Air Serbia becomes ninth largest airline in Central and Eastern Europe


Air Serbia has become the ninth largest airline serving Central and Eastern Europe during the ongoing winter season, Cirium schedules information data shows. According to “Air Service One”, the carrier has 1.4 million seats on sale this season, which runs until March 26. The figure represents a 12% increase against the previous record, which was set in 2016 when the airline commenced flights to New York and several other destinations in Europe. Back then it offered some 1.2 million seats. Air Serbia has also reached its second highest share of Belgrade Airport’s total capacity this winter, standing at 50%, behind only 2016 when the share stood at almost 55%.

This winter, Air Serbia has the most available capacity from Belgrade to Istanbul, followed by Zurich, Podgorica, Paris and Moscow, with the latter seeing frequent wide-body operations. The carrier has introduced three new routes over the ongoing winter season, to Malta, Tianjin and Malaga, with Budapest to follow on March 13. Overall, in 2022, the carrier inaugurated operations on over twenty new routes, with over twenty expected to be added during the 2023 summer season. The carrier has said it plans to introduce five additional aircraft to its fleet next summer. During 2022, the company handled its twenty-millionth passenger since rebranding as Air Serbia in late October of 2013.

The Serbian carrier recently noted, “We would like to position ourselves, and we are positioning ourselves, as a regional leader in the wider Balkan region, or let’s say the majority of ex-Yugoslavia. We have multiple scenarios which we are constantly developing and finetuning to be ready for the market opportunities to enter the niches and secure our strong position in the region. Thanks to our flexibility and quick reactions to changes on the market, we have managed to achieve results that are above the industry average. We are focused on the possibilities, and we are trying to seize every opportunity that presents itself”.



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  1. Anonymous09:01

    I wouldn't be surprised if it is in the top 5 this summer.

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  2. Anonymous09:02

    Not bad at all. Having 50% of BEG operations is also a good balance in my oppinion.

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    1. Anonymous09:05

      Yup, just shows how heavily BEG relies on JU. Almost monopolist.

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    2. Anonymous09:10

      Of course it relies on JU. BEG is JU's hub.

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    3. Anonymous09:19

      So, now, problem is that AirSerbia is this big and growing?! I thought I heard everything, but than there are those haters who surprise me each time.
      Dear Anon 09.05, despite the market share of 50%, AirSerbia is not a monopolist nor it can be. With the diversity of the airlines, both legacy and low cost ones, no risk from this.
      And, think positive, it will bring you good, trust me!

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    4. JATBEGMEL15:22

      @09,05

      It's not monolopist. It's only natural that an airline with a base at an airport will have a higher passenger share. BEG has a decent balance which is getting better. We aren't a tourist or business heavy destination to have a large influx of foreign carriers, nor is Serbia without a national carrier that has to be reliant on foreign carriers.

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    5. Anonymous16:05

      exactly. Monopoly was 100% Wizz in Tuzla until last year, or 100% of subsidy tenders won by the same airline in SKP.

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    6. Anonymous16:15

      That is like saying that Atlanta relies heavily on Delta. It does. So what?

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    7. I wish if only OU share in ZAG was 50 percent. But they have more important business to do instead airline business - Jugoton deal for example, or sponsoring football teams...

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  3. Anonymous09:02

    Central and Eastern Europe includes airlines like LOT, Air Baltic, Aeroflot etc so this a very good result.

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    1. Anonymous09:06

      I would assume Aegean and Turkish too.

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    2. Anonymous09:07

      Wizz Air too

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    3. Anonymous09:07

      Anyone has the full list?

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    4. Anonymous09:11

      Don't forget the likes of Ryanair with their large presence in Poland.

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    5. Anonymous09:12

      I'd also like to see the list and especially to see who is 8th and 10th.

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    6. Anonymous09:34

      Aren't Aegean and Turkish considered in South Europe ??

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    7. Anonymous10:02

      Even Sky Express of Greece must have carried 3.5 million pax in 2022.

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    8. Anonymous12:51

      OU is 8th........ hundred

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    9. Anonymous15:48

      As far as I can tell, without having access to the actual report, but from some other lists I was able to find, Tarom is ahead and Sky Express is behind.

