NEWS FLASH
The expansion of Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport is progressing steadily, with much of the current focus on the upcoming 2,800-square-meter Central Plaza located behind the duty-free area. New branded shops including Ralph Lauren, Boss and Victoria’s Secrete have opened at the Central Plaza with Michael Kors and multibrand store concept Urban Attitude set to follow. Two dedicated children’s shops, Candy Fair and Toy Fair, are also set to open their doors inside the Central Plaza, alongside a specialised souvenir store Belgrade Market. Greenery will be sporadically placed in the area, including linden and oak trees and planters with bushy greenery. The idea of a canopy as a gathering place has been inspired by the tradition of Belgrade taverns, which often have a terrace or a balcony in the shade of large trees. The Old Town Bistro, as a concept interpreted in a contemporary way, has been given as part of the task for restaurant lessees who will make up part of the Central Zone.
Belgrade Airport recently opened its overhauled main runway with the inserted runway (pictured) now closed for traffic. Work is being carried to transition the inserted runway into a parallel taxiway. Once work is completed, the four new rapid exit taxiways will be opened for use. Belgrade Airport has identified runway occupancy time as its most constraining capacity factor with Eurocontrol this year.
Twenty passport eGates have recently been introduced at the airport, with ten installed at both departure and arrival areas. For departures, passengers scan their passports using the automated machines and then proceed to a designated counter located just behind the eGates to have their passports stamped, as this remains a standard procedure in certain European countries utilising eGates. For arrivals, no additional steps are required. Currently, the eGates are available exclusively to Serbian passport holders aged eighteen and above.
Work is progressing on a new hangar in the airport's maintenance area. Although official confirmation is still pending, it is widely speculated that the facility will accommodate a new aircraft operated by the Government of Serbia. Additionally, construction is underway on apron A, resulting in the partial closure of taxiway G.
I just wish best beer in the world Salto Pale Ale will be around somewhere in BEG.
ReplyDeleteGood taste, i like their wheat beer too.
Delete@Anon 1332 Have you tasted Kabinet Plavo? :)
DeleteAny dates for the new JU premium lounge and BEG business club openings that they announced?
ReplyDeleteBefore start of summer season.
DeletePoor retail offer
ReplyDeleteThat just started opening stores but you know it's a poor retail offer. Congratulations.
DeleteWhy poor? They have a great and really large well stocked duty free which also has two cafe bars inside, there and new restaurants opening and now branded stores. Complaining as a national sport.
DeleteActually the only Victoria Secrete and Ralph Lauren stores in Serbia are at BEG. I believe this is the first ever Ralph Laren store in Serbia.
DeletePeople who shop at airports are the weirdest, to be honest.
DeletePoor retail offer? Maybe at your airport. Belgrade had Victoria's Secret and Boss stores for more than a decade. Now with Ralph Lauren and luxury goods section at the Duty Free Shop it is miles above others in the exyu region.
Delete@15:40 there is a Ralph Lauren store at Galerija.
DeleteIn the ex Zulu region? That’s a high bar lol.
DeleteIn the ex-YU region? That’s a high bar lol.
DeleteAlso, imagine being triggered when someone criticizes…airport shops.
You are making a comment on a blog dedicated to Ex-Yu aviation but making fun of it for not being a "high bar"??? Why waste your time here insted of making comments on some blog dedicated to some "high bar" airport like Singapore?
DeleteImagine someone being triggered by Belgrade airport retail calling it "poor retail offer"? Of the top 5 busiest airports in the Ex-Yu region, Belgrade is the only one with world-class brand retail stores - not brands available at the Duty Free Stores, but a dedicated store. Other airports don't have not even one standalone premium retail brand such as Dior, Armani, Boss or Gucci, but Belgrade has multiple and had them for more than a decade. Imagine the depravation of the person who called Belgrade airport out for "poor retail offer". You should be triggered by that.
When I was flying in september Vicotria’s secret was closed. Has it opened now? The Duty free area is really nice, but the low ceiling in certain parts of the airport is atrocious…..
ReplyDeletewait I see it now sorry…
DeleteYes, it's a new Victoria Secrete. Used to be at another location.
DeleteI saw on arrivals, that on the left side there are still works underway. Probably they will accommodate rent a car agencies
ReplyDeleteStill a lot to do, they are bit slow with shops/restaurants/cafés but I hope when all is done it should look nice, at least much better vs. old one.
ReplyDeleteProbably the only airport in Europe that don’t have a wide, high ceiling main area when you enter the building at the main terminal (2). You just enter some low ceiling corridors - awkward and poor. Shame on you Vinci - we had it 40 years ago, but not today.
ReplyDeleteWhat does the high ceiling do? Waste of space and not needed . It looks great to me .
DeleteAmen, low ceilings ruined the whole reno
DeleteDidn't BEG have low ceilings since the 2006 reconstruction?
DeleteI don’t remember the departures area being that low. They just extended the departure level concrete floor out towards the windows. That meant that the check in area felt low compared to the open celing check in area before that (remember the DC-10 hanging from the ceiling). They have now reduced the departure area as well. The whole Vinci fit out is cheap. And no, other Vinci airports don’t look and feel like this.
DeleteBelgrade is now starting to look better than Vinci's Lisbon. When all mentioned stores are open it will look great.
DeleteI wish there were more local brands at the airport, it would be great for transfer passengers. Having the big name brands is too cliche, you can literally buy them anywhere at any airport in the world. Except maybe North Korea.
ReplyDeleteConstant moaning about everything is also another well known local cliche.
DeleteFood&beverage outlets are local brands. For example Kafeterija instead of Starbucks, Хлеб&Кифле instead of Pret a Manger or whatever your local outlet is. If you read the article you would have seen local names like Belgrade Market as well. Dedicated stores from big name brands like Polo Ralph Lauren, Boss, Victoria’s Secret and Michael Kors are what travellers at busy intercontinental destinations like Belgrade come to expec.
DeleteThat floor and ceiling... like 90s shopping malls..
ReplyDeleteI was in BEG summer of 2021 and 2022 when the construction was ongoing. The newer parts that were opened at the time, I also noticed the lower ceilings.
ReplyDeleteAre they done with the exterior construction like the parking areas and the approach to the terminal building? How is the whole experience in renting a car at BEG?
I think overall the airport will look great.