Accprding to exyuaviation.com, low-cost carriers Eurowings and Norwegian are scaling back their presence across the former Yugoslav markets even further for the 2026 summer season, adding to cuts already announced. Eurowings, which is set to record the steepest capacity reduction in the region next summer, has introduced additional schedule changes over the past week, leading to the suspension of several routes during the peak travel period, particularly from Stuttgart. As a result, at the height of the summer season, the airline will operate nearly thirty fewer weekly flights to the region compared to last year.
Eurowings will temporarily suspend its twice-weekly service between Stuttgart and Sarajevo from June 19 to July 27. In addition, its once-weekly Stuttgart–Zadar route will be paused between June 13 and July 27. The Zadar service is scheduled to return in August with up to five weekly flights before being reduced again to a single weekly rotation in September.
Further adjustments are planned in Croatia’s capital. On the Stuttgart–Zagreb route, Eurowings will lower frequencies from five to four weekly services until August. Operations will then increase to five weekly flights, still short of the six weekly services offered during the 2025 summer season.
In Serbia, the airline has revised its plans for the seasonal Düsseldorf–Belgrade route. While Eurowings had initially intended to advance the resumption of the service from May to April, it will now operate only a single flight on April 4. The route will then be suspended until July 4. Although flights for the intervening period remain displayed in global reservation systems, they have been zeroed out, making tickets unavailable for purchase, and the flights no longer appear on the airline’s website.
Additional reductions affect Kosovo. Eurowings will cut frequencies on its Hamburg–Pristina route, operating just one weekly service until July, down from two. From July onward, flights will increase to twice weekly, compared to three weekly services offered during the peak of last summer.
Norwegian is also trimming its regional network. Beyond terminating its Copenhagen–Zagreb service, the airline will discontinue seasonal flights to Dubrovnik from both Gothenburg and Helsinki, each of which previously operated twice per week. Norwegian is also withdrawing its once-weekly seasonal service between Riga and Split.
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Norwegian will end its seasonal Copenhagen–Sarajevo service significantly earlier than last year. The final flight on the route is planned for August 29, whereas in 2025 the service continued until October 25.
Together, these changes underline a continued retrenchment by both carriers in the former Yugoslav markets ahead of the 2026 summer season.