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  4. Anonymous09:02

    Bravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

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  5. Anonymous09:05

    😆

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    1. Anonymous09:07

      I don't see what's funny.

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    2. Anonymous09:31

      Nervous envy twitches causing smile-like appearance on his embittered face.

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    3. Anonymous09:50

      Everyone is afraid of the "ninth largest airline in Central and Eastern Europe"
      It's not a laughing matter!

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    4. Anonymous09:54

      Who said anyone is afraid? Has anyone suggested it? What a bizarre comment. Says a lot about you.

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    5. Anonymous09:58

      Well keep laughing. Air Serbia doesn’t have size and scale as an advantage just yet. But it is a survivor, and one with plans for more growth in the years ahead

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    6. Anonymous10:01

      Anonymous 09:58
      The "just yet" bit is my favorite part!

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    7. Anonymous10:10

      Don't feed the troll.

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  6. Anonymous09:06

    What are the others?

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  7. Anonymous09:07

    Compared to where Jat Airways was just 10 years ago, this is a remarkable transformation.

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    1. Anonymous09:12

      +1

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    2. Prima16:50

      Yes, but is there any profit left? Hope Srb goverment will stop subsidize JU

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    3. Anonymous18:06

      Prima16:50

      Comparing to other government companies of similar size AS did not get that much money in recent yeas, in 2023. it is not even on a list of companies getting government aid. Even if it did get more money from the government, its far cheaper than not having an airline at all.

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    4. Anonymous18:31

      Same people making comments "OU is needed for tourism and government will subsidize it forever" are saying "Hope Srb goverment will stop subsidize JU". LOL!!!!!

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    5. Anonymous06:32

      If you say so.

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  8. Anonymous09:10

    I wonder what is next up for Air Serbia. After adding so many routes will they dryy to go after alliance membership, try to find a new part owner, try to focus on long haul?

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    1. Anonymous09:11

      My guess is that they will start boosting frequencies on routes they currently have.

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    2. Anonymous09:15

      Marek said that they are not interested joining any alliance.

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    3. Anonymous09:20

      He said currently but didn't rule it out long term

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    4. Anonymous09:48

      They will be putting a bigger emphasis on their on board product. New cabins will likely be installed on all planes, We might also see some surprises in terms of long haul product this spring :)

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    5. Anonymous09:51

      Interesting. They also said they will be phasing out A319s in favor of A320s and once that is done look at 100 seater options.

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  9. Anonymous09:10

    Unfortunately Budapest is selling really badly. They should start a large promo campaign over there. Maybe they should not have planned flights from March.

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    1. Anonymous09:11

      How do you know?

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    2. Anonymous09:13

      A friend who works for the airport told me. Someone at JU told her. Also you can see on JU's website that only the lowest fares are available. They are quite expensive, return flight in March is €170!

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    3. Anonymous09:15

      Wouldn't a higher fare indicate that flights are selling?

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    4. Anonymous09:17

      At the time they started selling BUD the lowest price was around 120 EUR.

      I wonder how you could say now that only the lowest fares are available if the price is 170 EUR? It surely indicates that lowest fares are not available anymore.

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    5. Anonymous09:26

      Actually Revenue Management increased prices to Budapest. Now the lowest return flight comes out to be 17.051 RSD which is €145.
      All flights until the end of summer are offered at the lowest fares. Hopefully they push for more sales.

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    6. Anonymous09:31

      Honestly I really hope this route to BUD works. But I think it will only work if Air Serbia grows its long haul network. Otherwise, European destinations are very well covered from BUD.

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    7. Anonymous09:33

      I think BUD has never meant to be P2P destination.

      Therefore I am no sure that we can judge about BUD sales based on the information you provided.

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    8. Anonymous09:40

      Let's wait and see. They probably have around a year for the route to prove itself. That's probably until when they get some incentives for launching it.

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    9. Nemjee09:40

      I think they rushed with BUD, should have left it for 2024 when they are supposed to have a stronger network.They need to pull an OS in BUD and their network is still too weak for that. On top of that, many Hungarians use BUD as O&D as in without first flying on OS. They are used to both the airport and the airline.

