Air Serbia maintained flights between Belgrade and Abu Dhabi from 2013 until the end of the 2017 summer season as part of its equity partnership with Etihad Airways. Prior to that, its predecessor, Jat Airways, ran services between Belgrade and Dubai from 2002 until 2012 with a brief move to Abu Dhabi in 2010. At the time, the flights primarily catered for transfer passengers between Australia, Serbia and Macedonia due to a partnership with Emirates, which ended once Flydubai launched its own operations. Although Air Serbia maintained nonstop flights to Abu Dhabi with its Airbus A319 jet, Jat was, for the most part, unable to run services to Dubai on its Boeing 737-300 aircraft without a stop. Over the years, the stop shifted between Larnaca, Beirut and Kuwait City with the airline holding fifth freedom rights to shuttle passengers from the latter two to Dubai.
The Serbian carrier is considering launching operations to the UAE towards the end of the summer season, which is considered the start of the high travel season in the Gulf nation. Currently, in addition to Flydubai’s daily service on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft,…