Air Serbia makes further network adjustments amid Embraer exit


Air Serbia has made additional modifications to its network as it faces the prospect of having fewer aircraft in its fleet than initially planned after terminating its wet-lease contract with Marathon Airlines for Embraer jets, which would have seen up to six frames operating on its behalf this summer. The Serbian airline now plans to run some 29.820 scheduled flights this coming summer season, from March 31 until October 26, down 4.8% on its previously filed schedule. During the course of the previous week, the carrier has removed 1.466 scheduled flights, or 733 departures from Belgrade.

Air Serbia still plans to operate more scheduled services than the previous summer season. It currently has 4.7% more flights planned compared to summer 2023 and has announced its intention of further growing its long-haul network, which is yet to be scheduled. As a result, the carrier is still finalising its network and further changes remain possible. In contract to last year, the Serbian carrier has removed flights from Belgrade to Cairo, Cologne, Florence, and Marseille entirely from its network. All four were introduced as new routes last summer. Furthermore, it is yet to schedule its return to Tel Aviv after suspending flights amid the ongoing war in Gaza. The removal of the five routes constitutes the bulk of the reductions to the network. The airline still plans to boost frequencies on a number of ither destinations, including the likes of Barcelona, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Oslo, Palma de Mallorca, Paris, Rome, Stuttgart, and Venice, as well as regional destinations such as Bucharest, Dubrovnik, Ljubljana, Sofia, Thessaloniki, and Zagreb.

Air Serbia terminated its wet-lease contract for Embraer aircraft with Greece’s Marathon Airlines last month, after the latter’s aircraft was involved in an accident at Belgrade Airport while operating on behalf of the Serbian carrier. Air Serbia has said terminating its contract with Marathon was a necessity. “This was a very serious incident. We are aware of the potential consequences that could have occurred. That's why we very quickly made the decision to terminate cooperation with Marathon Airlines, regardless of the fact that it is a certified European airline. The decision was necessary because the safety of our passengers comes first”, the airline noted. The carrier is seeking a replacement for the aircraft.



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  1. Anonymous09:01

    Without a replacement for Embraers this was to be expected.

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    1. Anonymous10:23

      Unfortunately BEG numbers will be affected too.

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    2. Anonymous10:34

      Absolutely idiotic reaction that will cause them a lot of problems.

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    3. Slav.Man11:01

      not idiotic if they now create a solid plan to respond to this development. maybe they will finally buy embraers or perhaps decide to dry lease them. who knows.
      maybe even decide to wet lease more aircraft like klasjets. yes more expensive and will make much less profit as a resul but would be worth it to solidify their position in the region and keep growth plans until they find much more permanant solution.
      So over next 2-3 months will be revealed how JU manages to deal with the situation.

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    4. Anonymous11:28

      Not idiotic at all. It means any future wet lease with another provider will mean that provider needs to understand what their responsibility is. They can't have cowboy pilots doing their own thing.

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    5. Perhaps JU has been too focused OK finding a good deal for their profit margins that they forgot if a deal is too good to be true then it probably is like with marathon and their pilots.
      So they neednto grow up and take a deal which will make less profit but more secure

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    6. Anonymous15:51

      Air Serbia must adopt new business logic, it's not just about profit, it's about value. Profit is value for the owner, but what's with the value for society, employees, and passengers? They shouldn't chase profit; they are not established to do so.

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    7. I agree. They need ti provide better value to passengers. Especially since they want to be the hub of the Yug and balkans. They need better quality product, service on their aircraft, more frequencies, more reliability and stop waiting around for the perfect deal to grow while Turkish is growing so rapidly in the balkans and no HiSky will launch long haul to JFK

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    8. Anonymous17:45

      @15,51

      Don't know what you are on about profitability not being important, they can't be handed over millions in subsidies and not expect EU carriers to not react. And one of the main points for the Etihad deal was exactly making the airline profitable. What do you think will fund an eventual aircraft order?

