Air Serbia Adds Alicante: Belgrade’s Newest Nonstop to Spain’s Costa Blanca
Air Serbia (JU) is expanding deeper into Spain with a new nonstop link between Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG) and Alicante–Elche Airport (ALC), launching June 1, 2026. The route will operate twice weekly on Mondays and Fridays, giving Serbia’s flag carrier its eighth destination in Spain and another strong leisure play on the Mediterranean.
A New Nonstop To The Costa Blanca
Alicante (ALC) is the front door to the Costa Blanca—one of Spain’s most consistently busy sun-and-sea regions, anchored by a huge base of holiday apartments, resorts, and year-round expat traffic. For Air Serbia, the timing is also practical: a Monday/Friday pattern lines up cleanly for long weekends and one-week stays, while still offering usable connections over BEG.
What Air Serbia Plans To Fly
Air Serbia says it will operate the service with Airbus A320-family aircraft, the workhorse narrowbodies that form the backbone of its European network. In Air Serbia’s typical short-haul setup, the same cabin can flex between Business and Economy depending on demand—useful on leisure-heavy routes that can swing sharply by season.
At roughly 1,013 nautical miles point-to-point, BEG–ALC is firmly in the A320 family’s sweet spot, with block times likely landing around the three-hour mark depending on winds and routing.
Why Alicante Fits The Strategy
Air Serbia has been steadily building a recognizable Spain portfolio from BEG—serving major anchors like Madrid (MAD) and Barcelona (BCN) alongside leisure-driven markets such as Málaga (AGP), Seville (SVQ), Valencia (VLC), Palma de Mallorca (PMI), Gran Canaria (LPA), Bilbao (BIO), and Tenerife (TFN).
Adding Alicante is a classic “demand-driven” move: it’s big enough to sell locally, tourism-friendly enough to stimulate new traffic, and connected enough to benefit from transfers—without needing daily frequencies to work.
What It Means For Connections Via BEG
Beyond local Serbia–Spain demand, the route is also positioned to pull connecting passengers across Air Serbia’s broader Southeast Europe network via BEG. For many travelers, that can mean fewer backtracks than routing through the largest Western European hubs—especially during peak summer when seats and prices tighten quickly.
Bottom Line
Air Serbia will launch Belgrade (BEG)–Alicante (ALC) on June 1, 2026, flying Mondays and Fridays with Airbus A320-family aircraft. It’s a logical addition to JU’s growing Spain footprint—aimed squarely at leisure demand, with enough network connectivity through BEG to broaden the route’s appeal beyond point-to-point travelers.
