New long-haul routes linking Europe and Asia, launched by Air Serbia, Condor and T’Way, are among the most notable additions starting in September.
Air Serbia plans to open a second route to China from Sept. 30, connecting Belgrade with Guangzhou. Flights will be offered twice a week using Airbus A330-200 aircraft.
The carrier first entered the Chinese market in late 2022, launching a route to Tianjin. The service saw the national airline re-establish direct flights to China for the first time since October 2000, when predecessor JAT Airways ended its link to Beijing.
The launch of the Guangzhou route is the first of two new services Air Serbia intends to open to mainland China over the coming months, with operations to Shanghai Pudong International Airport tentatively scheduled to start in April 2025.
German leisure carrier Condor is also expanding its Asia network this month, returning to Thailand after an absence of more than eight years. Flights from Frankfurt to Phuket will launch on Sept. 21, initially operating twice a week, followed by a 4X-weekly service to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi Airport the next day. A330-900neo aircraft will be deployed on both routes.
Meanwhile, South Korean LCC T’Way plans to commence the third of four new routes that it gained through the competition remedies applied to the proposed Korean Air-Asiana merger. After starting flights from Seoul Incheon International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport in August, service to Barcelona El Prat Airport will start on Sept. 11. The route will be served twice a week using A330-200s.
Other eye-catching new routes launching in September include TAP Air Portugal’s decision to fly to Florianópolis, the capital of the state of Santa Catarina, in southern Brazil. Operations will be 3X-weekly onboard A330-200 equipment.
Elsewhere, Scoot has added daily flights to Kuala Lumpur Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport (SZB), better known as Subang Airport. This follows hot on the heels of AirAsia launching fights from SZB in late August, restoring jet service from the airport after an absence of more than two decades.
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