Niš Airport will soon be linked with Ankara, while additional frequencies from both Constantine the Great Airport and Kraljevo to Istanbul will be introduced. Speaking at the Belgrade Tourism Far, the Ambassador of Turkey to Serbia, Ilhan Saygılı, said, “Tourism is one of the areas where Serbia and Turkey enjoy the strongest cooperation, and increasing the number of scheduled and charter flights is key to further progress. Every week, there are around 66 flights between our two countries, and soon there will be even more. New flights from Niš to Istanbul and Ankara, as well as from Kraljevo to Istanbul, will be introduced shortly. Demand for charter flights is growing every year, so we expect this trend to continue this year”.
In 2024, a total of 232.527 Turkish tourists visited Serbia, an increase of 15.4% on 2023, making them the largest group of visitors to the country. They spent 603.787 nights in Serbia throughout the year. Despite a stringent bilateral Air Service Agreement that regulates frequencies and capacity between the two, and in addition to flights from Niš and Kraljevo to Istanbul, Belgrade offers scheduled services to Turkey’s main gateway, as well as Sabiha Gockan Airport, Ankara and Izmir. Furthermore, there are numerous charters between the two countries with Antalya being the busiest. Air Serbia, which has exclusive rights to operate between Serbia and the city, handled close to 120.000 passengers between Serbia and Antalya last year.
