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| Air Serbia adds a quarter of a million passengers in 2015 |
Air Serbia has posted strong operational results in 2015, seeing growth in passenger and cargo volumes during its second full year of operation. The airline carried 2.550.000 travellers last year, representing an 11% increase over 2014. During the year, Air Serbia operated 32.384 flights, covering 29.5 million kilometres, including seasonal services operated by its dedicated charter brand Aviolet. The carrier registered a notable increase in its average cabin load factor which stood at 71% in 2015, up 4% on the year before. In addition, its Available Seat Kilometres (ASKs), a measure of its total passenger carrying capacity, increased by 3% to 3.65 billion. Air Serbia's on-time performance at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport also improved, growing 8% to 86%. The overall on-time performance average for the entire Air Serbia network during the year amounted to 84%.
Air Serbia's market share at Belgrade Airport stood at 53% in 2015. The airline's cargo division also saw growth in the total volume of freight and mail flown, which increased to 3.756 tonnes, representing a year-on-year increase of 39%. Air Serbia widened its virtual network during the year by signing new codeshare partnerships with Aegean Airlines, Air Baltic, Air China, Air Europa and LOT Polish Airlines, bringing the total number of active codeshare agreements to fifteen. As a result, the airline's total codeshare network grew to 78 destinations in 2015, up from 23 the year before. At the end of 2015, Air Serbia’s fleet consisted of twenty aircraft, after it added a sixth turboprop ATR 72-500 in May.
The carrier's CEO, Dane Kondić, said, "2015 was a year of strong operational growth at Air Serbia which clearly demonstrated that our development strategy is working and we are continuing to strengthen our business model. We continued to meet our growth objectives, carrying 250.000 more passengers and 1.000 additional tonnes of cargo, and at the same time made a substantial contribution to the Serbian economy through increased trade and tourism”. He added, “We set a very solid foundation in 2015 for continued growth this year, the pinnacle of which will be the launch of non-stop services to New York. Two years down the road and Air Serbia has really found a spring in its step, we are a more confident airline with a clear focus on our commercial mandate and our guests”.
The company said it focused on improving the passenger experience during the year, with the opening of its Premium Lounge at Nikola Tesla Airport, the introduction of wireless on board Internet, web check-in and a new-look website. The airline’s financial results, which are audited by international accounting firm KPMG, will be announced once the audit is finalised in the coming weeks.
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So here are the annual passenger results
Air Serbia - 2.55
Croatia Airlines - 1.85
Adria Airways - 1.04
Loaf dactor results
Air Serbia - 71%
Croatia Airlines - 69%
Adria Airways - 68%
Better to have 2.55 million last year and then some more stable growth this year than having 2.8 million last year and then 0 the next year because the company has to shut down.
This is basically a JU press release, of course everything will be rosy.
Second, comparing Air Serbia to airlines based in developed countries with much lesser seasonality and a greater number of business passengers doesn't make sense.
All I am saying is that ASL has professionals that have access to data that we don't have, and they have concluded that what is best for the company is to reduce their winter timetable.
Last anon,
You are wrong, facts are in favour of us 'haters.'
You call a market share of 49% - ONLY? This is a huge percentage...
U proteklom mesecu 93% letova započeto je bez kašnjenja, bilo je svega 1% letova sa tzv. velikim kašnjenjem od preko 60 minuta. Na uzorku svih obavljenih letova prosečno kašnjenje iznosilo je manje od 4 minuta – navode sa Aerodroma."
Yeah, it is huge percentage...
They must be coming to end of life? To loose 6 aircraft from the fleet would hurt growth.
Not only to substitute the old JU fleet but to allow for growth too.
First they have to renovate their fleet and only then to expand it.
And can you name one non-EU airline that received restricted access to BEG?
Get read of them and LEASE much newr airplanes.
Lease rates are low than they have been in the last few years plus you greatly increase dispatch reliability and decrease costs of operation and servicing.
And also Turkish and Egyptian charter airlines.
I called my numbers right and ASL even exceeded my expectations. As I said yesterday, ASL is now a rock star in terms of punctuality, extremely important for a hub based operator. I am not aware of any "professional critics" here with a better prediction.
TK's access to BEG is limited under the bilateral agreement between Serbia and Turkey (and vice versa). Even so, TK has 2x more flights to BEG than JU to IST, and there is also Pegasus on top of that.
Charter restrictions cannot be compared to scheduled legacy services.
Will you suggest an appropriate share for JU in BEG?
2014: 2.30M / CLF 67% / 19 ac
2013: 1.40M / CLF 64%
2012: 1.36M / CLF 73%
In 2013 Jat had a net income of -69.3 million Euros. Jat also had more than half the fleet grounded, with hundreds of flights cancelled last minute due to a lack of aircraft and scheduled maintenance. We also seem to forget the hundreds of delayed flights, many due to aircraft break down without replacement.
Average fleet age drastically dropped as Air Serbia, pax numbers have more than doubled, codeshare destinations drastically increased, onboard product drastically improved, CLF has increased (2006 it was 58%) while the minus is 3 times smaller.
JU went from being a disaster to being a regional leader, carrying 700.000 more pax than OU whilst more than double that of JP. JU offer pax better amenities compared to competitors in the region. 2016 will once again be another year of growth.
Zaista, možda je trebalo potrošiti malo novca na to. Neki su u prilično lošem stanju - u estetskom pogledu - a neki zaista smrde unutra, kao da su se sedišta u nekom momentu ubuđala...
