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Air Serbia retires oldest Airbus jet

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Air Serbia has today returned its oldest Airbus A319 aircraft, registered YU-APJ, to its owner after which it will be sotred. The jet, which is 22 years old, departed from Belgrade to New York’s JFK Airport via Glasgow, Keflavik (Reykjavik) and Gander. Ultimately, it's final destination is the Pinal Airpark. In 2020, the carrier said it would retire older aircraft from its fleet to be better prepared for post-pandemic travel. Last year, the airline retired its remaining Boeing 737-300 jets, which were over thirty years old. In addition, the carrier will phase out its ATR72-200 and -500 turboprops in the coming months as it begins to take delivery of newer ATR72-600s from February. As a result, Air Serbia currently has nine A319s in its fleet, one of which has been grounded since late November 2021 (registered YU-APB). It also utilises one A320, one A330-200 and five ATR72s.

YU-APJ in Glasgow

YU-APJ at Gander Airport

January 19, 2022
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  1. Anonymous14:22

    They grounded YU-APB to reduce costs during the winter season or because of something else??

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    1. Avionlet15:10

      It got hit by lightning while landing in Tivat.

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    2. Anonymous17:13

      Well yes, but that's not the reason probably, plane is built to overstand such strikes and all they have to do is a minor ispection as well as replacing the small antena. That's all probably.

      But I am more supprised why did they retired it if they are expanding so fast...

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    3. Nemjee08:09

      It is probably undergoing maintenance, a C check probably. Air Serbia usually does that in winter when there is less demand.

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    4. Anonymous10:01

      Lighning strikes can cause widespread damage on an aircraft occasionally requiring big maintenance action to restore (ie of the titan parts of the airplane around the cockpit or the pylons are affected).

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  2. Bel Cielo 15:41

    Are the new ATR-72-600 5 or 6?Thanks in advance for the answer.

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  3. Anonymous15:45

    What will be the average age after this and when new ATRs arrive?

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  4. Nemjee16:34

    My first flight with Air Serbia was onboard this aircraft back in September 2014. Good that they are retiring it as it was extremely unreliable.

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    1. Anonymous22:12

      On my way back from Berlin in 2019 I also had a flight with that plane :)

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    2. Nemjee08:10

      Nice! :)

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  5. Anonymous21:08

    BEG to JFK via Glasgow, Keflavik and than Toronto, doesn't sound right to me.

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    1. Anonymous22:16

      Where does it say Toronto

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    2. Anonymous22:31

      It did, now it is changed to Gander.

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  6. Anonymous07:56

    Who will now be Deki Stanković ��

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