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Free health insurance for Jat Airways passengers travelling to EU
Belgrade,
30 March 2010
Deputy Prime Minister for EU integration Bozidar Djelic attended the signing of an agreement between Jat Airways and the DDOR Novi Sad insurance company today. Under the agreement from tomorrow Serbian citizens travelling to the EU with Jat Airways will be entitled to free of cost health insurance.
The agreement, which was signed by Jat CEO Srdjan Radovanovic and General Director of DDOR Novi Sad Christian Otto Neu, provides passengers travelling on a Serbian passport having purchased a return ticket the right to free health insurance.
Jat Airways has problems, but it is one of the safest airlines in the world. The presence of a national airline capable of connecting the country with the entire region is of immense importance in Serbia’s development as a centre of commerce in South East Europe, as well as for strengthening Belgrade as a European metropolis, said Djelic.
Jat needs a new fleet and if Serbia manages to find a strategic partner for its national airline the fleet will be modernised, otherwise, alternative ways of modernising the fleet will have to be considered, he said.
Modernisation of the fleet must be done in accordance with Jat plans to have aircraft suitable for short as well as longer flights to cities around the world where Serbs live abroad, he said.
Radovanovic said that he is currently negotiating a strategic partnership with Turkish Airlines and that the negotiations are ongoing without problems.
He stressed that this insurance provides costs for medical assistance and treatment to the amount of 5,000 euros.
Neu pointed out that medical services in the EU are very expensive and that the citizens who travel without health insurance risk being exposed to huge costs.
He explained that health insurance will be provided by one of the largest European systems of medical assistance, CORIS.
Jat Airways has problems, but it is one of the safest airlines in the world. The presence of a national airline capable of connecting the country with the entire region is of immense importance in Serbia’s development as a centre of commerce in South East Europe, as well as for strengthening Belgrade as a European metropolis, said Djelic.
Jat needs a new fleet and if Serbia manages to find a strategic partner for its national airline the fleet will be modernised, otherwise, alternative ways of modernising the fleet will have to be considered, he said.
Modernisation of the fleet must be done in accordance with Jat plans to have aircraft suitable for short as well as longer flights to cities around the world where Serbs live abroad, he said.
Radovanovic said that he is currently negotiating a strategic partnership with Turkish Airlines and that the negotiations are ongoing without problems.
He stressed that this insurance provides costs for medical assistance and treatment to the amount of 5,000 euros.
Neu pointed out that medical services in the EU are very expensive and that the citizens who travel without health insurance risk being exposed to huge costs.
He explained that health insurance will be provided by one of the largest European systems of medical assistance, CORIS.
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