Белград. Travel digest

Tirana ranks 74th in Europe with 59.9 points in the 2026 Safety Index published by Numbeo, the world's largest crowd-sourced database for cost of living, property prices, and quality of life statistics, placing the Albanian capital at a moderate level of safety among 115 cities surveyed.

Regionally, Belgrade (62.2 points) and Sofia (61.4 points) rank slightly higher, while Tirana scores

Flydubai has revised its April flight programme because of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. The carrier will temporarily suspend all services to Ljubljana for the rest of March and the whole of April, with a planned restart on 1 May, although further changes for the summer season are possible.

In addition, the airline will cut the number of flights to Belgrade to three

Prime Minister Edi Rama emphasized that aviation remains a top priority for the Albanian government, pointing to rapid growth in air‑travel accessibility and airport infrastructure.

He noted that the share of Albanians able to fly increased from 13 % in 2019 to 34 % today, a result of market liberalisation that introduced new airlines, reduced ticket prices and boosted flight frequencies.

According

According to the latest figures published by the aviation portal exyuaviation.com, Skopje International Airport will increase its seat capacity by 316,528 seats in the first quarter of 2026 compared with the same period of 2025. This makes the airport the clear regional leader in seat‑capacity growth.

For comparison, Belgrade Airport is expected to add 267,000 seats, while Zagreb

Air Serbia will launch a new direct flight from January 11 next year, connecting Shanghai Pudong International Airport with Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.

Serbia is one of the main partners of the One Belt Initiative , one way." The new route will add another connection point to the initiative's global aviation network.

Using Air Serbia's Airbus A330