Air Serbia plans minimum of 28 aircraft in fleet this summer


Air Serbia plans to have a minimum of 28 aircraft in its fleet this year to serve its expanding network. Speaking at the New Air Gateway to Europe conference in Ljubljana last week, the carrier’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “At the moment, if you analyse our summer network, we need a minimum of 28 aircraft. We are constantly growing the fleet, but we will not grow it at any cost. We will not commit to the more expensive aircraft or to any kind of new aircraft and we will not start any financing on that. So, in the interim, before we get the right price for the aircraft, we will cover it by wet-leases. Currently, we are in the final stages of having an additional two ATRs but in the last two weeks there have been some new bankruptcies in Europe, which always have a positive effect on the market in terms of the lease rates. So, we might conclude our dry-lease fleet even earlier than we were planning. One A320 is already in painting so we will be announcing that. In the last two weeks, there were many interesting offers on the A319s being available on the market despite that we announced that we would prefer to go for the A320 and grow but seeing there is a very nice niche on the market for the A319s we might even consider that”. In addition, Mr Marek noted the carrier would take delivery of its third A330-200 jet this summer.

Commenting on the company’s decision not to order brand new aircraft, the CEO said, “Each crisis has its positive sides. Covid created many opportunities that many can capitalise on in terms of the lease market and aircraft availability. Doing the re-fleeting during Covid was one of the best decisions we could have made. In terms of the ATR, we got aircraft that are four to six years old but were not flying during Covid. So, we got almost a new aircraft at lease rates which were almost unimaginable before Covid. Same thing is happening now on the narrow-body market. At the moment, during winter, almost forty aircraft are being returned from one of the LCCs [low cost carriers] in Europe plus with all the bankruptcies that are happening, the offers that are coming in from the lessors are very tempting not to use. The same is the case with the wide-body market”. Mr Marek added, “Going forward, our main task is to be a profitable and sustainable airline. We cannot just keep relying on different subsidies as was the case in the past. We must stay on our own two feet. That being said, we are not at the stage that we can allow some heavy capital investment into the fleet. With up to thirty to 35 aircraft, you can basically cherry pick on the market with secondary matured used aircraft. Once you are at the size of thirty to 35 aircraft, that’s the moment when you need to do serious long-term fleet orders and investments”.

Wet-leases are being used as a temporary measure by Air Serbia

Addressing the wet-leases Air Serbia has been utilising over the past two years, Mr Marek said, “There are two issues with the wet-leases. First of all, you always have the summer peak, and the rule is that the wet-leases are always cheaper if you can’t have your aircraft fully employed for more than five months. So, in the short-term, the wet-lease might look more expensive but you just use it for the peak. What we see as a big change in 2022 is that the seasonality in our region, and especially in Belgrade, is much flatter compared to 2019. This is also thanks to our growing network. We now have an extensive network in winter and a lot of people, especially from the airport, are commenting that they have never seen such full planes and such heavy operations in winter. We had a very successful November, December, and January. Now we are coming to the most difficult month, which is February, but so far, we are not reducing operations, instead we are adding flights”. Mr Marek concluded, “We use wet-leases for two things. One is to cover the summer peak. It is also less risky for growth because if any kind of external worldwide effect happened, you can easily just end the wet-lease because the dry-lease is longer-term. We are also using the wet-leases to bridge before finding the right aircraft on the market. We want to capitalise on the market trends. So, if there is a good aircraft on the market at the right rate, we will be taking it any time it appears and we will cover the bridge period with the wet-lease”.


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  1. Anonymous09:03

    Well said.

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  2. Anonymous09:03

    At the moment, during winter, almost forty aircraft are being returned from one of the LCCs
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    Their next A320 is coming from Wizz Air, it has sharklets.

    Regards from Budapest.

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    1. Anonymous09:04

      Nice. I wonder if it will have Wizz cabin or it will be refurbished?

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    2. Anonymous09:05

      I don't think it will have it because we kept the seats ;)

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    3. Anonymous09:05

      Thanks :)

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    4. Anonymous10:11

      What registration will the A320 have in Serbia?

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    5. Anonymous10:29

      YU-APS

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    6. Anonymous10:35

      I think APP since the last A320 was APO.

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    7. Anonymous10:37

      Why not YU-APP? after APO?

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    8. JATBEGMEL11:12

      HA-LPM is parked since 09.2022. Delivered new to Wizz in 2007.

