In response to the refusal to open the borders, Belgrade did not allow Montenegro Airlines to enter
In response to the unfriendly step of the Montenegrin leadership, which opened the borders to the EU and Albania, but not to Serbia, the air carrier Montenegro Airlines was denied services at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
Balkan media reported this, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Montenegro Airlines previously announced that it was preparing to resume commercial flights and that the first flights would be to Belgrade. However, the Serbian Civil Aviation Authority decided to refuse to issue a permit to the Montenegrin airline and explained this decision by the fact that the government of Montenegro, finding ourselves open borders for Serbia, but by opening them to the EU and Albania, violated the principle of reciprocity in passenger transport between the two countries.
In its decision, the department refers to paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the Rules for issuing permits to foreign airlines for international civil air services with the Republic of Serbia, which should not be carried out to the detriment of airline companies registered in Serbia.
Let us recall that the leadership of Montenegro decided to open borders with Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Albania and Greece from June 1. But not with Serbia, which allegedly does not meet the epidemiological criteria of Podgorica.
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