Nis Airport negotiating launching of new routes ahead of terminal building opening

Nis Constantine the Great Airport will open its new terminal building within the next ten days with talks underway to secure new flights for the 2025 summer season. It comes as the airport faces declining passenger numbers, handling 168,406 travelers during the first half of the year, down 19% on the same period in 2023. The airport blames the underperformance on Wizz Air which has been forced to reduce its operations due to the grounding of aircraft as a result of manufacturing issues with engines on part of its fleet.

– The big changes that are happening in Nis are being monitored by other airlines that currently do not serve the city. We are in contact with them – Dusan Kovacevic, the CEO of Nis Airport, said.

The Serbian Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, Goran Vesic, previously noted that discussions were ongoing with Air Serbia for the introduction of several new routes from Nis, in addition to the existing seven which are maintained as part of a Public Service Obligation (PSO) contract.

– We are in discussions with Air Serbia for the opening of several new routes from Nis. I will be working on this matter in the coming period so Nis will continue to have more and more passengers – Vesic said, without specifying the potential new routes.

The carrier currently maintains services from the southeast Serbian city to Belgrade, Cologne, Hahn, Istanbul, and Ljubljana, as well as seasonally to Athens and Tivat. It also runs a number of summer charters.

Aerodrom Konstantin Veliki Niš

Ministarstvo građevinarstva, saobraćaja i infrastrukture Republike Srbije

Air Serbia ad Beograd

Niš Airport

Ministry of Construction Transport and Infrastructure of Serbia

Air Serbia

Goran Vesić

Dušan Kovačević

Niš Constantine the Great Airport