      HA-LPW is parked since 11.2022. Delivered new to Wizz in 2009.

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    9. Anonymous11:20

      Both are way too old. Marek said they won’t be taking anything older than 12 years. Furthermore, those two don’t have sharklets.

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    10. Anonymous11:22

      @JATBEGMEL

      Are you sure about that? Neither have winglets, not to mention LPM is marked as stored at Kiev, i doubt it will be flying on hahaha

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    11. JATBEGMEL13:27

      @11,22

      Not sure. Did a quick search and saw that these 2 were stored and didn't look further. I guess the list isn't up to date.

      https://www.airfleets.net/flottecie/Wizz%20Air-active-a320.htm

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    12. JATBEGMEL16:10

      HA-LYQ hasn't flown in 24 days, with its last known location being KTW. 7 years old and with sharklets.

      HA-LWY is stuck in KBP.

      These are the only A320's I could find with sharklets in the Wizz fleet that have had some extended downtime, that is if they're taking on an A320 with sharklets from Wizz that is under 10 years old

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    13. Anonymous19:47

      My guess is that it is HA-LYQ. I think it's very good that they are getting the sharlet ones, they look bitchin'

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  3. Anonymous09:04

    Anyone know from who that upcoming A320 is coming from?

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    1. Anonymous09:05

      Sorry, just saw the comment thread above.

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    2. Anonymous22:17

      Who from.

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  4. Anonymous09:04

    Good news is that since yesterday YU-APK is flying again and two days ago Dan Air A319 also came back from the C check. They returned the Croatian A320 to LJU.

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    1. Anonymous10:36

      When is JU-APA coming back?

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  5. Anonymous09:08

    Bravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸

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  6. Anonymous09:10

    How will the airport cope with all this? Is there enough gate space for everyone?

    28 JU
    4 W6
    1 LH
    1 KL
    1 OS
    1 Air Cairo
    It also doesn't help that OS will be sending the A320 which will have to use the gate space.

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    1. Anonymous09:14

      Not all planes are at the airport at the same time. And yes BEG has more than enough gates.

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    2. Anonymous09:17

      Out of 28 planes by JU maybe 2 are not going to be flying in the morning wave, the rest will be.
      So it will be very tight and some airlines might have to move their departure times because of lack of gate space.

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    3. Anonymous09:18

      Btw there are going to be 14 C gates and probably 9 A gates. That is a total of 23 airbridges and then there are another 6 bus gates so will be interesting to see who goes to remote stand and who doesn't.

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    4. Anonymous09:18

      BEG has many bus gates which the likes of Austrian, Lufthansa and KLM are using for their morning departures.

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    5. Anonymous09:20

      FRA this morning departed from C8, C13 yesterday.
      OS this morning used C12.

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    6. Anonymous09:27

      In summer they use remote stands so they don't take up air bridge space the entire night when the planes arrive the evening before. It has been like that last summer too. As indicated above, there are more than enough gates. Or you think planes are going to be parked on the runway and no one thought about it.

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    7. Anonymous09:38

      No need to write stupid comments Anon 09.27
      Of course planes are not going to be parked around the runway but some airlines might be forced to move their departure times due to gate shortages.

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    8. Anonymous09:40

      You have been told how many gates the airport has indicating that there is enough gate space. You writing over and over how someone will have to change departure times does not change that.

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    9. Anonymous09:46

      If you are bothered by my question then feel free to skip it and be rude elsewhere.
      14 C gates
      9 A gates
      6 bus gates

      That is 29 gates in total for 26 JU planes, 4 Wizz planes, Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, KLM and Air Cairo all fly at the same time in the morning. That is a total of 34 planes for 29 gates.

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    10. Anonymous09:55

      The issue is that you do not know the correct number of parking positions the airport has, or its total number of gates.

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    11. Anonymous09:59

      Obviously you don't know either as you would have written the correct one. Parking positions are not the point here, all planes need a gate (airbridge or bus gate) and those might be a problem in summer.
      Please if you are not going to give some numbers or valid arguments don't bother replying.

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    12. Anonymous10:02

      Parking positions are the point! Gates are easily assigned as there will not be 34 planes departing at the same time.