      Meanwhile, JU and BEG are completely unknown over there. They need a massive and serious approach to promoting themselves over there. I don't know if they have a marketing plan but if they do then it's time to start implementing it. BEG-BUD starts in two months!
      Now that I think of it, maybe it wouldn't be a bad idea to start promoting their flights in places like Szeged. Many people from there could use BEG.
      Like someone wrote above, I wouldn't be surprised if they pushed it to April or May when there is generally more demand. Mind you, BUD really did not do well in 2022, they had a drop of more than 20% when compared to 2019. Will be interesting to see how well JU does in Budapest. Personally I hope it works out for them as it can be a major source of transfer passengers for them. Should help them that LO abandoned their hub ambitions and that FR has been massively cutting over there.

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    10. Nemjee09:45

      many Hungarians use BUD as O&D

      Sorry meant to say that they use VIE as O&D

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    11. Anonymous09:45

      I am afraid that there are good reasons why LO and FR reduced their presence in BUD.

      The lack of demand.

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    12. Nemjee09:53

      My guess is that LO gave up on BUD as there were no more subsidies for them. Hungary isn't doing that well right now when it comes to finances.
      FR officially suspended many routes due to the new tax being imposed. However, I have a feeling they are using that as an excuse to reduce and cut underperforming routes. If the tax was such a problem they would have left BUD completely.

      For example, OTP is doing really well this year and if I remember well they should have handled close to 14 million passengers in 2022, similar to their pre-covid numbers. No wonder JU does really well there. Maybe a morning and evening flight to Bucharest would have made more sense than to Budapest. Morning departure from BEG would have improved connections from Russia, JFK and soon ORD.

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    13. Anonymous09:54

      FR cut routes because Hungary introduced a stupid tax:

      https://www.routesonline.com/news/29/breaking-news/298493/ryanair-to-reduce-budapest-schedule/#:~:text=The%20eight%20routes%20Ryanair%20is,)%20and%20Turin%20(TRN).

      LO failed because they tried launching them just before Covid. But agree that BUD, similar to OTP and SOF are more O&D airports and now especially OTP with RO cutting MUC and A3 quietly taking over especially with Animawings, which they own more than 50%.
      I am also a bit sceptic about BUD and if the railway connection is built, then forget about the planes.

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    14. Nemjee10:01

      LO could have returned after covid, that is why I guess that subsidies were no longer on the table especially now when Hungary's access to EU funding has been limited.

      Apparently MUC is only the first of a few routes that are going to be cut. Another one which might be extremely interesting for JU is FCO.
      With Rome receiving a healthy boost from JU this year, they should become even more competitive from Bucharest. Without a regional jet, JU needs to work on improving their sales in Bucharest so that they can upgrade all noon flights to the A319. Right now the ATR is too slow to make sure it catches all connections in both directions.

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    15. Anonymous11:32

      I am literally at the lounge in BUD. Had to drive here to fly out to North America because it was over $1000 cheaper to depart from here rather than BEG. The 3 hour wait at the border was not fun at all.

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    16. Anonymous11:45

      It’s still too early. Probably BUD will be getting mostly mix of business and government people with some last minute weekend travelers.

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    17. Anonymous11:50

      Point to point travel will be difficult on this route becasue return for the bus is €35 and JU charges €150. . And your are gonna save max 2 hours. Besides 4 hours driving yourself is not a lot. And JU has besides Russia, some ex yu destanations and New York where they wil fall a lot of competition nothing to offer to BUD. So understandable that sales are not going well.

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    18. Anonymous12:27

      11:32 Fares from BUD are always cheaper to USA and Canada as Hungarians do NOT require a visa hence more competition from other carriers. China and South Korea are also very strong markets. Budapest is full of Koreans.

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    19. Anonymous12:50

      and in 2026 when the high speed rail is done there will be no need for flights to budapest

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    20. Anonymous15:13

      People claiming they HAD to drive to BUD as if someone forced to do it. Pathetic.

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    21. JATBEGMEL15:58

      I think it's still too early to judge BUD. The way they scheduled the route hints to a focus being business travellers, a segment I doubt books 3 months in advance.