      @Slav.Man

      JU while not perfect isn't that bad. I guess you have missed the past 18-24 months of:
      * ATR fleet renewal and increases.
      * 40+ new routes in 2 years including 2 long haul.
      * Frequency increases to tens of routes including to those in the region (OTP, LJU, ZAG, VIE, IST, TIA, SOF).
      * Catering upgrades for longer Euro-Med sectors.
      * Onboard content streaming through smart devices.

      For an airline its size, its more than decent.

      As for HiSky launching long haul, we've seen this play off in soo many examples. SkyGreece (short lived), Guliv Air (applied and never launched US routes), TAROM (never took on the B787's said to be joining the fleet), LOT tried and failed at their long haul plans in BUD, is it worth even mentioning Pragusa One?

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    9. Anonymous18:00

      Pretty sure they can always frame any money from the government as financial help due to the extraordinary circumstances of the Marathon situation as the excuse

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    10. @17:45.

      Yes, JU had a great 24 months. Great profitability.
      The plan and approach they had did well to get them to this point. Even putting the poorly managed things like their product on board and giving up their catering and baggage handling service.
      But seems that now to reach new success and new growth the approach of the last 24 months no longer works. They need to have a solid MRO plan so all aircraft are serviced and operational on time. And perhaps change their parameters to their duty lease to get new aircraft in on time. Maybe little bit older than they would like or younger and bit more expensive than they would like.
      Yes they do okay for airline their size but their ambition is to be bigger and be the regional hub which means fleet of at least 50. This unfortunately for JU means even more work and more complicated work than they have been dealing with up until now. So this year and next year will reveal if they will grow, crash or maybe just stay the same

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    11. Anonymous21:59

      Crash??????

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  2. Anonymous09:02

    It's interesting how well Spain is holding up for them. I heard the other day on TV that for Easter/May Day holidays Barcelona is the most popular destination for tour operators in Serbia.

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    1. Anonymous10:03

      All Iberian destinations are enormously popular in Serbia. Both Spain and Portugal destinations were for a long time ignored by the airlines operating in Serbia and now they are booming. It is also very affordable for Serbian tourists.

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    2. Anonymous10:12

      ^^^
      Yes I'm sure Barcelona and Madrid are very affordable holiday destinations...

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    3. Anonymous11:36

      Spain overall is twice as cheap as Serbia.... Coming from a person who travels there 2-4 times a year

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    4. Anonymous11:47

      @Αnon 11:36
      Sure it is kid, sure it is!

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    5. Coming from a person who travels to Spain twice a month, I can say some facts: Malaga- half of pax are Russians, and the other half are "tough" guys, would say- criminals with "sponzorisa" wifes and few kids, as cover for "family" trip..Off course, there are always a few excuses, like myself haha, but this is breakdown..Madrid- Serbian and Spanish football players, basketball and valleyball players, current, ex, or trainers, with or without families- thats 70% of pax. Barcelona- very diverse group, mostly tourists. Valencia- mix of criminals, tourists and some Russians..To add Lisbon- Those guys are either real tourists, or connection...Palma- mostly tourist, but there are also transfer pax, especially on way back..Prices in supermarkets are about 30-35% less than Belgrade, restaurants are quite cheaper, off course depending of the class and area where it is, but I'd say 30-50% cheaper than Beg..Barcelona is more expensive, but still cheaper..AirBnB accomodation much much cheaper than Italy or France, and Barcelona is less cheaper regarding accommodation , but still cheaper..Palma is quite expensive accommodation during summer, off course..Transport- Madrid- 10 rides on metro- 6 eu, Barcelona 11,5 for 10 rides, Valencia - 8 E, Palma 2 eu one ride, no multi rides ticket, no transfer to other bus...Sevilla, Granada you can ride for 50-55 cents 1 ride with 1,5 hours validity, if you buy 5 eu rechargable ticket..so it will be basicly enough for entire family during entire stay.

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    6. correction: prices in restaurants are 30-40 % less tham Belgrade, except Barcelona, where is about 10-15% less, and Madrid around 20% less...Palma is more expensive than Belgrade, regarding restaurants..Lisbon, Sevilla, Malaga, Granada up to 40% less, Valencia around 25-30 %

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    7. Anonymous13:07

      Mate, I don't know where you eat, but saying that Barcelona has lower restaurant prices than Belgrade is just delusional.

