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The Serbian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Dragan Bisenić, has met with the CEO of the Saudi Air Connectivity Program (ACP), Majid Khan, to debate the potential introduction of flights between the 2 international locations. The ACP was established in 2021 with the first purpose of supporting air journey companions as they provoke or develop their presence within the Kingdom. Up to now, this system has attracted British Airways, LOT Polish Airways, ITA Airways, Eurowings, Transavia, Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific and a variety of different Chinese language carriers, in addition to Saudi airways to begin new companies. “In the course of the assembly, we mentioned avenues for cooperation within the discipline of air connectivity”, the ACP stated.
Late final 12 months, EX-YU Aviation Information spoke to Mr Khan in the course of the CAPA Airways Leaders Summit in Belgrade, throughout which he famous, “We take a look at markets like Belgrade and we’d like to have it linked to Saudi Arabia. For those who ask me personally which two markets within the Balkans I really feel are related and the place there’s potential, these are positively Belgrade and Zagreb with Air Serbia and Croatia Airways”. He added, “In these markets, persons are explorers. Sure, you’ve gotten been to Spain and Italy just a few occasions, however you wish to discover new locations and we see the identical throughout this a part of Europe”. This summer time, Serbia and Saudi Arabia signed a bilateral Air Companies Settlement, enabling the introduction of flights between the 2 international locations.
