NEWS FLASH
Air Serbia will resume flights between Belgrade and Nice next summer after a two-year hiatus. Services will commence on April 14 and run twice per week, each Thursday and Sunday, with the Airbus A319 aircraft. It comes just two days after Wizz Air announced the launch of the same route from March 29. The Serbian carrier introduced seasonal flights to Nice in 2019. The route briefly operated in the summer of 2020 but was promptly suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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ReplyDeleteAren't you witty.
DeleteNice.
ReplyDeleteWell said sir
DeleteThis is what I like to hear, competition.
ReplyDeleteShame they didn't have enough aircraft to put it on Sunday afternoon. But it's still better than Saturday.
ReplyDeleteThey got more than enough money now from the generous subsidies.
ReplyDeleteYou are sounding like a broken record. Didn't see you annoyed about the money TAP and Airbaltic received from their governments this week.
DeleteWhen did this blog start to report about airlines outside of ExYu?
DeleteThey got money from subsidies to do better job so they do! What is your point anon 13.58?!
DeletePoint is some neighbors can't deal with Air Serbia success. Subsidies are handed out in LJU, SKP, ZAG, TGD etc but that doesn't bother them.
DeleteAir Botswana and Air Congo are getting subsidies too. You're so right anon 14
DeleteFirst of all, what's wrong if flag carrier get's subsidies. All exyu airlines and many otheres need this.
DeleteSo you would rather give miney to wizz or anyone else than JU. Like slovenian gouvement. No adria doesn't need subsidies... Oh guess what they did need it. And now we give way to much miney away while those 10 million were peanuts.
So don't complain over JU. If they need it they need it, they at least provide connections and aren't like wizz wich suspends over 10 routes due corona (yes I know it's shit...) but anyway they fly to FRA and not hhn...
It's pointless to talk about subsidies given to JU since there are more positive than negative things that are associated with it. Yes, JU is far from a perfect carrier and they are never going to be some major European player. That said, for the Serbian market they are very important since they provide the much needed connectivity, both to Europe and the region. In terms of what they give us and what they take in return, I think we as passengers are benefiting very much from JU still being around.
DeleteI think once you adjust your expectations, Air Serbia will become a much smaller nuisance to you.
Nemjee I once talked to a guy from Podsused about adjusting his expectations and failed. He does not want to change it. Some people are not worth the effort.
DeleteHahaha I think I know who you are referring to and it made me laugh. :D
DeleteI guess what matters the most is that JU has stabilized and they are serving their purpose. That's all that matters. Actually, if you look at their network and the schedule they have, it's extremely convenient especially if you live in Belgrade.
Subsidies are a waste of tax payer money. If other governments want to waste their money on their national air carriers that is their problem. Serbia can invest that money in more infrastructure. And funny how even with the subsidies Air Serbia is still overpriced on all their routes.
ReplyDeleteThen let's start with cutting the biggest subsidies out there, to the railway and foreign investors.
DeleteMiroslav does copy/paste every time. We get it, you hate Air Serbia. We heard it. You have changed nothing. Do you have anything else to say?
DeleteMiroslav has the right to say his opinion, right? What is wrong with what he said? A waste of tax payer money.
DeleteIt's not a waste, that's what's wrong. Miroslav does not know and does not care to know that for many years we have seen evidence to the contrary. Tax payer money had net benefits when invested in Croatia Airlines, Air Montenegro, Air Serbia and has been shown Slovenia should have done better if government restarted a national airline. Miroslav is repeating the same fallacy and doing it in a way that provokes more conflict and hate.
DeleteOverpriced?! Said someone who is probably not even paying tickets in public transport.
DeleteTheir prices are decent and fair and in line with the market. If you think Wizz 10€ ticket is reasonable and fair, you know nothing.
Anon 05:36 - He is probably right about the tax payer. As you know, Air Serbia just secured a sweet deal of 24 million euros with a duration of 2 years, which is basically 1 million per month again from the money of the actively working population that pay taxes. But hey, then Miroslav doesn't know what he is talking about.
DeleteHe doesn't want to take a look at what other governments are doing because others countries prove once and again subsidies are a great way to generate overall benefits for the economy and support domestic airline in smaller markets against big airline cartels and ULCCs. If OSI-ZAG subsidies are through the roof, so should be for other airlines and routes in the region. There has been a dozens of Miroslavs on this forum in the past decade and their attempts to attack Air Serbia using taxpayer method have all been repeatedly defeated.
DeleteToo little, too late.
ReplyDeleteAs usual JU served its former monopoly route to its competitor on a silver tablet.
What are you talking about? What should have they done? Flown daily to Nice in the winter to deter Wizz Air to come next summer? Some of you just spit on things for the sake of spitting without any rationale or sense of reality.
DeletePlease, JU would not fly to Nice this summer if it wasnt for Wizz .
DeleteThey didnt fly last summer and it clearly was a signal that they gave up.
Most Serbs could not enter France last summer.
DeleteProbably next summer it wont be different..
DeleteIt is different as Serbian covid pass is now recognised by the EU.
DeleteWell Serbs can enter Germany from tomorrow so let's hope France follows suit.
ReplyDeleteSerbs could enter Germany until now as well. It's just being taken off the list which requires quarantine upon arrival. And entry into France is permitted.
DeleteWhat operstions make this blog qualify them as nice? And btw you write nice and not Nice. Adjectives are not written with a capital letter!
ReplyDeleteI honestly can't tell if you are being serious or not.
DeleteAirSerbia relaunched Nice ahead of schedule to slow down the bookings for Wizz and to step forward and attract connecting passengers. The fight for passengers starts far before the airplane actually takes off.
ReplyDeleteAs a passenger, I would think twice now which airline to book. JU and W6 have different baggage policies, terms&conditions, etc.
You are right. Even though JU has much fewer flights worldwide compared to W6 they do have the tendency to have last-minute cancellations. On my opinion, Ryanair have a lower cancellation rate because they have the power and can allow themselves to fly half empty planes in some occasions. Plus, I don't think NCE will be a transfer destination.
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