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    8. I don't eat in Rambla and Barrio Gótico..Usually in Raval, Poble Nou or Gracia

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    9. Poble Sec also has great restaurants and good prices

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    10. It's not delusional, it's a fact. Most of Europe is cheaper now.

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    11. Anonymous15:57

      I heard people crossing border to buy the groceries in Croatia. I know that for Hungary, but it sounds crazy to me since Croatia was always more expensive. But time change obviously. Spain was never much more expensive so with these Belgrade prices it doesn't surprise me that the difference is dissapiring.

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    12. Anonymous18:03

      Belgrade prices have been getting insane these last few years, some pretty much reaching European level

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    13. Anonymous20:44

      @Treshnja and what happened when you woke up?

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  3. Anonymous09:03

    Still 4% growth compared to last year. Maybe they can take a breather and adjust their fleet this year and expand te next. Will be interesting to see if they add more routes when ATRs come

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    1. Anonymous09:10

      +1

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    2. Anonymous10:13

      By the time busy summer months come there will be no growth, they'll be lucky if they have 0% growth. I think they will be around -5% in the end.

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    3. Anonymous10:14

      No no, =50%! Some people...

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    4. Anonymous10:25

      They could reduce charter flying to boost the scheduled network.

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    5. Anonymous10:28

      Charters are the most profitable and risk free part of the business. Why would they reduce it.

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    6. Anonymous11:59

      Schedules currently don't show the additional aircraft that are yet to join the fleet. The bare minimum is an additional 3 ATR's that have been confirmed, with 1 already painted and awaiting delivery.

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  4. Anonymous09:05

    Why remove Cairo? Flew this route last October and it was packed. Although it was 98% transfers, with a lot of French and German passengers, so maybe the yields were not there.

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    1. Anonymous09:16

      Probably because that round-trip is too long and they dont have free aircraft to operate it.

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    2. Anonymous09:17

      They had cancelled CAI before they cancelled their contract with Marathon.

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    3. Anonymous09:20

      @9.15 but it was operated over night. I'm pretty sure they don't have its entire fleet deployed between midnight and 6AM.

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    4. Anonymous09:25

      Yes but the flight to CAI didnt depart at midnight ( i am not sure ). It departed before it, still its over 6.5h for that route.

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    5. Anonymous09:31

      Schedule was

      BEG-CAI
      23.20 - 03.15
      CAI-BEG
      03.55 - 05.55

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    6. Anonymous09:31

      If the flight is mostly transfers it means that the yields are low. It's good that they chose to cut it.

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    7. Anonymous10:14

      Because JU struggles with pilots, many have left and they did not find enough replacement. There is a reason why they are not adding dry leases (Airbuses). Certain people in management think that these people don't have alternatives and that they will tolerate anything and everything.

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    8. Anonymous10:27

      Pilots are unfortunately in very high demand and especially the younger ones don't mind moving abroad, whether it is in Europe or Asia to find better pay.

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    9. Anonymous13:46

      CAI is also a fairly recent addition to their network, easier to drop. Loads decent and I doubt yields were that bad. My guess is that the aircraft would be better utilised on SVO, LED and AER which are all being increased, the later 2 in the same wave as CAI.

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  5. Anonymous09:07

    I hope they manage to find some sort of replacement for those Embraers.

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    1. Anonymous09:09

      Very difficult at this point, considering summer is just 3 weeks away and very difficult to get them into service quickly.

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    2. Anonymous09:13

      If they are looking for a replacement they really need Embraers or similar 100-seaters. It has been proven that these aircraft are perfect for some routes where ATR is too small and A320-family are too big.

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    3. Anonymous21:17

      Been asked yesterday by Air Serbia executive if I have an Embraer type rating. Sadly, no!

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  6. Anonymous09:07

    There was no other option unfortunately.

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  7. Anonymous09:09

    They removed Florence cause they dont have the right aircraft for there anymore. A319 is too big and with ATR the flight will be too long.

