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Low cost flights to Belgrade

Good news: Germanwings just announced that it will launch a new low budget route Cologne/Bonn – Belgrade in September 2006. Prices go as low as 19 EUR for one way ticket! You can already book your tickets on their site. From 2nd September you will be able to fly three times weekly to Belgrade (and back maybe). Hopefully this will be only the first in a series of “no frills” and discount airlines to make Belgrade its regular destination.

Assumption is that tourists’ interest for Belgrade is still pretty low. But also the fact that Serbs need visa for almost every country in the world represents a problem when it comes to last minute deals and offers that these companies rely on.

Still, there are also other ways to fly cheap in vicinity of Belgrade. Wizz Air recently connected London and Zagreb, Croatia which is not that far from Belgrade. Train ride lasts for 6 hrs, and there are 5 departures daily, plus you get a chance to visit Zagreb, also a great city. Many other European low budget airlines fly to Sofia, Bulgaria and almost all of them fly to Budapest, Hungary. Both Budapest and Sofia are approximately at the same distance from Belgrade as Zagreb, but trains run very slowly, so I suggest a bus ride. One more city in Croatia is on the map for low cost companies, Dubrovnik, certainly worth a visit. More info about these and other cities in the region on Belgrade daytrips page

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1. Rosemary Bailey Brown on 25/09/07 01:25 PM

   Thank you so much for this plane ticket info. I’ve noticed how many new cheap flights there are to Croatia, but getting from Croatia to Serbia can be a major pain. As in hours and hours of slow bus or trains. If you are coming from far away, such as the US or Canada, the last thing you want to do is fly for hours and then sit on a bus for another 10-16 hours… I think if we get the word out among the Serb expat community (Serbs living outside Serbia) it will help these flights soar.