Transportation in Serbia
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ALBANIA, 2015/05/04
The EU Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy, Johannes Hahn, on Tuesday said the “Western Balkan Six” conference in Brussels had reached agreement on a regional transport network.
The EU is ready to allocate 130 million euros from pre-accession IPA funds for the project by the end of the year, Hahn told a joint press conference with EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc. The funds will increase over the coming years, he added.
Tuesday's summit, attended by the prime ministers of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia, marked a follow-up to a similar conference held last year in Berlin.
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HUNGARY, 2014/12/18
The agreements signed on Tuesday form part of transaction to modernize the Belgrade-Budapest railway line, and the high-speed connection will likely be built through concessions or public-private partnerships, it was announced.
The high-speed railway would benefit the nations of Central and Eastern Europe, the EU, and as well bolster cooperation between China and this part of Europe, the two prime ministers told the summit.
The new rail link “will bring Serbia not only industrial and infrastructure development but as well better connections with Hungary, Macedonia, Greece and Europe and a faster flow of passengers and goods,” Serbia's Prime Minister, Aleksandar Vucic, told the media.
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SERBIA, 2014/06/01
Serbia’s newest charter service, Aviolet, has launched operations from Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla International Airport.
Aviolet is fully operated by Air Serbia, Serbia’s national airline, and will serve destinations in Egypt, Greece, Italy, Spain and Turkey, during the 2014 summer season.
Dane Kondić, Chief Executive Officer of Air Serbia, said: “There has always been strong request by tour operators for charter services in the region, particularly during the peak summer season. Aviolet was developed and launched to meet that request with a safe, reliable and comfortable service.”
Aviolet will operate three Boeing B737-300 aircraft configured in a spacious 144-seat all-economy layout.
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SERBIA, 2013/08/05
The Mayor of Belgrade said that on the basis of an international agreement, France will finance lines and electrical equipment for the metro while the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, EBRD, loan of €600 million will be used to finance construction.
The total cost of the new metro and all its equipment is priced at about €1 billion.
“We have been negotiating with the EBRD for over a year presently and a few days ago we got a letter stating they are ready to approve the loan,” Djilas announced on June 25.
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SERBIA, 2013/08/05
Next 66 years of passenger flights, Jat Airways will change its name to Air Serbia. Along with the name change, the company's planes will as well be redecorated to feature the Serbian coat of arms at the tail and the country's flag on both sides.
Serbian deputy prime minister Aleksandar Vucic has announced that rebranding of Jat will take place in the coming days.
"It is hard to imagine a better name than that,” Vucic said last week.
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HUNGARY, 2013/05/13
Representatives of the Serbian and Hungarian railways signed on Friday a memorandum of considerate aimed at modernizing the line running from Belgrade to Budapest, the total price of the project amounting to EUR 1.5 billion.
The document refers to the railway section of around 400 km, at which it will be possible to develop speeds of over 160 km/h.
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SERBIA, 2013/04/28
A codesharing agreement was signed on April 15 between Serbia's JatAirways and UAE's Etihad. Daily flights between capitals of Serbia and UAE will be established on June 15, 2013, it was announced on Monday, hosted by the president of Etihad Airways James Hogan and Chief executive officer of JatAirways Vladimir Ognjanovic.
