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Montenegro Airlines: "We suffer enormous damage. Connection with Belgrade is 
best regional line"


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05/06/20 |  09:48  ≫  09:50 


MA (Montenegro Airlines) has opened branches in Podgorica and Budva today, and 
ticket sales are starting


Photo: Printscreen/Youtube/ Al Jazeera Balkans

The executive director of Montenegro Airlines 
<https://www.telegraf.rs/teme/montenegro-airlines>  (MA), Vlastimir Ristic, 
said that the national airline suffers extremely great damage due to the ban on 
landing at Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport, because that is the best regional 
route, for which there is always great interest by passengers.

"We are still eagerly waiting for information about when MA planes will be able 
to land at the Belgrade airport again. Our interest and the interest of 
passengers is great. These are traditional connections, business connections, 
students, health services. We are connected in many ways," Ristic told the 
morning program of the Television of Montenegro (TVCG), stating that Montenegro 
Airlines is ready to renew flights as soon as the issue is resolved, RTCG 
<http://www.rtcg.me/vijesti/ekonomija/281482/zbog-zabrane-slijetanja-ma-trpi-veliku-stetu.html>
  writes.

"We can't imagine surviving without that route. It's a route that is a 
generator of demand, we always have great interest there and it is very 
important for our tourist economy and development. We are suffering enormous 
damage because of that," said Ristic, and added that "Covid-19 has devastating 
consequences for the aviation industry".

Works to expand Belgrade's Nikola Tesla airport/ Photo: Belgrade airport

"For example, we at MA have obligations regarding the leasing rates for 
aircraft, loans, these are obligations that we cannot avoid. There are certain 
minimums in the flight operation, how much our flight crews have to fly. Any 
breaking of those terms can cause problems later in training," Ristic explained.

He said that Montenegro Airlines has opened branches in Podgorica and Budva 
today, while sales will start today.

"Yesterday we released the first flights through the system. We plan for the 
first flight to be on June 12 to Ljubljana, and on the 14th to Frankfurt," said 
Ristic, announcing a re-launch of lines to Paris and Vienna.

He believes that Montenegro should have a good national airline and 
conscientious management of it: "We will try to affirm it, to grow the company, 
to make our citizens proud to have their own national airline and for investing 
so much into preserving it."


Video: Serbian minister of foreign affairs reacts strongly to the ban on Air 
Serbia planes landing in Montenegro


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