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    1. Anonymous09:20

      FLR is no longer than PRG (actually the same distance) but despite it ATR is always sent to Czech capital.
      Obviously, it is not the distance that matters in this case.

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    2. Anonymous09:26

      Then they dont have available atr to operate on such a long flight, or the demand is just not enough right now.

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    3. Anonymous09:28

      I flew to Stuttgart from Belgrade on the ATR. Took about 3 hours. So it’s possible.

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    4. Anonymous09:33

      I didnt say that its not possible. The range of the ATR is longer then 2 hours ofc, just like Windrose operated Kyiv-Skopje which was 3.5 hours. What i ment to say is that the flights is too long for the atr and therefore maybe they dont have available aircraft to operate the route which takes longer then other regional routes on which they plan to expand operations this summer. Make a difference when you read a comment next time.

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    5. Anonymous09:37

      You have just added the part about not having ATR plane available.

      In the original post you were talking only about too long flight and not having E195 available anymore. It was explained to you that the flights with that distance already exist in JU network with ATR.

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    6. Anonymous10:20

      Just because the ATR can fly a certain route doesn't mean it can make money doing it. Sending it on a three hour run is not good, not for the passengers and not for JU's bottom line.

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    7. Anonymous10:30

      If passengers want to fly directly to PRG or STU they can take the ATR. There is no other direct competition.

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    8. Anonymous11:08

      @09:37 Isnt obvious that they dont have ATR available? Thats the point of this article, that they reduce flights due to fleet shortage. I never said that the ATR can NOT fly to Florence, i just said that the flight will be too long ( which shows that i am aware of the fact that the atr can fly there since it can fly to Bologna and Prague and even on longer routes ). The point is that you want to show how smart you are and make me stupid.

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    9. Anonymous11:24

      Don't forget that ATR was originally scheduled to FLR in 2020 before Covid outbreak.

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    10. Anonymous14:01

      If ATR flies to nearby Bologna whole year long, it may fly to Florence as well. Problem is that new ATR’s are still not available, so they may add Florence back to network accordingly with arrival of new planes

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    11. Anonymous18:13

      In the time it takes for one FLR rotation an ATR can probably fly two regional ones in the Balkans or close to it, so there's little economic sense to keep it with the current ATR fleet size. Pretty sure that was also the point of the original comment

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  8. Anonymous09:12

    Today Ljubljana is getting A320 instead of E190 so they are probably losing a chunk of money operating routes inefficiently

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    1. Anonymous09:15

      A319 is deployed theee times week this summer to SKP as well, instead of E195.

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    2. Anonymous11:52

      LJU is receiving an A320 today, but with a two-and-a-half-hour delay. Managing the schedule for JU must be challenging at the moment, and it's also inconvenient for passengers. My flights to and from LJU have been rescheduled, with two out of four flights being canceled—once in the morning and once in the midday. While there is a replacement flight, the layover has increased from 1.5 hours to 8. Despite always enjoying traveling with JU, I will now have to find an alternative since I cannot spend almost the whole day traveling, especially considering JU is also canceling some morning flights. Wishing JU all the best in these challenging days.

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  9. Anonymous09:16

    I believe they will manage to find some solution and will probably adjust network when they do.

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  10. Anonymous09:22

    Maybe should have secured replacements before cancelling Marathon contract?

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    1. Anonymous09:23

      I don't think that was an option. it was be reputation suicide, especially since it appears to be pilot error.

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    2. Anonymous09:59

      It's unfortunate to see Air Serbia facing challenges with its fleet but safety should always be the top priority, and it's commendable that they took swift action.

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    3. Anonymous10:15

      What reputation suicide? Did LH shut down EW after its pilot committed suicide? No they did not.

      This was a rash decision that will cost them a lot. No one even speaks of this accident anymore.

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    4. Anonymous10:32

      @10:15
      Maybe they could have fired the pilots involved and whoever instructed a plane leaking fuel to go to a gate and be done with.
      I'm sure Marathon wouldn't object to this at all.

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    5. Anonymous10:34

      JU can't fire the pilots as they are not their pilots. Neither can they fire BEG staff. You are talking nonsense.

