Air Serbia plans to further expand its network this summer, beyond the routes it has already announced. The carrier’s CEO, Jiri Marek, confirmed this morning that the airline intends to launch two weekly services to the Croatian island of Brač this summer, with ticket sales expected to begin shortly. Brač, which will be a leisure-driven route, will become its seventh destination in Croatia. As a result, the carrier will have up to 38 weekly flights to the country this summer, including thirteen weekly to Zagreb, daily to Dubrovnik, six weekly to Split, five weekly to Pula, three weekly to Zadar and two weekly to Rijeka.
The development comes as airlines attending the European Regions Association Airlines Conference in Belgrade this week warned that the passenger booking window has shortened again, prompting carriers to continue adjusting their plans for the upcoming 2026 summer season, which begins in just over two weeks. Due to the Middle East airspace closures, Air Serbia is continuing to see an impact across its network, with an uptick in bookings on flights to and from China, as well as on services across Europe. However, these increases remain short-term, as Gulf carriers, which account for a significant portion of transfer traffic between Europe, Asia and Australasia, continue to cancel their upcoming flights only within two-week timeframes.
Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, noted, “People who previously travelled to the Middle East for their holidays may now begin looking for destinations such as Spain, Italy, the Adriatic coast or Greece instead. However, it is still far too early to make any firm assessments. Even in this situation, Air Serbia has once again demonstrated its ability to respond very quickly and with agility to crisis situations. What we are seeing for now as the first immediate effect is a rise in fuel prices”. This increase is expected to be passed onto passengers shortly.