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    13. Anonymous10:15

      @anon 9:46
      As others have said, you do not know the correct amount of stands at BEG, so you are wrong. I dont know where you got the number of only 6 remote stands.
      If we suppose, for pessimism sake, that not all A gates will be open and some of that space will be used for ATR parking while they are being rebuilt, we get:

      1) 12-14 C gates, depending on the presence of widebodies
      2) Cca. 8 A gates
      3) Another 2-3 ATR stands, from the closed A Gates.
      4) 3 remote stands, E apron
      5) 9-10 remote stands, B Apron, depending on if a widebody is parked there
      6) Finally, another 4 new remote stands: N1, N1A, N1B and W1 on the new N and W aprons. Those also serve as de-ice platforms, but those arent needed in the summer time, so will be used as parking positions if its really needed. Similar to how a few years ago 747s would park at the N apron in the summer, or on the old ATR stands next to C6.

      So in total: worst case scenario, 34 positions, plus another 4 as back up (N,W).

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    14. Anonymous10:29

      Continuing from above: if you really want to worry about capacity at BEG, look no further than the maintenance apron at JAT Tehnika. Im talking literally just about parking space, nothing to do with JAT Tehnika. Weird that it isnt being talked about more, since it can even be seen in the latest BEG construction update photos. The apron space in front of the hangars is literally packed to the brim with planes. Since idk how many of those planes are in storage, and how many are temporary vistors waiting on maintenance, this i think means that you wont be able to park operational planes there for short term parking to free up gate space, as is done in many other airports.
      Speaking of which, who is even responsible for that apron and its expansion? Is is JAT tehnika or the airport?

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    15. Anonymous10:39

      I never mentioned stands, I mentioned bus gates which there are currently 6, 4 at the new extension and 2 in the A gate area. If they add more then the airport will be able to cope.

      All the planes I mentioned depart between 06.40 and 07.45 and they will all need either an airbridge or a bus gate assigned to them. In 2020 BEG had similar problems and Wizz Air had to move their FMM flight to later because the didn't have enough gates and the same with Montenegro Airlines. Cancelation of the night flight from MUC will make things easier.

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    16. Anonymous10:46

      For example this is the situation this morning:

      A1 LCA W6 A321
      A2 BSL W6 A321
      A3 FCO W6 A321

      C1 ARN JU A319
      C2 TXL JU A319
      C3 AMS JU A319
      C4 LYS JU A319
      C5
      C6
      C7 TGD JU A319
      C8 ZRH JU A320
      C9 CDG JU A319
      C10 MXP JU A319
      C11 NUE JU E95
      C12 VIE OS E95
      C13 LCA JU A320
      C14 OSL JU A319

      C10a PRG JU ATR
      C10b
      C10c VIE JU ATR
      C10d
      C10e TIV JU ATR
      C10e LJU JU ATR

      With JU ATR fleet growing they will need to add more bus gates.

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    17. Anonymous10:56

      There are A4a, A4b, A7a, A7b as bus gates left, for a total of nine, unless they open some new in the new A gates area.

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    18. JATBEGMEL11:02

      @10,46

      A4 is missing from that list. A5-A10 is under reconstruction and will be ready by the summer. There are another 5 remote stand gates in the A concourse.

      In total, this summer will have 34 gates compared to 19 in 2019.

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    19. Nemjee11:13

      Anyone know how many buses BEG has? Also does Sky Pro of whatever they are called have their own buses? How do they serve Wizz planes when they are on remote stands? Do they get them from BEG?

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    20. Anonymous13:01

      Not all of the fli8are at the very same time. There is usually 5 minutes between flights, if boarding takes 30 minutes, disembarking 15 and remaining 15 are used to prepare the plane, within 1h you would have 10-20 departures, depending on the hour, which means that as soon as gate is free from one flight it can be used for another.
      I am not a traffic engineer, but if the old terminal had capacity of 7 miliona and new one if more than double than that, I don't see any reason for concerns about airport capacity and lack of gates.
      Is it going to be busy in the peak hours, yes and it should be. Are people going to queue, in peak hours, yes and they should, nothing wrong in that.

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  7. Anonymous09:12

    The extra Aircraft will be wet leases so not really their own fleet!

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    1. Anonymous09:14

      Read the article.

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  8. Anonymous09:13

    Any idea why they're not considering A321's?

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    1. Anonymous09:14

      Only way they could use it is in summer so maybe a wetlease. I don't think there are routes that can handle it in winter.