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    6. Anonymous10:44

      Yeah they killed GW by changing its name.

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    7. Anonymous10:45

      I mean even Cronos - a random African company axed Marathons contract. So there is something more to the stroy

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    8. Anonymous11:13

      Since that incident with Germanwings, a single pilot must not remain in the cockpit alone at any time, if one wants to get out of the cockpit, the purser enters in. With the incident of Marathon it was clearly a stupid mistake by the captain who obviously didnt know where he is. At first he said we have TORA 22…. and then he said no sorry we have TORA 1237 meters and he said i assume that is NOT enough. This was clearly an incident which could have been prevented by both the pilots and the atc. I mean who in the world with common sense and normal mind can possibly think that they will be able to depart from such a short TORA?

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    9. Anonymous15:11

      For the 100th time, it was the ATC who said that not the pilots.

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    10. Anonymous16:31

      Cronos has the same owner as Marathon my friend.

      JU should just force Marathon to setup a new company in another EU country and bring back all the Embraers. It's not like the public would ever find out. Even better, Marathon can register them in Serbia and voila.

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    11. Anonymous18:16

      @Anon 16:31
      SMFH

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  11. Anonymous09:29

    Funny that in corporate/marketing talk adjustment always means reduction and never increase.

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    1. Anonymous09:41

      +1
      It is US management style New Speak.
      When firing people en masse they call it rightsizing.

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  12. Anonymous09:29

    Ouch!

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    1. Anonymous09:33

      Although you are trolling since you write the same on 90% of topics, the 4% cut is really not as substantial considering you longer have 6 planes in your aircraft.

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    2. Anonymous09:34

      * no longer

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    3. Anonymous09:38

      I really do not understand why this stupid "ouch" comments are allowed here.

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  13. Anonymous09:36

    They solved a lot of issues by actually getting 100 seat RJs which can be used on routes the Airbuses are too big for. They need them back.

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    1. Anonymous11:14

      Thanks for leting them know.

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  14. Anonymous09:38

    Not surprised about Marseille. It was reported here that it was their weakest new route last year.

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  15. Anonymous09:44

    Good luck JU

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  16. Anonymous09:45

    Until they get more planes they can't really do much. Better to have fewer frequencies and more bums on seats.

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  17. Anonymous09:47

    Any word on their charter network this summer?

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    1. Anonymous09:48

      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/01/air-serbia-to-run-regular-marsa-alam.html

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  18. Anonymous10:00

    Despite the reductions, they still plan to operate more scheduled services compared to the previous summer season. Looking forward to seeing how they continue to grow their long-haul network.

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    1. Anonymous10:12

      Do we know when the additional A330s will arrive?

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    2. Anonymous10:15

      First one should be here by May, apparently.

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    3. Anonymous10:16

      JU is cancelling flights in advance on a daily basis. We are down to +4%. Sooner rather than later we will go into negative territory.

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    4. Anonymous10:17

      ^ How exciting a prospect for you.

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    5. Anonymous10:19

      Nothing to be excited about, it's a constation of facts my good old Anon friend. I don't see how they can replace five Embraers.

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    6. Anonymous11:59

      Easy waiting to be realized from Marathon and going directly to a lessor. Some of them are in their colors. It is easy to see that you have myopia.

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    7. Anonymous13:01

      @10,16

      Reductions until now were for the current winter season. Todays article announces that the reductions will continue, for now, into the summer season, so nothing new. The reductions were actually supposed to be mostly frequency increases to their current network, such as FRA which will still have an increase in frequencies but not as much as intended.

      Have in mind that the ERJ's didn't start to arrive until mid summer season last year, the first arrived in August if I'm not mistaken, the last (5th) in January which never ended up flying for JU. JU will be up capacity and frequencies for the upcoming summer season considering 3 ATR's are still to join the fleet (1 already painted and awaiting delivery) and additional A320 wet leases confirmed with Getjet months ago.

