Air Serbia

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic opened the CAPA 2024 international aviation summit in Belgrade on Thursday, noting that Serbia's national airline Air Serbia had become a strong driver of the development of not only air transport and tourism but the entire national economy and Serbia's international image.

BELGRADE - The City of Belgrade and Air Serbia will host the 2024 CAPA Airline Leader Summit World & Awards for Excellence on November 21-22.

Organised by the Center for Aviation (CAPA), the summit is expected to bring together more than 250 aviation industry leaders, Air Serbia announced in a statement.

BELGRADE - On Friday, Air Serbia carried its four millionth passenger since the beginning of 2024, the national airline said in a statement.

"This achievement was reached almost a month earlier than the previous record in 2023, when the four millionth passenger was recorded on December 13," it said.

BELGRADE - Air Serbia carried more than 3.8 mln passengers in the first ten months of this year, which is a 7 pct increase y-o-y, the national airline said in a statement on Monday.

SHANGHAI - Serbian PM Milos Vucevic met with Chinese Communist Party Secretary of Shanghai Chen Jining on Monday.

Vucevic said he was very honoured Serbia was again participating in the China International Import Expo in Shanghai, launched in 2018 at the initiative of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday Air Serbia would launch direct flights between Belgrade and Tokyo within six months and that forging ties with Japan was of the utmost importance for Serbia.

BELGRADE - On January 11, Air Serbia will launch direct flights between Belgrade and Shanghai (Shanghai Pudong Airport - PVG), the national airline announced on Tuesday.

In a statement, Air Serbia said it would operate flights on the route twice a week during the upcoming winter season.

BELGRADE - In September 2024, Air Serbia carried a total of 476,592 passengers on scheduled and charter flights, which was a 4.3 pct increase relative to the same month last year, the flagship carrier said.

BELGRADE - In August 2024, Air Serbia carried a total of 558,524 passengers on scheduled and charter flights, which was a 4.7 pct increase y-o-y.

BELGRADE - On Saturday, August 31, Air Serbia reached the three million passenger milestone in 2024, two weeks earlier than in the previous, record-breaking year, the flagship carrier has announced.

"During the first eight months of 2024, the Serbian national airline has operated more than 31 thousand scheduled and charter flights," it said in a statement.