Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) will launch flights from Nis on July 15, 2019, and will subsequently launch 12 routes in total from the airport by early August, Airlineroute has reported.

The Serbian carrier has recently been awarded a public service obligation (PSO) contract covering services from the southern Serbian city.

Air Serbia will operate from Nis to:

All flights from Nis will be on board A319-100 aircraft.

The carrier will receive around RSD5 million dinars (USD47,500) per year per route through 2021.

Currently, Air Serbia does not serve Nis. The airport sees 22 weekly scheduled flights operated by Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) (11 departures per week), Ryanair (FR, Dublin International) (eight), and Swiss (LX, Zurich) (three).