PHOTOS: Air Serbia’s wet-leased A319 to enter service

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The third aircraft that will be operating on behalf of Air Serbia this summer season under a wet-lease arrangement is preparing to enter service. The Airbus A319 jet, registered YR-URS (pictured), is being wet-leased from Romania’s Dan Air. The aircraft is thirteen years old and has the capacity to seat 144 passengers. Unlike the other two aircraft the airline is wet-leasing, a Boeing 737-300 and B737-700 from Lumiwings, the A319 will feature Air Serbia titles across its fuselage. The aircraft will enter into service on behalf of the Serbian carrier this month and operate until early October.



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  1. Anonymous10:32

    Smart

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  2. Anonymous10:32

    Their original livery is on oar with some of the worst in industry (Dan airs one)

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    1. Anonymous13:58

      Totally disagree.

      They really have nice livery.

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  3. Anonymous10:59

    I notice AirSerbia uses mainly A319 and they have only one A320. Is there a reason why they opt for A319? I'm sure they would be able to fill those A320 and A321 at least during summer times. Or is it thet A319 fits their business topology?

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    1. Anonymous11:23

      I think that they should be leasing A320s over summer. Demand is definitely there. They need to be more aggressive. Ankara was a major loss for them. TK is FULL FULL FULL throughout June and July. This won't change especially now when Belgrade launched an ad campaign across Anatolia.

      Time for JU to launch BEG-AYT for Turkish tourists.

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    2. Nemjee11:39

      Not surprised about Ankara, Turkish arrivals are steadily growing.

      April 2022
      7.545 (+284%)

      January-April
      23.157 (270%)

      I think the era of aviation protectionism on the Serbian-Turkish market is slowly coming to its end simply because it's Serbia that stands to lose the most from these restrictions.

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    3. Anonymous11:46

      Agree about Ankara.
      However, it seems that TK got "green light" for Ankara flights in exchange to JU`s flights to IST from both INI and KVO.

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    4. Nemjee12:14

      Don't know, if I were an airline and I had that choice I'd chose a market like ESB as it is incomparably larger, easier to schedule and so on. Not to mention that it could be a massive source of transfer passengers for JU at BEG.

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    5. Anonymous13:44

      Protectionism will stay but I think it was reported that Serbia and Turkey are negotiating new contract (I presume more liberal one). Current one is way too limiting and relations between JU and TK are much better than they were back in the day.

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    6. Anonymous13:46

      It wasn't reported that a new one is being negotiated it was reported that a new one has just been adopted as it took Turkish parliament 5 years to ratify it.

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    7. Anonymous13:48

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/12/serbia-turkey-air-deal-enters-into-force.html

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    8. Anonymous13:51

      But some people *really* like blaming JU/Serbian govt here for the bilateral.

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    9. JATBEGMEL13:58

      @10,59

      A319 capacity works well for them. Not too big and not too small. There is only a few places where capacity of an A320 would currently work, especially in the winter months. Remember, the aircraft should be flying at least 15 hours a day (I believe JU's utilisation is around 17-18 hours per day). JU is an airline that should be going after frequencies and not solely on capacity. Should they get another A320, definately. Disappointing to see none of the wet leases was an A320 or B738.

      @nemjee

      I think protectionism will be in favour of TK and JU, which will limit Pegasus. It will be another market where we see a duopoly.

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    10. Nemjee14:31

      Indeed, the new ASA is nowhere near full market liberalization which is a shame. There are still restrictions in place such as JU agreeing to give TK the third daily for the summer season only. Hopefully TK gets the permit to extend those flights into the winter.

      Pegasus keeps on applying for more flights but they are constantly being turned down.

      JU is the least competitive in this market which is why they are probably not rushing to liberalize the market. Will be interesting to see what becomes of AYT-BEG. TK has its eyes on this market so let's see if they pull their political strings to get it.

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    11. Anonymous15:51

      Turkish CEO during JU-TK codeshare agreement ceremony: We hope to provide further travel prospects for our customers with the enhanced bilateral rights in the forthcoming period.

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    12. Anonymous18:04

      Anadoloujet CEO complained about JU protectionism.

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  4. Anonymous12:21

    In other news, according to Planespotters.net, YU-ALN has officially departed ASL's fleet. It is listed as stored at BEG since 9 May

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    1. Anonymous12:25

      I know I should be happy but I also emotional as I have flown with these old planes my whole life.

      End of an era, that's for sure.

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    2. Anonymous12:28

      It was already reported that this plane is the next one out.

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    3. Anonymous14:00

      Which of 72-200 are still flying?

      YU-ALO and ?

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    4. Anonymous14:28

      YU-ALP

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    5. Anonymous14:32

      YU-ALP

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    6. Anonymous15:01

      YU-ALP

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    7. Anonymous15:17

      YU-ALS

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    8. Anonymous16:33

      Thanks to all.

      YU-ALS does not fly for a long time.

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