Air Serbia welcomed a record 282.509 travellers in April, representing an increase of 53% on the pre-pandemic 2019 and up 84% on last year. The carrier operated a total of 3.167 flights during the month up 35% and 66% on 2019 and 2022 respectively. Over the first four months of the year, the Serbian airline handled 937.468 passengers. "During ten consecutive months, from July 2022 to April 2023, our company has been achieving record results on a monthly basis in terms of the number of carried passengers and the number of flights operated. Considering that the summer season in the aviation industry is underway and that many tourist destinations are becoming more active, we believe that the results will be even better. In April, we expanded our network with as many as five new destinations and we are continuing this growth trend in May”, the carrier’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Boško Rupić, said.
The Serbian carrier has seen its leisure routes perform strongly and as a result is increasing frequencies on select destinations in Spain. From mid-June, the carrier will add an additional weekly rotation from Belgrade to both Malaga and Valencia. Services to Malaga, launched in mid-December last year, will run three times per week, instead of the initially planned two weekly, from Tuesday June 13, alongside flights on Thursdays and Sundays. Similarly, services to Valencia, inaugurated in April of last year, will be increased from two to three weekly from June 13, accompanying the Thursday and Sunday flights.
The Serbian carrier has previously increased operations to both Madrid and Barcelona, which are being maintained up to three and nine times per week respectively. Air Serbia also maintains seasonal flights to Palma in Spain, which resume on June 3 with three weekly rotations. On the other hand, the airline recently discontinued ticket sales for its seasonal service between Belgrade and Trieste. Although tickets were put into circulation for this summer just over a month ago, with two weekly rotations having been scheduled to resume on June 3, sales have now been discontinued. Passengers who had had booked flights on the route have begun receiving e-mails about their cancellation.
Good result
ReplyDeleteIsn't three weekly a bit too little for Madrid?
DeleteDemand to Barcelona compared to Madrid for many European carriers is a norm. Barcelona has more demand, there is a lot more to see and do, beachy and party destination, cheap hotels and booze, etc, etc. Plus a destination you would repeat many times and always see different stuff. Benefit from Madrid however is the huge Latin American coverage and Spanish domestic market including its islands + Portugal to an extent.
DeleteWith 3 weekly to both Malaga & Valencia, 3 weekly to Madrid & Mallorca, 9 weekly AS & 6 weekly W6 to BCN, thus 27 weekly flights, I think Spain is pretty much covered from Belgrade.
DeleteThe question was not why there is so much demand to Barcelona, but why there are so few frequencies to Madrid.
DeleteBack then when they first launched the flights Madrid had much healthier loads than Barcelona all around.
Because other than business and some tourism, there isn't so much demand for Madrid. But it is growing and I am certain frequencies will grow in the future like this year.
DeleteMaybe it's down to their schedule.
DeleteFlights to Madrid are packed even when they send the A320. I think the flight duration makes it difficult to schedule. I wouldn't be surprised if they add more flights next year.
DeleteBy the way, they also increased PMI to 3 this year and from the looks of it, most flights will be operated by the A320.
Barcelona is cheap?Hahaha have you been to Spain?
DeleteBarcelona is cheap. Have you been to Ibiza?
DeleteI assume they probably reached a million passengers now.
ReplyDeleteYes especially with travel volume during May Day.
DeleteNot surprised that their Spanish routes are performing well.
ReplyDeleteSpain has become very popular with Serbian tourists.
DeleteSpain is on fire!! Good job!
ReplyDeleteFruitful Sumer season will extra surprise to all. 🇷🇸🛫
ReplyDelete252.509÷3.167=79,73
ReplyDeleteI koji je LF na kraju? Ne lete oni samo Atr-ovima, gde je A319 sa 144 mesta? Gde je A330?
Zašto se ne iskaže nešto i u valutama?
Ljudi čista matematika.
A330 leti samo long haul letove
DeleteMy good old Anon friend, that is a typo in the text. Air Serbia handled 282.509 passengers so by your calculation that is 89,2.