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    2. Anonymous09:16

      Having 3 type of family aircraft when having a fleet as small as they do, doesn't really do well. Maybe when they replace a319s with a320s

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    3. Anonymous09:20

      Why would that be a problem? It`s the same aircraft basically, A320. Commonality is virtualy full.

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    4. Anonymous09:45

      90% here do not understand basic facts in aviation.

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    5. Anonymous10:17

      Those A321s would be useful in peak summer. For example their new Greek holiday destinations are almost all sold out this summer, as well as Izmir.

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    6. Anonymous10:25

      Moscow/Leningrad could use A321 all the time.

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    7. JATBEGMEL10:50

      Out of curiosity, where do you think JU could currently use the A321? Why do they need the A321?

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    8. Nemjee11:17

      Is there really that much demand to Leningrad?
      From what I heard Sochi barely has more than 80 passengers per flight.
      Moscow on the other hand is more suitable for the A330 rather than the A321.

      IST could work in summer. In winter it seems like there is enough capacity right now. I noticed on some days the evening flight by TK was 'downgraded' to an A320 from A321.

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    9. Speaking as someone with minimum aviation knowledge - if there are no technical obstacles (if indeed it's the similar airplane), wouldn't it be logical to have at least one bigger narrow-body plane to jump in on some flights that are overcrowded, instead of using wide-bodies, which I can assume are much more expensive to use on short hauls. I am talking about ad hawk use of this plane, for regular lines I am sure that it could be used for Moscow and Istanbul, maybe even some Vienna and Zurich rotations.
      Of course, it all comes down to basic math - are there enough flights like this to cover operation costs, but I am assuming that there will be more an more of those in the future.

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    10. JATBEGMEL12:50

      @Branko

      Logic would have it that if aircraft are full then they should upgrade to the next size up, which is the A320 and not immediately close to double the capacity with the A321. JU is currently slowly adding more A320's and I don't see room for the A321's untill JU have at least 5-6 A320's.

      JU also lack frequencies on at least half their network. They're going to need frequencies if they are looking to launch flights that doesn't fit their waves (LIS, UK, more Spanish routes, Middle East, Caucuses).

      While on frequencies, JU is fighting LX on the BEG-ZRH route, where both seem to be fighting on the frequency side. It doesn't make sense to add larger capacity when JU could do with a 3rd daily (21 pw) schedule to ZRH in the winter, 4th daily in the summer. LX is doing this with smaller aircraft, it doesn't make sense for JU to upgrade capacity more than the A320.

      JU would only have use for the A321 in the peak summer period on a few select routes at best, but the focus should be to have a decent amount of A320's to make that next move to the A321. Currently, even the A319 is quite large for a number of routes and it'll make better sense to have regional jets rather than the A321. JU simply isn't ready for A321 capacity just yet.

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    11. @JATBEGMEL
      Thanks for the reply. Of course, I wasn't implying that A321 is any kind of priority at the moment, but 5 A320's is not so unrealistic in short term. With this pace, they should reach this number by 2024 easy.
      Can't wait to see the regional jets. Maybe it's wishful thinking, but I read among the lines that when they reach the number of 30-35 planes, and they start looking for long term network optimization, (new) regional jets could be next in line. Hopefully E2's.

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    12. JATBEGMEL15:33

      It'll be interesting to see what they'll do with the fleet in the next couple of years. 10 ATR's and up to 5 A330's was mentioned. For the narrow body Airbuses, not much was mentioned other than the focus to bring in more A320's to replace A319's but the article above quotes Marek mentioning more A319's. Hopefully we get to see ERJ's in the fleet in the near future as they really do need that capacity. Nothing replaced the DC9's which previously were a main component to the JAT fleet. PRG, VCE, VIE, OTP, TIA, SKG, LJU, HAJ, LYS, STR come to mind that could do with regional jets, not to mention new routes such as HAM and VAR, as well as previously served routes such as HEL, GVA and WAW.

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    13. Anonymous17:32

      @10:25 Leningrad??? Wow, haven't heard that for a few decades.

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    14. Anonymous22:54

      I hope to see the following fleet in the next 25-30 months period (35 aircrafts):
      5-330
      1-321
      6-320
      10-319
      3-195
      10-ATR-600
      It would give Air Serbia a very good variety, flexibility and load coverage. Let's hope that nothing bad occurs in the world / Europe in that period, and Air Serbia is able to spread its wings.

