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Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, has said services to India are not on the airline’s radar in the short-term. Speaking at the CAPA Airline Leader Summit in Belgrade, the carrier’s CEO noted, “During Covid there was an extreme inflow of tourism from India. This was a result of a travel bubble during the pandemic. It was a niche that worked during Covid, and some airlines were influenced to increase flights to Belgrade as a result of that demand but at the moment it is not on our radar for the next couple of years”. The Serbian government had previously said it would be willing to subsidise flights between the two countries.
BEG would be a great stopover for flights on the way to YYZ from India. 4.5 million Indians live in Canada.
ReplyDeleteI don't think India or the Indian subcontinent is on anyone's mind in the Balkans. For business or pleasure, it's a dead end. Good move Marek.
ReplyDeleteYes because the Balkan peninsula is a fine example by which we should measure success.
DeleteIn my opinion India should be on their radar. It's the most populous country in the world, their economy is booming and Indians today have a lot of disposable income. They don't have to consider DEL which might be challenging due to geopolitical risks. However, Hyderabad could be a good choice for them given the economic development in the region.
Also don't forget that TK is blocked from expanding in India and so are the MEB3. BEG is also quite a bit to the south so it doesn't have to overfly that many war zones.
That could work if visa regime would go down. For now, no chance
DeleteWhy not? JU and BEG could be a convenient transfer option to the mega hubs out there.
DeleteHave logic. Only how I could see that this rout would work is to have major part of passengers connecting in Belgrade to continue there travels to Germany, or Italy because there is big diaspora in these two countries
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