Belgrade Airport noticed continued progress on its Spanish routes in the course of the first half of the yr, with a report six locations served. Between January and June, Air Serbia and Wizz Air collectively dealt with 164.578 passengers on flights between Serbia and Spain, representing a 7.7% improve in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, or 11.751 extra travellers. In June, Wizz Air launched a brand new route between Belgrade and Alicante, marking the primary time the 2 cities have been linked by a scheduled air service. The route achieved a mean cabin load issue of 87.1% throughout its first month of operation. Throughout all six routes to Spain, the common load issue from Belgrade stood at a robust 82.6% in the course of the first half of the yr.
Two-way passenger site visitors between Belgrade and Spain, H1 2025
Barcelona stays the most well-liked Spanish vacation spot from Belgrade, regardless of a slight decline of 401 passengers within the first half of the yr. The drop is basically attributed to Wizz Air’s 10% discount in capability on the route. In distinction, all different Spanish locations recorded progress, with Madrid posting the most important improve of shut to five.000 extra passengers year-on-year. Total, capability between Belgrade and Spain grew by 5.2% in the course of the first six months, accompanied by a 7% rise within the variety of operated flights. Air Serbia continues to guide the market, accounting for 73.8% of complete seat capability.
Air Serbia had deliberate to launch flights to Ibiza this yr; nonetheless, the service didn’t materialise because of slot unavailability brought on by dealing with constraints at Ibiza Airport. Air Serbia’s Common Supervisor for Business and Technique, Boško Rupić, not too long ago affirmed the airline’s dedication to launching flights to Ibiza, noting that the route is now more likely to start in 2026. “It’s a vacation spot that sees robust point-to-point demand, together with a major quantity of switch passenger”, he defined. Late final yr, the town of Granada in southern Spain initiated talks with the Serbian flag provider over the potential introduction of flights from Belgrade, presenting a complete enterprise case to the airline.