DeleteAlso please be mindful of the fact that the A330 did not fly every day and that rougly 30% of all flights were operated by the regional turboprop aircraft which welcomes up to 70 happy passengers who are getting a chance to fly on JU.
A330 is flying also shorthaul flights to SVO, ZRH....
DeleteMoja greška za cifru, izvinjavam se. I dalje je matematika loša.
DeleteUbaci se A330 i na kratke letove, ali je svakako nebitno, jer se i ti putnici računaju u statistiku. Tim lošije ako je A330 dobro popunjen, još se smanjuje statustika ostalih tipova aviona.
Evo ja ću kada me ne bude mrzelo da pogledam na flightradaru ceo april koji tip aviona je leteo na kojoj liniji i izračunati kapacitet u odnosu na prevezene putnike.
DeleteShort-haul flights on the A332.
DeleteYU-ARB
30.04 BEG-ZRH
28.04 BEG-IST
23.04 BEG-IST
23.04 BEG-ZRH
20.04 BEG-BCN
18.04 BEG-ZRH
16.04 BEG-ZRH
09.04 BEG-ZRH
YU-ARC
30.04 BEG-SVO
29.04 BEG-SVO
25.04 BEG-SVO
25.04 BEG-ZRH
24.04 BEG-SVO
24.04 BEG-ZRH
23.04 BEG-ZRH
21.04 BEG-SVO
21.04 BEG-IST
Mind you, JU scheduled the A330 on European flights when their operations collapsed and once they didn't have A319/320 to fly. Naturally this doesn't apply to Moscow.
Also some BEG-IST flights were cancelled at that time and passengers were rescheduled on the A330 so it flew full. Zurich on the other hand flew full regardless of other circumstances.
Your mats is very wrong, my friend. It's mixing grannies and frogs. 😂
DeleteIf they would have all the planes of the same capacity on all of the flights, your calculation would have sense.
Anyway, are going to start doubting even the officialy published numbers?! Or should we install ourselves at the airport and start counting?
I think they could reach up to 3.5 million this year
ReplyDeleteSo far they are on track.
DeleteExcellent. I hope that in 2024 they will reach 4 million passengers.
DeleteShame about Trieste though.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like they cancelled it because they don't have enough planes. Shame indeed.
DeleteCancelled because of low demand, not due to shortage of aircrafts.
DeleteGreat results. Congratulations.
ReplyDeleteThey handled more passengers than what other national airlines in the region will handle for the first half of the year.
ReplyDeleteWhen you say region I suppose you refer to the other two ex- yu , Bulgaria , Romania and Albania ?? Because the other two are way too far !
DeleteAre there any news on Paris-Belgrade additional flights? JU flights are already full with soaring prices for the summer. AF isn’t planning their flights like last year while there aren’t hints of any other carriers.
ReplyDeleteThey probably have no available aircraft to add more frequencies.
DeleteNot enough planes
DeleteThere is Wizz with Beauvais.
DeleteTheir A320 (APH) is back in operations for the first time in 2 months, so let's hope for no delays in the future
ReplyDeleteDelays passed once YU-APS and YR-JUL entered service.
DeleteNicely done JU.
ReplyDeleteWonder how much charter flights will bring passengers this year considering a number of former charter destinations have been turned into scheduled flights.
ReplyDelete35% more flights but 53% more passengers, that's really good for them
ReplyDeleteIt means BEG will be close to 2 million passengers. If JU handled 280.000 passengers then BEG must be over 500.000.
ReplyDeleteIt's on its way to 7 million this year
DeleteAny idea what the load factor was in April?
ReplyDeleteAbout 70%
DeleteIf there is market with Palma de Mallorca, what would happen with Sevilla and Ibiza.
ReplyDeleteAlso Canary Islands, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, GranCanaria and Tenerife.
I didn't see any people there from Ex-YU.
Are u kidding. Slovenians love cansry islands.
DeleteEx-yu ljudi zive tamo u prilicnom broju, a turista sve vise. Pa iz Budimpeste ima direkt let
ReplyDeleteFuerteventura, I've seen Polish people and some Hungarian.
DeletePolish people are more on West Side of Fuerteventura, El Cotilo, Italians are on North Side in Coralejo, English in Caleta de Fuste, Germans in Morro Jable, South Side.
