Air Serbia to resume a further nineteen routes

Air Serbia has outlined the resumption of over a dozen destinations as it continues to rebuild its network throughout June. The carrier has confirmed it will reinstate operations from Belgrade to Athens, Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, Bucharest, Dusseldorf, Copenhagen, Istanbul, Larnaca, Milan, Stockholm, Sofia, Stuttgart, Prague, Rome, Tel Aviv, Thessaloniki, Tirana and Zagreb between June 15 and June 21. These will complement the four routes the carrier resumed last week, including Frankfurt, Vienna, London Heathrow and Zurich, as well as destinations which will be reintroduced over the next two weeks, among which are Amsterdam, Paris, Ljubljana, Banja Luka, Sarajevo, Skopje, Podgorica, Tivat and New York.

May 21 - June 21 operations (correct as of May 24)

Destination	Resumption date
Frankfurt, Zurich	May 21
Vienna, London	May 24
Ljubljana	May 29
Paris, Amsterdam	May 31
Podgorica, Tivat	June 1
Sarajevo	June 4
Banja Luka, Skopje	June 5
New York	June 6
Sofia, Tirana, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Copenhagen, Athens, Thessaloniki, Rome, Milan, Prague, Bucharest, Istanbul	June 15
Zagreb, Brussels, Larnaca, Berlin	June 16
Stockholm, Tel Aviv	June 17
Barcelona	June 20

Services making a return to the network in June will initially operate with significantly fewer frequencies than initially planned for the 2020 summer season, prior to the onset of the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. Frequencies on regional routes which are launching in late May and early June will increase during the second half of next month. The Serbian carrier has confirmed that flights to Helsinki, Malta, Rijeka, Cairo and Beirut will not be returning to its network for the time being and have been categorised as temporarily suspended. Planned new services for 2020, which included Lviv, Amman, Florence, Chisinau, Rostov on Don and Geneva have also been shelved.

Air Serbia has noted that the scope of its services will ultimately depend on the decisions and guidelines of national, foreign, and international bodies and civil aviation authorities, and on the changes in the travel restrictions valid in the countries the carrier serves. Commenting on its ongoing operations, Air Serbia’s CEO, Duncan Naysmith, said last week, “We want to reassure our passengers that we have undertaken and implemented all necessary measures, in accordance with the highest safety and hygiene standards, as well as instructions from local and international regulatory bodies. We have also proactively introduced many measures which are above the industry standards to further safeguard our passengers and crew. As always, the safety of our passengers and crew members are our first priority”.