenth new route in 2026. Further flight details can be found here. However, the new service will act as a substitute for Eurowings’ flights between Dusseldorf and the Serbian capital, which have operated on a seasonal basis since 2022. On the route, the low cost carrier competed directly against Air Serbia, which maintains year-round operations. During the upcoming summer season, Air Serbia will run daily flights between the two cities, while Eurowings had planned up to three weekly rotations. With the addition of Cologne, Belgrade Airport will now boast flights to thirteen different cities in Germany, with Frankfurt leading the way with 34 weekly flights during the summer.

As previously reported, Eurowings has implemented significant cuts to its network in the former Yugoslavia for the upcoming summer season, making it the airline with the largest reduction in both flights and capacity. During the peak travel months of June, July and August, the carrier has removed more than 140 one-way flights from Germany to markets in the former Yugoslavia, or over 280 flights when return services are taken into account. As a result, close to 40.000 seats have been wiped out from the market.