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| Air Serbia’s passenger numbers and revenue continue to improve |
Air Serbia is the second national carrier in the former Yugoslavia, following Adria Airways, to report its first quarter results for 2015. During the first three months, the Serbian national carrier handled 453.000 passengers, an increase of 26% compared to the 359.000 travellers welcomed over the same period last year. The airline’s passenger carrying capacity, measured in Available Seat Kilometres (ASK), rose by 15% year-on-year to 795 million. The Serbian carrier saw its revenue soar to 39 million euros during the first quarter, up 44%. The amount of commercial cargo handled also improved, with 875 tonnes of freight processed by the airline, an increase of 61%. On-time performance stood at 86%.
Air Serbia’s CEO Dane Kondić, says, “We have continued to reap the benefits of our growth, which is fuelled by the development of our network and the expansion of codeshare partnerships. Our results continue to demonstrate the effectiveness of our business strategy. This is a great sign for our long-term success”. Air Serbia provided no quarterly profit figures in its statement nor did it report on its average load factor. However, the carrier noted it significantly expanded its network through codeshare agreements with Adria Airways, Aeroflot, Air Berlin, Air France, Alitalia, Bulgaria Air, Etihad Airways, Etihad Regional, KLM and TAROM.
Currently, Air Serbia, together with its subsidiaries Air Serbia Catering and Air Serbia Ground Services, employs 2.300 people. The carrier has reiterated that it will continue broadening its workforce and focus on improving passenger experience over the coming months. Mr. Kondić adds, “As in 2014, we will continue to focus on maintaining financial discipline and control over costs. Nevertheless, this year we are committed to investing in what we firmly believe are key areas that will underpin our future success - further development of our workforce and enhancing the guest experience by innovating our products and services”. Previously, the airline said it would start rolling out on board wireless Internet access across its Airbus fleet and open a dedicated business class lounge at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport during the second quarter. “During this year, we will continue to focus on all aspects our guests’ travel experience by innovating our products and services, providing even more choice, convenience and enjoyment. We are confident that this approach will drive our continued success”, the CEO concluded.
EX-YU airline Q1 2015 passenger numbers:
| Airline | PAX | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Air Serbia | 453.000 | ▲ 26 |
| Adria Airways | 203.663 | ▲ 8 |
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revenue q1 15: 39mio /453k passengers = 86€ revenue/passenger (without cargo) or is the revnue UP by 39 mio YoY?
I da uskoro se proslavi odlazak na obuku za A330 i WI-FI.
I jos mnogo transfernih putnika u ostatku godine
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Ако си озбиљан, испод које крушке си ти чамио свих ових година?
"Due to our planned further expansion in Serbia, we have new openings for cabin attendants at Belgrade base."
Zato nije ni cudo sto je JAT prodat.
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GoS Transport Minister announced back in March that bilateral with the USA would be signed in April, now she is pushing back with vague "in the next few weeks" schedule. It is clear she is no control over schedule. As for the actual start date for the flight(s), she is now pushing back from end of 2015 to the first quarter of 2016.
Things are obviously held back by the other side once again. Is the next announcement going to be another postponement of signing of bilateral, perhaps during PM's visit to Washington DC? I don't know, but it sure looks like this issue is just another line item on the laundry list to be negotiated as part of effort to get Serbia closer to the West. I am just not sure GoS and PM are eager to seize this great opportunity and get closer to the US for the mutual benefit.
Anyway, this delay is obviously hurting Air Serbia's long haul plans. Planned expansion was to be effective only if it would feed long haul, but now that it's clear it would not happen by mid or even late 2016, there's no reason for Air Serbia to expand in the upcoming winter schedule.
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Postavio si pitanje koje je cini mi se obrisano ali ipak cu da odgovorim posto se ne tice nekog prepucavanja nego je konkreto.
Sto se tice domaceg feed u YYZ mislim da tu i nema bas neke razlike. Opcija je AC i WS. Oni realno gledano iz YYZ lete ka manje vise istim gradovima I sa vrlo slicnim frekvencijama. E sad EY koliko ja znam ima code share sa AC sto znaci da ima vec neki odnos tako da misilm da tu lezi odgovor na ovo tvoje pitanje.
US white paper on Gulf carriers distorts my academic report.
If somebody is interested, here is an interesting article written by Dr John Frankie O’Connell from Cranfield University in the UK whose research paper was used (or rather misused) in the US white paper on Gulf carriers that serves as basis of US carriers claims about competition from MEB3
http://tinyurl.com/k454e4r
Listen, I don't approve his approach either and I rarely (i fever) I hear anything useful from him but I don't go around complaining about it. He has a right to say whatever he wants. You and others can agree or disagree with him, like or dislike him but the fact that your attempts to shut him up are only counter productive. So, my advice to you and everyone else is, mind your own business, if you don't like what he says just skip his post and go on with your life
I think the delays are beyond the control of the GoS. As much as they would want to be able to say how great and efficient they are, they still have to wait for the big OK from USA. Right now it is probably a political game as much of a technical one. But I think summer 2016 is still realistic.
-- Charlie
(Ignore INN-NS)
We the above are just expressing how annoying INN is. After today I will not mention her name, and completely ignore her.
Power to the people, ignore the troll !
-- Charlie
Mislim da svaki ima bar četiri, a neki možda i pet rotacija dnevno.
No MEB3 je lako. Država im kupuje avione, gorivo bagatela, pa im je load factor od 30% isplativ. Šta mislite koliko putnika ima Emirates na A388 koji leti za MXP?
Jednog dana će ceo taj sistem da se uruši kao kula od karata, a bojim se da će u to biti usisana i Air Serbia.
LOL, please go and read what you wrote again. Do you make living by commenting here? This is educational blog, please relax.
“he pretty much prevents people from saying something negative about ASL”
No he is not. You can still say whatever you’d like and he can’t do anything about it. But the opposite is true as well and you are the one who is choosing to react to what he says.. Only admin can prevent someone by deleting his/her comments
“Why cant he for once ignore criticism towards ASL”
Because both of you are worse than my 2 and 5 year old. Funny , just last night I had this conversation with them. I’m pretty sure I tried to explain my 5 year old that she has to take the high grounds sometimes LOL
hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha
http://mgsi.gov.rs/lat/aktuelnosti/imamo-cilj-da-budemo-centralni-evropski-aerodrom
U potpunosti se slazem sa tobom, ali tvoje i moje misljenje nazalost se ne uklapaju u ovde dominantni balkansko-botovsko-nekriticno-nedodirljivo-neuporedivo-profitabilnost je nevazan faktor-moj je veci od tvog- nacin razmisljanja i komentarisanja
Ona se podrazumeva i obavezna je za svakog.
Ali iskustvo se na Zapadu ceni i ono je direktno vezano za to koliko ces zaradjivati. Ima cak i naucnih istrazivanja na tu temu tako da...
To nije bilo vama upuceno nego je par ljudi pre toga komentarisalo i vi da nesto napisete protiv ASL ne bi usao u svadju sa vama:
A bio sam samo rekao kako novine potvrdjuju moje izvore ali to je iz ne znam kog razloga izbrisano . I necu ponovo to da pisem.
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Hvala na odgovoru :)
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Problem je sto svi znamo ko to komentarise sa Aerodroma BEG,
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Criticizing does not equal a hater!
Cheers
A svi znamo ko to pise i ko su oni.
Aэrologic =D
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