Turkish Airways will quickly droop flights between Istanbul and Tivat from subsequent month, which comes because of softer demand following the Montenegrin authorities’s choice to reintroduce visa necessities for Turkish nationals after a violent incident in Podgorica in October. The service will proceed working the route till January 4, with one extra rotation scheduled for January 11, after which providers might be paused. Turkish Airways plans to renew flights on March 1. The service had initially meant to function three weekly providers between the 2 cities all through the primary quarter of the 12 months. Air Montenegro will proceed to serve the Istanbul – Tivat route throughout the two-month suspension interval.
Turkish Airways will even scale back providers to Podgorica in January, reducing frequencies from the initially deliberate eighteen weekly flights to 14. A number of Turkish tour operators redirected vacationers to various markets after Montenegro launched visa necessities for Turkish nationals, which negatively impacted demand. Nevertheless, this week Montenegro reinstated visa-free journey for Turkish residents, whereas lowering the utmost permitted size of keep from ninety to thirty days. The Montenegrin authorities mentioned cooperation with Turkish authorities has been strengthened, alongside enhanced safety and migration checks, including that Montenegro retains the choice to reintroduce visa necessities ought to safety dangers come up.
The operator of Podgorica and Tivat airports, Airports of Montenegro, has confirmed it’s in negotiations to introduce scheduled providers to Antalya. Its CEO, Roko Tolić, mentioned, “We’re in talks with a significant airline that would join us with Antalya – a vacation spot cherished worldwide and recognised for its ‘all-inclusive’ providing. On the similar time, we imagine we’ve a lot to supply in return”.
At present, Turkish Airways, Air Montenegro and Pegasus Airways function scheduled providers between Montenegro and Turkey. Following the introduction of visa necessities, Pegasus discontinued two of its three Podgorica routes, suspending flights from Ankara and Izmir.
