Air Serbia boosts Tivat operations

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Airbus terminates Qatar order

Airbus has raised the stakes in a dispute with major customer Qatar Airways over grounded and undelivered A350 jets by announcing it had revoked a separate contract for 50 smaller A321neo jets the airline plans to use for new routes. The move widens a dispute that moved closer towards a rare courtroom clash, with a procedural hearing over Qatar's claim for more than $600 million in compensation over A350 flaws pencilled in for the week of April 26 in London. Airbus revealed it was walking away from the contract for A321neos in skeletal arguments presented during a scheduling session over the A350 dispute at a division of Britain's High Court. "We confirm we did terminate the contract for 50 A321s with Qatar Airways in accordance with our rights", an Airbus spokesman said following a filing setting out provisional arguments. Qatar Airways is expected to fight the A321neo contract's termination, having said it plans to take delivery of the jets even though it is refusing to take more A350s until a dispute over surface erosion on the larger planes has been resolved. The airline said in a court filing that it was "working through the practical consequences" of the A321 decision, adding that Airbus was not entitled to declare a "cross-default" on the basis of Qatar's refusal to take more A350s in the main dispute. Qatar Airways had no immediate comment on the A321neo contract, which has its roots in an order 10 years ago worth $4.6 billion at list prices, originally for a smaller version. Qatar Airways has said the A321s will help it launch flights to new markets where there is currently not enough demand for larger aircraft, but which are out of reach of smaller A320s. Qatar's first A321neo is due to be delivered in February 2023, according to the airline filing. Industry experts say the hot-selling model can easily be resold, in contrast with a drop in demand for big jets like the A350, worsened by the pandemic.

Air Serbia boosts Tivat operations

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Air Serbia has announced it will introduce three additional return flights between Belgrade and Tivat in the coming week due to increased demand. In addition, the number of existing flights will see added capacity and will be operated by larger aircraft. Overall, the number of available seats will increase to around 5.000 per week, up 33%. Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Jiri Marek, said, “We are very satisfied with the increased interest in flights to the Montenegrin coast. We believe that passengers want to take advantage of the nice weather during September, and we are happy that we have the opportunity to make it possible for them”. Air Serbia restored operations to Montenegro on August 19 following a five-month suspension due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Anonymous10:56
nice
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Anonymous11:59
One more boosting! Nice.

I also saw that in October Air Serbia increased FRA to 4 pw
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Anonymous16:07
I'm surprised YM has not responded.
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Anonymous22:28
Basically, JU needs MNE.
35% of its network relies on TGD and TIV
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Anonymous09:57
I am not surprised, charter demand in September seems to be stronger than in August. Today alone there are 10 charter flights from Belgrade.
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