Charter airlines

BELGRADE - Air Serbia carried more than 3.8 mln passengers in the first ten months of this year, which is a 7 pct increase y-o-y, the national airline said in a statement on Monday.

“Unprecedented” is how TUI from Germany describes the demand for vacations in autumn, adding two Greek islands to the top destinations for September.

A passenger plane made a hair-raising landing "on its stomach" at Alanya airport in Turkey following a malfunction with its landing gear. This incident marks the second emergency landing in Turkey within a span of two days, intensifying concerns over aviation safety regarding Boeing.

LOT Polish Airlines reinstated direct flights from Athens to Warsaw on Thursday. Flights will depart Warsaw daily at 2.10 p.m., with an additional flight added Mondays and Saturdays during the summer.

The flights between Warsaw Chopin Airport and Athens International Airport will be carried out on Embraer 195, Boeing 737-800 and 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

Holiday company TUI said it operated three flights overnight to return passengers to Britain from Rhodes, the Greek island where wildfires have sent tourists fleeing from hotels.

Around 7 million Russians are expected to visit Türkiye this year, up from 5.5 million in 2022 as more flights are planned between the two countries.

Some 171 flights from Russia to Türkiye will take place each day during this summer season, according to a report on ekonomim.com.

Direct weekly flights between Albania and Bulgaria are starting as of 1 August. By 28 August an assessment will be made whether the lines can be maintained all the year round, including towards other destinations.

TUI has planned 50 flights a week for Greece with 450,000 seats for the next two months of July-August. Overall, TUI sees a strong increase in sales in Germany for many destinations in the south of Europe, from customers who seem ready to spend significantly more on their summer holidays this year, says Marek Andryszak, CEO of the company in Germany.

With a groundbreaking new virus test available at check-in, with speedy results, Turkish-German joint venture SunExpress is looking to take the worry out of air travel in the age of coronavirus.

On June 2, the national air carrier Bulgaria Air launched scheduled direct flights to Valencia, Spain's third-largest city. The journey between Sofia and the magnetic city will be performed every Tuesday in the afternoon.