Last Saturday, December 15 Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport reported having scheduled new flights between Belgrade and Basel, Switzerland. According to the news, Hungarian carrier Wizz Air will start operating three weekly flights.
The flights via Wizz Air are scheduled for every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday to arrive in Belgrade at 6.40 pm – return flights are scheduled for 7.10 pm. This is the third destination in Switzerland from Nikola Tesla, the others being Zurich and Bern. Not many realize, but the Belgrade airport is also used by residents in Switzerland, France, and in Germany who live directly across the border.
The Aerodrome, as the airport is alternatively referred, has already seen an increase in passenger traffic over 2011 figures of from 2,906, 949 to 3, 139, 050 from 2011 til now. The airport sees about 3,000 tons of cargo each year as well.
For more information please visit the airport’s press page link above, or visit their main webpages here.