      Interesting observation is that 2 ERJ's are in full JU livery, which was never the case with other wet leases. This could mean that Marathon was only operating the aircraft on behalf of JU and that the aircraft are actually JU leases. I wouldn't be surprised to see a transfer of those 2 aircraft to another ERJ operator by the summer season. The Montenegrin pilots alone that were flying for Marathon should be sufficient for 2 ERJ's.

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    8. Anonymous15:51

      Anonymous 10:15
      A330's won't be here by May, I posted that comment on March 1st. Third A330 will be delayed by more than a year from original schedule. External party damaged another A330 destined for Air Serbia due to sloppy work, according to unconfirmed sources.

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    9. Anonymous19:42

      Sorry to ruin your snowman, Finance minister Mali just announced at Kopaonik Forum that first widebody arrives on early July and second in September. So, just keep posting...

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    10. Anonymous20:19

      Sorry to ruin it for you. He just announced 3rd A330 for July 2024. Air Serbia planned it for June 2023, so it is currently late more than a year (13 months unless futher delays prolong it):

      "Air Serbia had initially planned to take delivery of its third wide-body jet as early as June of last year" (2023)

      from 2 Jan 2024 article:
      https://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/01/air-serbia-reaches-agreement-for-wide.html

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  19. Anonymous10:12

    Has Air Serbia put in service the 8th ATR72-600 it got recently?

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    1. Anonymous10:15

      No, YU-ASF is not in service yet.

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    2. Anonymous10:16

      Why do they take so long to put aircraft in service from the moment they get them? I have noticed that with all the new arrivals.

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    3. Anonymous10:17

      Probably because of bureaucratic procedures with CAD.

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    4. Anonymous11:47

      YU-ASF hasn't been delivered just as yet. JU only released pictures of the aircraft being painted, nothing new.

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    5. Anonymous11:48

      Oh my you are right. Got it in my head somehow that it was delivered

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  20. Anonymous10:17

    One thing I'm gonna say : if you have the money you can find the proper airplane if you don't then you search right and left for cheap wet leases . Reading the "simple flying" blog , you can see that airlines who pay get the airplane they want !

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    1. Anonymous10:18

      And you have your answer. Some people in JU think they can get everything for cheap. Cheap and good quality. That is why they are here where they are today.

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    2. Anonymous10:23

      Where are they exactly? Profitable and growing 5% YoY after a record 2023?

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    3. Anonymous10:29

      Its growth is shrinking and let's see how they end this year. After this mess and issues with employees it's time for a change at JU.

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    4. Anonymous11:18

      @10:23 They are with out embraers and with an incident that happend a few weeks ago on a flight operated on their behalf.

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    5. Anonymous12:21

      @anon 10.29

      Growth cannot "shrink", it can only slow down. And slowing down is more than OK after a year of record expansion, especially after the debacle with Marathon.

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    6. Anonymous18:18

      Pretty sure these short term wet leases are a cheaper option, it's more like a sign of poor fleet planning

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  21. Anonymous10:18

    I noticed on FR24 that every day BEG has more and more departures but JU is cutting them. Let's see what others do and if they profit from JU's collapsing growth this summer.

    BEG will perform really well so the question is who will profit the most. Who will collect the most cream from this delicious, tasty cake. Now we know that it won't be Marek led Air Serbia.

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    1. Anonymous10:22

      You seem to have an axe to grind, but the reality is that JU is still growing and that after a year of spectacular growth.

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    2. Anonymous10:28

      JU is not growing right now, it's shrinking and we are down to +4%. Why is that every time someone dares say something against JU or his CEO people are personally attacked. Can you take a chill pill for a change?

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    3. Anonymous10:30

      He just mentioned that they are 4% above last year, more like 5%. No one attacked you, you just personally felt attacked when a fact was pointed out to you and it didn't fit in with your personal dislike for the CEO.

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    4. Anonymous12:22

      "JU is not growing right now, it's shrinking and we are down to +4%."

      Now try reading that again.

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    5. Anonymous16:25

      No need, it's shrinking to what it wanted to initially operate. It's still above last year but at this rate I don't see them being above 0. What else to expect when you have a CEO who worked for airlines that went bankrupt.

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    6. Anonymous18:02

      Are you talking about Wizz CEO who was Malev CEO?