      @11,50

      I don't see business travellers using busses to get to Budapest, especially not those combi services that have made news recently for all the wrong reasons (ie abandoning pax at the border because the vehicle broke down). Crossing the border the past couple of weeks has become a real nightmare, up to 12 hours. No doubt for the business segment flying will be the preferred choice. Families and individual travellers who found a better deal ex BUD, will not mind the trouble if they find it worth it.

      @12,50

      Vienna is relatively close to Budapest and linked with HSR and OS still flies between the 2 cities.

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    22. Anonymous16:50

      How are you flying to New York from Budapest when there are no nonstop flights? Did you go all the way to Budapest only to catch a transfer flight?

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    23. Maybe flights from niš to bud 2x weekly were better choice....

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    24. Anonymous23:16

      Yep, they worked so good lol

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    25. Nemjee06:58

      INI-BUD was a disaster from day 1, it wouldn't have worked even on the ATR. Budapest only makes sense from Belgrade because of transfer passengers.

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    26. Anonymous09:09

      Air Serbia is quite expensive out of Budapest.

      On all routes/scenarios they're third or fourth most expensive, without taking into account Wizz Air/Ryanair.

      Seems they're committing the same mistake as the last time.

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    27. Anonymous12:14

      Anonymous09:09 for point to point travelers it is expensive, however if you check the price of tickets for other destinations boing from BUD via BEG it is not really expensive at all. Prices are pretty competitive, I think that they miss proper marketing to fill those flights.

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  10. Anonymous09:23

    I don't mean this in some negative or boasting way but I certainly think Air Serbia has leaped ahead of the ex-Yu region competition so to say. This data confirms it. Let's see if they can compete in the wider region.

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  11. Anonymous09:26

    The benefit of not being a feeder airline and having support from your shareholder as well a management that is from the aviation industry.

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    1. Anonymous11:17

      JU is heavily dependent on the states. Without the state, they would collapse in a matter of days

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    2. Anonymous11:40

      You have any proof of that or just guessing?

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    3. Anonymous15:14

      poor soul, mixing JU with OU again :D

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  12. Anonymous09:32

    This is a very good effort. Looking forward to see their rank this summer.

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    1. Anonymous09:33

      First they need to put all destinations for next summer on sale. They haven't announced them all :)

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    2. Anonymous09:37

      They should hurry up if there are more new routes to come.

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    3. Nemjee09:49

      Hopefully they sit down and have a serious talk with BEG and Jat Tehnika so as to avoid a meltdown in summer.
      I noticed that yesterday's BEG-LCA flight at 10.20 was delayed over 90 minutes as they had to wait for YU-APC to return from Milan. This can only mean they have a few planes that are out of service right now, this is on top of YU-APB which has not flown since September.

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    4. Anonymous09:53

      I really wonder what is going on with YU-APB and how is that possible that Jat Tehnika is keeping this plane on the ground for such a long time.

      I mean complicated D check needs around 4 weeks to be completed and we are talking here about 5 months!

      It is beyond any logic that they can't obtain spare parts for such a long time leaving the impression that the problem is within the company.

      Really weird.

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    5. Anonymous09:54

      Nemjee what is happening with YU-APB?
      Why is it out of commission for so long?

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    6. Nemjee10:06

      I honestly have no idea but I heard that it's not because of JU but rather because of Jat Tehnika. Who knows but I suppose it is a serious mess since it has not been flying for so long. Thank God Dan Air is still in Belgrade as their two planes have helped JU avoid a total meltdown this winter. The A320 seems to be flying almost every day:

      09.01 BEG-NUE-BEG
      08.01 BEG-FRA-BEG
      08.01 BEG-TGD-BEG
      07.01 BEG-TXL-BEG
      06.01 BEG-NUE-BEG
      06.01 BEG-SKG-BEG
      05.01 BEG-DUS-BEG
      04.01 BEG-PRG-BEG
      04.01 BEG-TGD-BEG
      02.01 BEG-STR-BEG
      02.01 BEG-ARN-BEG

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    7. Last time I asked someone from Jat Tehnika he just told me happily about 767 conversion. I'm gonna guess they are just pushing it aside. I just don't get AS being fine about it.

