Air Serbia is predicted to launch flights between Belgrade and Baku throughout the subsequent eight months, in response to the Serbia – Azerbaijan Enterprise Discussion board held final week. The occasion introduced collectively seventy firms from every nation and emphasised the route’s potential significance for strengthening financial and industrial ties between the 2 nations. Whereas Air Serbia has not commented instantly on the matter, the service not too long ago urged that one among its upcoming locations might be within the Caucasus, following the robust efficiency of its newly launched service between Belgrade and Tbilisi. “It might be a sign that a few of our subsequent locations will come from that area as effectively”, the airline’s CEO, Jiri Marek, stated.
Discussions over establishing flights between the 2 nations have been ongoing for greater than a decade. Initially, Azerbaijan’s flag service, AZAL, had expressed curiosity in launching operations to Belgrade and even thought-about buying a stake in Air Serbia’s predecessor, Jat Airways, in addition to working a few of its US-bound flights by way of the Serbian capital. Nevertheless, none of those initiatives materialised. Serbia and Azerbaijan keep a visa-free regime, with Serbia being one of many few European nations permitting visa-free entry for Azerbaijani passport holders.