Tenerife, mostly Emglish people, German Campers East of El Medano.
Some Italians and rest of others.
GranCanaria, Maspalomas , nudist beach, Gay Heaven, thousands of Gay people, some Polish women with huge smile, UK and others as well.
Fuerteventura is my choice, Lanzarote pretty much the same thing.
Maybe it is not that good idea, because people stick much more with Greece, Turkey and Cyprus and it is far from Belgrade.
They tried to connect London with Madeira, but it didn't work out.
Azores same thing, they stick with solid Tenerife.
I was in Fuertavantura. There is Slovenian girl lady that runs Yoga studio and retreats. Lots of Slovenian yogis come. Island is just okey for me. It is volcanic islands so pretty bare. I would not come back. Greek and Croatian islands are pretty hard to beat in terms of beauty.
DeleteOh, man, have you seen La Palma, stunning nature of Tenerife where you can experience sunbathing in the morning and snow storm in the evening (above 2000m of course). No Croatian or Greek island can come close to that...
DeleteOnce I. Tenerife, visit Puerto de la Cruz and find a restaurant with Serbian cuisine, owned by Serbian couple living there for years.
I dont like Puerto de la Cruz and all that West Coast down from North to South, not even Sun outhere, because it is covered with Mountains, not tourists there as well.
DeletePlaya de Benijo is the only place I go in North.
Tourists are all South, then with rent a car you to from South to North Via Santa Cruz, big city with trams, no parking, then you cross those mountains and you get to Benijo.
South, Red Mountain next to Airport i drink wine, eat and relax, Playa de la Americas, clubbing, lot of places around.
That Coast on East Side, nobody is there, but you can find nice places to swim.
Tenerife, taste barraquito coffee.
El Teide, went once.
Čekamo treći nedeljni let i za LIS.
ReplyDeleteSaying that Madrid has no nightlife like Barcelona will make any Spaniard laugh !
ReplyDeleteBut OK, you can not expect from Serbians who have never been in Spain to have a clue about whats going on over there .
Madrid definitely can compete with Barca on everything except beaches and quantity of foreign tourists .
Barcelona is Catalan first and Spanish second .
DeleteAnd yes its true Madrid can beat not only Barcelona but every other big city in Europe or in the world with nightlife . And btw the most interesting fact about Spain or better Spains southern regions especial Andalucia is that local people go NEVER out eating before 22.00 in the evening !!!
Even families with children and the elders .
Eating time is from 22.00 to midnight !
If you see an restaurant open before then its a tourist trap .
Also Serbian people are very welcome and will not be disappointed because Spanish people are very warm and hospitable .
Personally I was never a big fan of Barcelona, I think it's overrated and if it didn't have sea it would be nowhere close to where Madrid is today.
DeleteMadrid on the other hand is regal, elegant, full of culture and there are so many different options to have fun. Also the areas around Madrid are also fantastic.
When in Madrid don't mind Segovia and Toledo!
DeleteAnd in Mardid, absolutely don't miss Chueca district famous for it's gay scene!
I have a question. For example departure time is April 30 23:40 and it gets delayed so actual departure is after midnight. Those passengers are counted in April numbers or May?
ReplyDeletePassengers are counted at the time of checkin. Depending at what time they checked in, they are counted for that month. So for the scenario you mentioned they would be counted for April 30.
DeleteThanks for the info
DeleteNot true. By your logic, the passengers departing at 00:01 would be counted as passengers on the previous day, which is illogical.
DeletePassengers are allocated to a specific flight which has its flight number and departure/arrival time in the system.
Bollocks
ReplyDeleteAs I said on one of my previous posts, JU could double all of its frequencies and still have great LF. Flying from/to BEG at least twice a month, its a complete madness. Plenty of room for INI to grow too.
ReplyDeleteNext Spanish route Tenerife
ReplyDeleteTako su i za Aman uradili, cancel. Biče aviolinija Cancel. Nisu realni sa otkazivanjem.
ReplyDeleteTo su jedine dve od 40 linija koje su otkazali. Ne lupaj.
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