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    8. JATBEGMEL18:47

      JU shouldn't entirely go without blame either. They aren't exactly that better organised, especially with ongoing staffing issues. Staffing issues is almost entirely down to their own disorganisation, not having adequate amount of crew to operate the schedules without having to constantly tweek crew schedules. This disorganisation has pushed a number to resign, including those that have joined just this summer. 6 and 12 month cabin crew contracts doesn't encourage staff to think about Ionger term employment at JU, which further adds to the situation. Not to mention that JU doesn't have the full Airbus training in Belgrade.

      Having adequate aircraft was also something they should have taken into consideration when retiring the B733's. Let's give them the benefit that summer surprised them, however currently they're down 2-3 aircraft while having an ambitious summer schedule ahead of them.

      Same with Jat Tehnika. They have been for over a year a big problem for JU, especially when their license was suspended. I think an alternative should of been found and used for some part of the fleet as it's evident Jat Tehnika is struggling - or taking on too much work that they struggle to keep up with.

      As for BEG, I don't see much changing come summer. They're under staffed and are finding it difficult to attract people wanting to work for the pay and conditions that they offer with no improvement to that in sight. More automatisation might help (ie automated luggage drop off) both short term and long term, however I don't see that happening by summer. It'll be interesting to see what came of the recruitment drive in Delhi for BEG.

      JU have some fantastic and ambitious plans ahead, but things look really messy and disorganised.

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    9. JATBEGMEL19:02

      Slight edit to my comment above: I just noticed that today YU-APK was sent to ISL to Turkish Technic.

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    10. Nemjee06:59

      I heard, though it was hearsay, that recently they had to offer better terms to their crew after they started leaving in large numbers. Issue for JU is that these cabin crew could easily find work elsewhere in Belgrade.
      I think unemployment in Belgrade is almost non-existent.

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    11. Anonymous09:04

      Nemjee you certainly can't live in Belgrade if you are unemployed.

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  13. Anonymous09:33

    I assume it is similar in terms of passengers carried

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  14. Anonymous09:33

    Nice… when we think about that JAT was 10th company in the whole Europe and 31st in the world, we can see how pathetic all these small ex-yu countries are.

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    1. Anonymous09:34

      True but it was serving a much bigger market and there was much less competition. I think Air Serbia is definitely on the right track.

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    2. Anonymous09:36

      Agree… this is just a bit of exyu nostalgia.

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    3. Anonymous09:39

      It isn't nostalgia. JAT was a major carrier for its time and they deserve respect for that. Coming from a communist country it also had a very well developed transfer network. But I definitely think the current JU is on the right track.

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    4. Anonymous10:04

      Those times are now all history. Aviation has advanced a lot now and there are so many new carriers. There is a serious competition in SE Asia and the African aviation market now is also growing nicely. ADD being a hub, the gradual growth of RwandAir.
      And in Europe even VIE is no longer a real hub.
      In Europe you are basically left with the real hubs such as AMS, CDG FRA, MAD and LHR.
      All the rest are secondary or tertiary regional hubs.
      MAD is still and will remain the gateway to Latin America. Crazy to think there are up to 6-7 daily flights to Buenos Aires and at least 8 daily to Bogotá, which by the way airport is stunning and very modern.
      The days of European airlines being international leading major airlines are slowly going down. And also lets not forget QR, EK and it seems Saudi Arabia has huge plans with its 2030 growth plan. We are yet to witness more connections from Riyadh and Jeddah in the future.

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    5. JU520 BEGLAX12:53

      In my dreams, Yugoslavia still exists as a united and succesful and from any block independent nation. That dream covers JAT as well, serving Australia, Asia, Africa, Middle East, North America, Latin America and Europe covering a fleet of Airbus A350s, Boeing 787s, A320/A321NEO and A220-200/300. We would be the only continental European carrier flying nonstop from Europe to Australia.
      That's the dream. The reality is of course different but I am proud and happy that at least JU still exists and that Serbia has preserved that great legacy.

