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Air Serbia, which operates eight weekly flights between Belgrade and Moscow, has sold out flights on this route through March 3 and has started to fly its Airbus A330-200 wide-body aircraft to offer additional seats to customers. It is reported by Cordmagazine.
After most European countries have introduced a complete ban on the flights of aircraft registered in Russia, Air Serbia may become one of the few European carriers that are allowed to enter Russian airspace. Aeroflot, which operated eight flights a week from Russia to Belgrade, and Nordwind Airlines, which operated two flights a week, were forced to suspend flights to the Serbian capital.
In addition to Moscow, Air Serbia currently operates one weekly flight from Belgrade to St. Petersburg. In the summer season, the carrier also operates flights to Krasnodar and Rostov-on-Don, and from June it plans to open a Sochi route. Russia is one of the largest markets for Belgrade Airport and Russian citizens are allowed visa-free entry to Serbia. In total, 329,543 passengers flew between Belgrade and Moscow in the pre-pandemic 2019 year.
Earlier, the Federal Air Transport Agency of the Russian Federation recommended that Russians refrain from non-official trips to foreign countries in the near future.
Recall that within the framework of sanctions against the Russian Federation due to its military operation in Ukraine, the countries of the European Union and Canada closed their airspace to Russian aircraft, and Russia responded to such restrictions in a mirror-like manner.
Meanwhile, the Federal Air Transport Agency is also working on organizing humanitarian flights from countries where the largest groups of Russians are located, such flights to the Russian Federation will be possible subject to positive decisions by the aviation authorities of the EU countries.
In turn, Russian airlines are trying to negotiate the transportation of their passengers through partner airlines. In case of refusal of the passenger from transportation, a full refund is made.
Source: Rosbalt
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