into a public-private partnership agreement with a German company which would operate services from Kraljevo to both Frankfurt and Istanbul. The name of the company was not specified. In addition, part of the Raška District, in which Kraljevo is located, has close historical ties with Turkey and a portion of the local population is expected to use this airport, instead of Pristina, for future flights to Istanbul. Despite the announcements from the Serbian Government that a larger plane, namely Boeing 737, would land on the opening day (28 June 2019), that did not happen. Instead, like 8 years ago, a twin-engine turboprop ATR 72-500 landed, carrying the dignitaries on a special flight. Morava Airport was officially opened on 28 June 2019. Some earlier reports suggested that several carriers would introduce regular flights from the airport. The first commercial flight, to Vienna, was on 17 December 2019 with an ATR-72. Airlines and destinations The following airlines operate regular scheduled and seasonal flights from Morava: Statistics Passenger and Flight movements statistics (2019–2022) Lađevci Military Air Base The Lađevci Air Base () is located at the airport. Operated by the Serbian Air Force and Air Defence, base is home to the most units of the 98th Air Brigade including: 241st Fighter-Bomber Squadron "Tigers", 714th Anti-armor Helicopter Squadron "Shadows", 353rd Reconnaissance Squadron "Hawks", 98th Air Defence Artillery Missile Battalion, 98th Air Technical Battalion and 98th Air Base Security Battalion. Transport links Public Transport There is currently no direct public bus service to/from Morava Airport. Taxi Approximately 20 meters when leaving the airport terminal on the right side there is a parking lot with the taxi stand and bus stop. If you plan to use this type of transport, registered taxi carriers charge the "start" of 130 dinars (1.11 euros), which only includes the first kilometer of driving. Depending on the destination, the price of the ride varies from 1200 dinars (10.23 euros) to Kraljevo and 1500 dinars (12.78 euros) to Čačak. Car Rental There are three rent a car agencies available at the airport. Those are: AR Rent-a-car (www.arrentacar.rs), Budget (www.budget.rs) and SurPrice (www.surprice.rs). Parking at the Airport Parking at the Morava airport is currently free of charge, and has 120 parking positions for cars and 4 bus stops. See also List of airports in Serbia Airports of Serbia Transport in Serbia AirSerbia References https://rtvkraljevo.com/2020/02/04/aerodrom-morava-i-privredna-komora/ External links Official website Airports in Serbia Serbian Air