      In terms of Central Europe. What does count to central Europe? Austria as well?

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    6. @An.09.39
      Fully agree with you in one thing : JAT was a major carrier, and deserves respect for that. What I absolutely disagree is Yugoslavia being "communist" country. It was not. Yugoslavia was hybrid, special model, combination of the best from the West and the best from the East. Communist countries had closed borders, Yugoslavia had open borders. Communist countries had really low living standards, Yugoslavia had at least decent if not even very good living standards for majority of its population. Communist countries didn't have any liberty on fields of arts, culture and science, Yugoslavia had, immensly. Communist countries had one airline for each country, with Russian aircraft, Yugoslavia had 4 airline companies with US and EU aircraft. Communist countries had centralized economy, dictated by communist Party, Yugoslavia had market economy where each subject was on its own, with professional management selected on public tenders, with workers participation in decision making, and with communist Party present as parallel structure, but never dominant, and very often made fun of. Not referring to immediate post-war period, but definitely after 1970's it was the case. Actually Yugoslavia had to disappear, and today is being continuosly placed behind the iron curtain and equalized with Soviet block countries, because its succesfull model was potential danger for disastrous liberal capitalism model which we have as dominant today

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    7. Anonymous18:12

      pozdrav iz Rijeke17:50 Yugoslavia is dead. Thats all we need to know now.

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    8. I never said Yugoslavia was alive. I never said Yugoslavia will exist again. And no, it's not all that we need to know. We need to know why Yugoslavia was bruttaly destroyed in blood. And we need to know the truth that Yugoslavia was big, rich, successful country between East and West, with market economy, and not communist country with one type of yoghurt what New World Order servants are saying, trying to forge history

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    9. Anonymous12:16

      pozdrav iz Rijeke18:25 Isn`t that yoghurt statement something that former Croatian president was famous for? LOL

      I am born after the wars ended, looking at YU as a country looks like a fairytale now so I dont see the point of it.

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    10. Yes. Famous statement of Kokosinda/Kurvinda/Kokainda, who was installed to President position directly from NATO head office in Brussels. And other candidates running for the position behaved during electoral campaign as they were ordered to let her win

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  15. Anonymous09:49

    I'm surprised that they achieved this with just 20 aircraft. I can only imagine what it will be like this summer.

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  16. Anonymous10:14

    Nice. Can't wait to see how this year plays out.

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  17. Anonymous10:19

    Was just looking at the possibility for pax to fly SVO-BEG-JFK/OHD and the connections on most days are horrible in the sense of layover times. JU is capitalising on European transfers to Moscow but surely there is a lot of potential for North American ones too

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  18. Kako god mi komentarisali razvoj i promene u Er Srbiji, jedno je izvesno. To je sposobnost upravljackog tima ove Nacionalne kompanije sa odgovornim timovima za sprovodjenje operativnosti i promena koje se donose. U hodu i fleksebilno. Nastavljanjem profesionalnim vodjenjem ove u sustini preporodjene avio kompanije, postace mnogo snaznija na novom Beogradskom Hubu u dogradnji.
    Predstoji uvecanje flote. Kao i interkontinentane mreze. Bice uveden i domaci saobracaj u Srbiji i medju gradova sa gradovima u Republici Srpskoj... Formiranje Kargo kompanije u sastavu Er Srbije. Uporni i efikasni pojedinci i saradnici menjaju i transformisu sadasnjost za vremena koja dolaze. Iskusenja je mnogo. Ali i sposobnih ljudi i obucenih timova takodje. Srbija se sprema za za stogo gogina svoje Nacionalne kompanije. Er Srbija se trudi da uspesima se pripremi za stogodisnjicu nasih krila.
    Nova 2023 godina je pocela dinamicno. Tako ce i ostati.

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    1. Anonymous12:20

      Sa AS je uradjeno nesto sto je trebalo biti uradjeno sa svim znacajnijim drzavnim preduzecima, a to je da se dovede iskusan i strucan kadar iz inostranstva da vodi preduzece.
      Uskoro ce AS postati odlican primer kako se od gubitasa pravi trzisno orijentisano i profitabilno preduzece od visokog znacaja. Jos samo da porade na uslovima rada i zaradama zaposlenih i postavice ozbiljne temelje za uspeh i pozicioniranje jakog regionalnog brenda.

