Adria applies for Belgrade

Adria Airawys … soon in Belgrade

Slovenia’s Adria Airways has applied for a license to commence flights from Ljubljana to Belgrade on March 1, 2010. The Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate confirmed the news on Friday. It is expected that Adria will receive the license. It usually takes up to 90 days for an airline to be issued a license. For years Adria has tried to commence services to Belgrade. However, due to a bilateral agreement between Serbia and Slovenia, the carrier of each country is only allowed to operate flights to 1 city in the others country. Since Adria operates flights to Priština, the airline could not receive necessary permits for Belgrade flights, until now.

Jat Airways serves Ljubljana and has had success on the route as travel between the 2 countries has significantly increased over the past few years. Only a few weeks ago Jat signed contracts with Slovenian tour operators allowing them to transport Slovenian tourists heading to Belgrade during 2010. The airline is also negotiating with Slovenian hoteliers in order to bring Serbian tourists to Slovenia during the 2010 summer. Jat is also planning to begin charter flights to Portorož, in Slovenia’s west in 2010.