In the upcoming winter season, the British airline British Airways will re-establish an air connection between London’s Heathrow Airport and Serbian Belgrade after 13 years.
On the route between the two capitals, the Airbus A320 will fly three times a week from October 31st, every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday, the Ex-Yu aviation news portal reports.
This will make British Airways a direct competitor to the Serbian carrier Air Serbia, which flies on this route every day, and indirectly to the low-cost carrier Wizz Air, reports the portal. The latter flies to Belgrade from London Luton Airport and will have five flights a week on the route next winter.
British Airways canceled the air connection with Belgrade in November 2010. The last flight on the line was on November 30th of the same year. Until then, he flew to the Serbian capital daily with A319 and A320 aircraft.
They decided to give up the flight because the flights were no longer profitable due to extensive cost-cutting measures after the global financial crisis hit the airline industry. At the same time, British Airways faced strong competition from Jat Airways and Wizz Air.
In the first five months of this year, Air Serbia transported 28,981 passengers on the route between Belgrade and London Heathrow, and Wizz Air 39,974 on the route between the Serbian capital and London Luton. With the new service, British Airways wants to attract both passengers on the route between London and Belgrade, as well as transit passengers, especially those going to the USA and Canada.