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  19. Anonymous10:46

    It would be interesting to see which route is best performing. Both passengers wise and financially.

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    1. Anonymous10:54

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/11/montenegro-maintains-spot-as-air.html

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  20. Anonymous10:46

    This is actually much better than I thought.

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  21. Anonymous10:53

    Hope bookings are performing well too.

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  22. Anonymous10:59

    I would be interested to see which position do OU and Air Montenegro take.

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    1. Anonymous11:16

      I'm doubtful they are in the top 10.

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  23. Anonymous11:53

    What they should definitely start doing is starting to promote and advertise their new routes in Serbia and beyond. I live in Belgrade and I haven't seen a single advertisement for any of their new routes for next summer except for Chicago which is only advertised on the big window screen they have at their downtown sales office in Bulevar.

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    1. Anonymous12:04

      True that. They really have to put marketing in center of their business this year. They use it as supporting thing and it has to be main thing, and not just in Serbia (don't know if their efforts on other markets are more consistent).

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    2. Anonymous12:15

      I remember back in 2013 and 2014 they had a massive advertising campaign throughout Europe. I remember seeing Air Serbia ads on busses in Athens. I assume it was a very expensive campaign around Europe but I think something similar could give them a big return on investment.

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    3. Anonymous13:49

      Trust me, marketing investments are really small portion of investments in aero business. Sure, ads abroad are expensive but still that ad in Athens is cheaper than one flight to Athens.

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    4. Anonymous13:53

      Advertising doesn't seem to be a priority for them for many years now. Which is a mistake in my opinion.

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  24. Anonymous12:00

    How many local businesses you know that are in top 10 in their respective industries in Central&Eastern Europe? Maybe a few. So this is a success, no doubt.

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  25. Anonymous14:16

    As some of the previous commentators have suggested, BUD may not be an easy one. ATRs are easy to break even with and indeed are some hard-working little buggers, but almost three daily flights in Wizz's hometown may be too big of a mouthful.
    Let's see and fingers crossed.

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  26. Anonymous14:52

    The only strategy that is in risk is that BUD 3x daily; I think they should go with 10x daily at the start of march and then go 14x weekly at the peak of summer season.
    Starting 3x daily in march is a bit much, and the planes could be used much better (LJU, new Bulgarian and Romanian destinations)

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  27. Anonymous15:29

    Winter 2023 seats are only 12% increase over 2016 winter, which is just over 2% annual growth between 2016 and 2023. Yes I heard of covid, but still it's less than 3% annualized growth over seven years.

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    1. Anonymous16:12

      What about summer 2023?

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    2. Anonymous18:37

      If you read the news article, it mentioned number of seats offered during winter.

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    3. Anonymous21:33

      Comparing to 2016?

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    4. Anonymous21:43

      See what happens when you comment without reading the article?

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  28. Anonymous21:32

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: why would I fly to Budapest if I can drive there in less than five hours. It's like flying to Thessaloniki. By the time I park the car and get to the gate, I could have been at the Hungarian border by car.

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    1. JATBEGMEL22:45

      Great for you. Not everyone fly's for the same reason. Lately the drive to Budapest hasn't been less than 5 hours. Up to 12 hours on the border alone. Petrol + vignette gets you close to that return air fare, for someone travelling for business bus and especially combi simply doesn't work. Thessaloniki is further, at least 7 hours, 10-12 by bus without any waiting time at the border, plus not everyone's final destination is Thessaloniki. Some also like the convenience of the flight (which has been there for decades btw, actually one of JU's first international routes, launched back in 1930) Add to that transfer pax. No flight is 100% O&D. Not too sure what was the point of the comment?

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  29. Anonymous03:52

    Uzas od firme u svakom smislu.

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    1. Anonymous08:14

      Uzas od komentara u svakom smislu!

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    2. Anonymous12:42

      Anonymous03:52 Ja bih zaista voleo da umes da obrazlozis ovakav stav zaista.

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