Jat extends Portorož service

Jat hopes for more Portorož passengers

Jat Airways will extend its seasonal summer service from Belgrade to Portorož until September 15. The flights, which commenced in April, were scheduled to terminate in mid July. Flights between the Serbian capital and the Slovenian coastal town resumed after 19 years. The service is operated in cooperation between Jat and the Piran Tourist Board, which is subsidising the flights.

The service to Portorož is operated twice per week using the ATR72 aircraft. In June, Jat carried 174 passengers to Portorož and 128 passengers from Portorož to Belgrade. However, it should be noted that there are restrictions on the number of passengers per flight due the runway length at Portorož Airport. As a result of the summer flights, services to Trieste have suffered. Trieste is located on the border between Italy and Slovenia and is only some 20 kilometres from Portorož.