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    15. Anonymous19:35

      Ah yes fleet variety... What every airline strives to have in it's fleet... Let's chuck in a couple of S95s and C919 for a good measure

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    16. Anonymous00:37

      @Anonymous19:35
      You can throw in 220 if you don't like E195, but you will pay double and wait for a long time. I guess all for fleet uniformity. Or simply forget about a regional jet.

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  9. Anonymous09:14

    This guy is a gem that Air Serbia should keep at all costs

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    1. Anonymous09:16

      Well, a gem that brought JU to the brink of a strike by the pilots and the crew. Interpersonal relations are absolutely horrible and crew keeps on quitting all the time. They are basically constantly hiring new people because everyone is leaving them.

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    2. Anonymous09:41

      There's absolutely no way you could convince me that Vucic would allow a strike at JU.

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    3. Anonymous09:49

      Vucic can't stop a strike like he couldn't stop all the other ones. I think miners are striking right now. Airport catering also had a strike recently.
      Also people are quititng JU in large numbers that is why they are hiring all the time.

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    4. Anonymous10:04

      Airport catering is a private company . The state has no stake in it. There is no strike nor will there be one at JU.

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    5. Anonymous10:49

      Well JU increased salaries in the HQ so they should do the same for their cabin crew, it's only fair.

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    6. Nemjee11:18

      Don't know how much the crew is making right now but those living in Belgrade should not be earning less than 100.000 per month.

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    7. Anonymous12:08

      The salaries are not being increased in HQ, but taking off some of the deductions they imposed during Covid-19

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    8. I see the same pilots for the last 10 years so don't see many left at all. They keep adding new crew as they keep expecting non stop.

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  10. Anonymous09:17

    So we might see Air Serbia order brand new planes in around 3 years? I expect then they might reach 35.

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    1. Maybe they place order in 3 years. But to get brand new A320Neo in 3 years, not possible even if they placed order right now. Unless someone cancel order and they manage to get those from lessor.

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    2. Anonymous16:14

      Mehaničar13:22 didnt they consider embraer as an option for the fleet few years ago?

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  11. Anonymous09:17

    I am probably the biggest advocate for owning vs leasing but Marek made a very convincing argument. Better to use current profits to improve the company within first - plus seizing an opportunity to buy an aircraft from a company that goes bankrupt - is very smart.

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  12. Anonymous09:28

    "we are not at the stage that we can allow some heavy capital investment into the fleet. With up to thirty to 35 aircraft, you can basically cherry pick on the market with secondary matured used aircraft. Once you are at the size of thirty to 35 aircraft, that’s the moment when you need to do serious long-term fleet orders and investments”.

    Someone should send this to OU. They seem to think that with their terrible finances they will be more than prepared to finance A220s.

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    1. Anonymous09:30

      That is because next year OU will request state aid in return for restructuring (since 10 year has passed since they restructured last time). Its an endless cycle that will one day most probably lead to bankruptcy.

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    2. Anonymous09:42

      It's been 10 years since the last restructuring, but they got copious amounts of state aid very recently, so I'm not sure your logic applies in this case.

      In any case, if I was a Croatian taxpayer, I'd be seething.

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    3. Anonymous09:45

      They did, but they were loans, which they managed to defer payments on until next year (when they get the new EU aid, which they will partly use to pay the loans off). That's why I said its not sustainable and will go bust at one point in the next few years.

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    4. Anonymous10:13

      Interesting

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  13. Anonymous09:32

    Wise words I would say. He seems to have the right vision for JU. And he is obviously very much concerned about profitability and making the airline stand on its own. Good!

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  14. Anonymous09:32

    How many aircraft do they currently have in the fleet?

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    1. Anonymous09:43

      20 (not including wet leases)

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    2. Anonymous10:09

      How many wet leases do they currently have?

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    3. Anonymous10:13

      I believe they have 1 Dan Air, 1 Air Connect and 1 Air Montenegro plane on leaase.

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    4. Anonymous10:50

      Two Dan Air, the A320 is out of service since it was hit by lightning.

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  15. Anonymous10:26

    Will the third A330 be a wet lease or dry lease?

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    1. Anonymous10:31

      Dry lease.

