Sunday, 12 February 2012



Montenegro Airlines Starts Direct Flights between Podgorica and Niš, Serbia



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23 February 2010 | Montenegro’s national carrier, Montenegro Airlines, begins operating direct flights between the capital Podgorica and the city of Niš in southern Serbia.

Flights will be carried out six times a week, according to the online edition pcnen.com.

Roundtrip tickets for the route start at 94 euro.

In addition to a direct access to Podgorica, the residents of Niš will now be able, via Montenegro’s capital to reach all the other destinations that Montenegro Airlines flies to, Zoran Djurisic, the company’s general manager said, as BalkanTravellers.com reported.

According to the airline’s official website, some of those destinations include Frankfurt, Moscow, Düsseldorf, Vienna, Zürich and London – with roundtrip tickets starting at around 199 euro and Paris – at 229 euro.

Currently, the Balkan destinations serviced by Montenegro airlines are Skopje, Belgrade, Prishtina and Ljubljana.

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