By the time the A320NEO do arrive, JU would be a bigger carrier, well over 3 million pax. Lets look just this season, JU will reopen JFK, increase SOF, OTP, SPU, DBV, BEY and many more destinations. On top of this there should be more destinations to open (LED, OHD). By 2018 JFK will not be alone in the long haul network, with another A330 said to join by the years end as well from 9W. JU is showing positive trends which is good whilst brand recognition is increasing around the region. JU still has options for more regional expansion to fuel more transfer pax to otherwise weak O&D destinations, Spain to give an example.
Actually, what interests me is what will finally replace the DC9, and what is installed to replace the ATR fleet.
Najbolja ex-Yu avio kompanija.
Both LH and A3 have retired their 737s long ago. And so has FR.
Very few and small/financially troubled airlines still fly them in Europe.
ATR zamena nadam se da nije Q400 nego ATR 72-600 .
INN-NS
http://www.b92.net/biz/vesti/srbija.php?yyyy=2016&mm=03&dd=02&nav_id=1102929
Samo bi jos povecao flotu za 2 A319 i 1 A321 i poceo Destinacije : IKA, AMM,HEL,TBS,GYD, DUB i cak mozda MAN.
I jos 2 ATR 72-500 za Destinacije : DBV (preko cele godine) , INN,NUE i nekoliko destinacija u Rumuniji , pa cak mozda i ESB .
INN-NS
INN-NS
http://www.exyuaviation.com/2016/02/air-serbia-plans-ohrid-service-from-june.html
http://www.exyuaviation.com/2016/02/air-serbia-considering-kiev-and-st.html
Among which countries?
just the ex-Yu?
The Balkans?
Southeastern Europe?
Eastern Europe?
What exactly?
Correct, they will all retired after this years summer season.
It's Yugoslavia.
MAN nije mozda dobar predlog ali sta hvali DUB , morace jednom biti i ekspanzije prema GB.
INN-NS
In what fantasy world do you live?
"What does 'primary airport' in the Balkans mean? Starting routes from BEG with a BEG based plane? With 3pw OSL flights..."
That is a good question but I am sure Nemjee doesn't have the answer since he said that "it is only the beginning more info to come". To me primary would be having daily flights to Oslo, 4 p/w to Stockholm and 4 p/w to Gatwick where they have a base.
From June-September and during 2 weeks in December for sure, even 2 A321 would work but then what? You have to look long term, not just because they need it for 4 months.
The way I understood it is that they will link BEG with some of their other hubs/focus cities. Who knows, maybe they will consider opening a base here though this would harm JU more than W6.
Anyone notice EX-YU put up the timetable for Croatia Airlines new routes? Fokker 100 for Lisbon flights stands out to me.
It ended for good 25 years ago.
But, you know, certain people are afraid to face that reality, or act disgusted when someone mentions it, so they came up with naive descriptions of "regional leadership" to feel better.
Yugoslavia is over. RIP!
But I think Norwegian is exactly the type of shake-up that Air Serbia needs. Aegean, Lot, and Air Baltic all have high competition from LCCs, so they have had to compete greatly. Overall this has made them into more competitive airlines.
You can read about this phenomenon here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Effect
2) As I said many times before, those seat maps when booking mean nothing when it comes to TOTAL bookings. On certain days you can have full planes and yet most of seats are free when looking at the map
BTW I am not defending JU or trying to make false impressions about how bookings are going.
Mapa sjedenja nema nikakve veze sa prodajom karata, ja sam kupio kartu za 11 Jula JFKBEG jedan pravac I nisam uzeo sjedalo,posto planiram da trazim sjedalo u redu za spasavanje I bicu dosta ranije na terminalu posto mi konekcija iz Toronta stize dosta ranije I imacu priliku da budem medju prvima u redu da trazim to mjesto.
I totally agree with this under normal sales times, but what I was trying to say that there is really NO promotion since prices are in the range where they should be under regular times and definitely not something even close to 399 euros as being told to the public by media.
its amazing how many here are only for pute hate rather than to engage in one thing - enjoy a passion for aviation while discussing topics from the ex-YU.
As in region I meant the ex-YU. We can as well look at Eastern Europe and see only a handfull of carriers with a larger operation than JU - TK, SU, A3, LO, Wizz and PS. Even returning back to the Balkans, we have JU at 3rd place with TK and A3 with larger operations. For Serbia and for what BEG offers, its a great acheivment!
Same for the C hall expansion in T2.
Airport management is not competant to have lights bulbs replaced on time let alone engage in infrastructure improvements!
Really like it! The A330 already will be part of the family! ;)
What about the 737-200? Are they gone?
Go Air Serbia!
BEG needs Wizz and no steps are being taken. If they were then W6 wouldn't be adding Baden Baden.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=131114503&postcount=8315
Wizz doesn't fly to ZAG and it isn't going bankrupt.
The fact that you make such a comment, reflects on the poor work that BEG airport is doing in not attracting any significant new airlines to fly into BEG
Of course it's ex-BEG.
The B732 (YU-ANP) belongs to AGX.
Jat used it from time to time as compensation for
maintenance. That and the Jat fleet was falling apart.
Promotional fares dont mean that all the seats in the certain class will be 1 price. Aparently sales have been going well and that should be pushing ticket prices higher (supply/demand).
JU needs to stop pretending that they are some sort of regional leader and to realize that they are insignificant. Only when they face music they will be able to start growing and expanding.
+1000