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    2. Anonymous10:46

      With Djokovic livery :P

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    3. Anonymous14:51

      I personally do not think that any living person should be placed on livery. There is always the risk that they do something horrible and then you have to scramble to change it. With someone that has passed you typically know what you are getting into.

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  16. Anonymous10:28

    I'm nervously waiting for the LIS announcement and frequency increase on the Spanish routes!
    JU is slaying on the Iberian Peninsula!

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    1. Anonymous10:31

      Before LIS is TLV.

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  17. Anonymous10:44

    Good job JU!

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  18. Anonymous11:15

    e195 next? They need a regional jet

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    1. Anonymous14:03

      Few E195s would fit really good.

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    2. Anonymous19:12

      Good point!

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  19. Anonymous11:34

    So they are gonna have 4 dry leases : 2 atr , 1 a320 , 1 a330 and 4 wet leases ??

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    1. Anonymous12:44

      More dry leases will be, at least 2-3 A319/320.

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  20. Anonymous12:12

    Idealna flota bi bila:
    3 A330
    5 A320
    10 A319
    10 ATR

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    1. Anonymous12:45

      They don't need 10 ATRs right now. Maybe next summer, but this year they need 8 of them.

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    2. Anonymous14:35

      Five A330s. They need 5.

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    3. Anonymous19:11

      Za gde 5?

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    4. Apsolutno 5, bar 5!
      I to je skromno.

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  21. Anonymous13:00

    Any plans to operate a Belgrade to Dublin route?

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    1. There is only few thousand Serbians living in Ireland, and even for tourists visit to Ireland we need visas, so they won't bother. And that could possibly hurt AS US flights as AerLingus is flying from Dublin to every major US/Canada city.

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    2. Anonymous14:53

      Manchester has potential

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    3. JATBEGMEL16:36

      @Mehanicar

      It all depends on the market they're going after in DUB. There is some form of O&D traffic, although not huge. Alot of Croatians from Slavonija do reside in Ireland which JU could be an attractive alternative. Another segment where JU could be competitive is the Balkan transfer market, as well as Southern Italy, Turkey, Cyprus and Egypt.

      As for US connections via DUB, it'll all depend on whether JU have an interline with EI, which I doubt they do or at least to that extent. If JU are looking to partner more with Oneworld members, we will see at some point more cooperation between JU and EI (IAG subsidiary). In that case, they could probably replace AMS and CDG with DUB as a hub for US transfers.

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  22. Anonymous13:56

    While all are excited about new routes and new planes the real situation while watching Belgrade airport site with the timetable is bad as every second / third A Serbia flight doesn't operate on time.

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    1. Anonymous14:26

      i was flying yesterday from BG and i dont like that airport at all. traffic chaos all around the terminal, people driving on the oposite lane creating even more chaos, entrance is quite dirty due to constructing, ground staff not nice at all sometimes even rude (security check) ... i can't even imagine this summer.

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    2. Anonymous14:27

      Because by the summer there won't be a construction site in front of the airport. It will be completed.

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    3. Anonymous14:36

      @14:26 Did you try bus or train to your destination instead of flying? Or a boat?

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    4. Anonymous15:05

      Anonymous14:36 - have u ever tried to understand not all people have your standards ...

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    5. God this guy complains about the traffic at the airport thst is under huge construction?? Is he for real? Just wow

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  23. Anonymous15:50

    As a client I don’t like wet lease flights. They are a kind of Kinder-Surprise. Had YR-URS on JU334 two weeks ago. It’s not the same experience like flying with the operator you’ve booked. It feels like an overbooked hotel is sending you to some other accommodation, doesn’t matter if the alternative is better or not.

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    1. Anonymous16:17

      Anonymous15:50 well its still better than canceling your flight.....

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  24. Anonymous16:34

    "Wet-leases are being used as a temporary measure by Air Serbia". I am not sure does temporary mean 8 months?

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    1. Anonymous19:51

      Dan Air was a temporary solution as well and look where we are today. Their A319 no longer has the Air Serbia titles meaning its lease was extended. It was supposed to stay here until the end of summer and look at where we are today.

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    2. Anonymous20:42

      APK is still at JAT Tehnika, so they need them

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  25. Jasmineeeeeee!!!! Dje si? Dje gazda Ivan? Ocel' Andrej brzo za Brisel?

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  26. Anonymous08:17

    Air Serbia is now the official shuttle bus of Russian migrants to the EU frontier …more aircraft will come in handy.

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