NEWS FLASH
Greece’s Marathon Airlines is seeking Embraer E175/190 rated pilots to be based in Belgrade. The airline recently wet-leased an E190 jet to Air Serbia, with a further two E195s expected to be operated on behalf of the Serbian carrier from July and August respectively. Despite being a wet-lease, the two incoming aircraft are expected to sport Air Serbia’s full corporate livery. It is believed the Serbian airline will eventually turn these wet-leases into dry-leases as it looks to bridge the gap between its ATR72 turboprop fleet and the A320-family aircraft. The wet-leased Embraer has so far been scheduled on various routes from Belgrade until late August including Athens, Bologna, Bucharest, Cologne, Florence, Hamburg, Hannover, Ljubljana, Lyon, Malta, Marseille, Naples, Nuremberg, Prague, Rome, and Vienna.
Seems like JU is trying the American way of doing an airline with long term wet leases of a specific type of aircraft
ReplyDeleteHopefully it's a short term solution and they integrate Embraers i to the fleet next year. Even the US airlines are shifting away from this model as nowadays it's not as cost effective as it was say 10-20 years ago.
DeleteThey are not trying anything, they are putting out the fires any way they can at this moment. You have no clue the chaos that goes daily at the flight operation center.
DeleteI don't. But I do have a clue about Embraer or similar 100-seater regional jet plans for Air Serbia. It's no secret, Marek went public about it almost a year ago:
Delete"...the airline could upgauge its narrowbody fleet and then make room for the addition of regional 100-seater jets"
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2022/07/air-serbia-mulls-narrow-body-fleet.html
Does anyone know where they'll be getting additional 2 e195 from?
ReplyDelete
DeleteMarathon airlines not AirSerbia
I don't see any e195 listed on the fleet list
They recently got them that’s why.
DeleteMarathon airlines currently operates flights from ATH to Libya’s Benghazi and they will expand soon as I know wouldn’t they need those planes ?
ReplyDeleteMarathon announced themselves that they are leasing another two E195s to Air Serbia, so obviously they don't need them.
DeleteIdealna prilika za Crnogorce, da pređu u ozbiljnu aviokompaniju.
ReplyDeletePar njih je vec napustilo AirMNE.
DeleteKako je njih napustio Air Montenegro? U kom smislu napustio?
DeletePa lepo, preći će sa već upisanim type ratingom da rade za Grka koji će ih uposliti ovde da lete u Beogradu.
Deletei hope air Serbia moves to majority Embraer fleet, and just have the a320/a321 for the high demand and slot restricted routes.
ReplyDeletei hope the use of the embraer proves to be good for Air Serbia
Remember the sweet deal EMB offered Croatia not long time ago? Air Serbia should negotiate with EMB for something similar and buy at least ten of this brand new birds. Believe me they will need them sooner than later.
DeleteJU is extremely booked on 80% of their flights and they do not need many E195. As per GDS data they are consistently short of seats on many routes where they operate 319 and 320 . They are expecting high bookings all year long and demand is not going to stop. More 321 and 320s are needed .
DeleteAgree that they need more 321/320 but their focus should be also on frequency’s especially in the region, for better connections.. E-jets can be more than handy for this type of mission’s.
DeleteThey need two 321’s, one more 320 and two more 726 that they have previously announced. With these and three E195’s in the fleet hopefully soon on dry lease, the fleet will be sufficient in size and perfectly balanced. Then, all they will need will be to search for two good 330. This would give them around 30 birds that would be sufficient to bridge the next 2-3 years with just a few wet leases in the summer.
Delete@16:21 thats what i think exactly, they just need larger fleet of embraer to match capacity but would me much more efficient and even cheaper to operate.
Deletegreater frequency is really more useful for better regional and european connectivity.
and they can be used from Nis which the A319 is too big for.
If I am calculating correctly, almost 30 birds are already arranged - 20 they have + 3xATR + 3x Embraer + 2x321 + 1x330 and there were talks about one 319 and 4th 330, so I am guessing they will need much more in the future
DeleteBranko, that's correct, 30/32 planes all together. I am sure that this fleet would be good to cover the operations up until the end of 2025. Summer would still see 3-5 wet leases and this would be sufficient. I do not expect too many more destinations, especially in the summer. Perhaps up to 10 more including long haul... It would be necessary to focus on their product and continuing staffing issues in the next 2.5 years.
DeleteI agree completely about focusing on product and stuff issues, but I can't agree that they should stop growing. It's a "go big or go home" world and they certainly can not afford missing growth opportunities. I think Marek said that they plan to continue growing at a rate of 10-20% per year...that is 3-6 planes per year (not 10 like this year). I think with a better planning, they can manage both. I assume most of this growth won't come from new short haul destinations, but from long hauls and adding frequencies.
DeleteApart from that, they do miss a few more a320's in their fleet
Interesting that they think that Embraer pilots may be found in Belgrade!?! I think chances are close to zero!
ReplyDeleteYet Marathon has 9 candidates who are interested.
DeleteEmbraer pilots will come to Belgrade to live, have apartments.
DeleteYou can do this even if you are an Mexican pilot or Kazakh.
Bro, many of those upilots unemployed from ex Montenegro Airlines will jump at this opportunity. Don't kid yourself...
DeleteCan anyone explain how can a Greek airline provide cheaper staff than what is on offer in Belgrade? Who would work for a Greek employer for lower wages than Serbian ones?
ReplyDeleteGood question.
DeleteAs I said above in the post, it's not about cheapness it is about putting out the fires that are burning at the operations center on daily basis. No matter the cost.
DeleteNo really sense to invest tons of cash into pilot license than you have Type Rating with no experience, low hours, you can't find a job, and that's why many didn't do it, or those not informed parents, investing money, without knowing a story.
ReplyDeleteIT is free and you find a job.
What's this confusing text about?
DeleteIt is about finding pilots for Embraer in Serbia, that is not really easy, almost impossibile.
DeleteThere are those from Montenegro Airlines pilots, maybe some of them are looking for job.