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  22. Anonymous13:24

    Only 733 departures in nothing for seven monts. That is 3-4 per day.

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  23. Anonymous14:27

    Admin, please can you clarify if they still pan on boosting their flights to SVO, LED and AER this summer? These destinations are not covered in the list that you gave in the main text so just curious as to what are the plans now? Thanks in advance for clarifying!

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  24. Anonymous15:05

    My flight from Paris to Belgrade got cancelled and moved to GetJet. It could be that all flights to Paris will now be operated by them (since most of them were already at the time I was booking).
    I'm wondering is another airline is gonna jump in since the number of flights to Paris (Air Serbia and Wizz combined) is not a lot especially with the olympics coming up

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  25. Anonymous16:28

    I urge you all to read this article. It writes about Belgrade developing its tourism offer through Sava Centar. Interesting that Belgrade will host several European congresses with 8.000 participants.

    If JU keeps on cutting and if they don't find an alternative partner for their fleet then their competition will profit the most from it all.

    If half of them fly that's extra 8.000 passengers for BEG (4.000 one way passengers).

    https://biznis.rs/novac/investicije/beograd-se-vraca-na-kongresnu-mapu-sveta/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=biznis-newsletter-500

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  26. Anonymous16:51

    Pitty, this year will have modest growth for JU and BEG.

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    1. Anonymous17:46

      Even with latest lowered growth projections, Belgrade will be on track to further increase passenger gap over the second place airport in the ex Yu.

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    2. Anonymous19:29

      We shall see. It is not that important to project passenger gap compared to Zagreb. Or, is it Baby Lasagna coming first? Joking. If AS have obtained A330s last year, and if they have obtained more dry-lease aircrafts, and if Marathon incident had not happen, the sky would be the limit. All of them can be fixed next year. JU and BEG future are transfer passengers.

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    3. Anonymous20:16

      I think you meant to say JU? AS is Alaska Airlines.

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    4. Anonymous20:50

      ASL

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    5. Anonymous22:15

      Anon 19:29 We shall see what exactly? If A319 will arrive in BEG? If Serbia will get FAA Cat 1? If DoT will allow Air Serbia flights to the US? So many attempts in the past to torpedo Air Serbia by placing doubt with "we shall see" failed over and over again. This trick no longer works. You lost.

      Numbers are clear, Belgrade has 2024 capacity to continue not just growth but adding more than Zagreb. That is very important not just for the bottom line but also to send message to those hoping JU/BEG will take a turn for the worse.

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    6. Anonymous00:22

      Still competing with ZAG? 🤣

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    7. Anonymous01:28

      anyone in the second place

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    8. Anonymous18:33

      22:15 E sad na srpskom. Kada se kaže da će rast za JU u toku leta biti oko 4% malo mi je čudno da sledeća asocijacija bude da će ipak porasti razlika u broju putnika između Beograda i Zagreba. "We shall see" u tom kontekstu nije nikakav cinizam i odnosi se na Ryanair i nove linije iz Zagreba. Poređenja su potrebna i konačno je BEG prestigao Solun i Sofiju. Da zaključim, ja navijam za JU i BEG u kontekstu broja putnika i bolju uslugu i žao mi je što je ova godina propuštena za razliku od prošle.

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  27. ilijabgc22:18

    YU-ARC is currently in Chateauroux, YU-ARB has returned to Beg, few days ago, why exactly ?

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    1. Anonymous08:49

      Joint interior - at least judging by the seat map in the summer

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  28. Anonymous08:55

    It's wrong to think in terms "JU is uncontrollably expanding" , it is more like return to the "normal" size from before. And then probably doubling capacity re. new era of a air travel expansion in whole.

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  29. Anonymous14:24

    AirSerbia has too many destinations in Italy, especially Bologna (very easy from Venice or Milan) and Bari (easy from Rome and Naples).
    I don't know if anyone flies to these airports.
    Even Naples is not logical because it is close to Rome.
    Two airports in Sicily!?
    I think they are at a loss here.

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    1. Anonymous21:54

      I think you are wrong.

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    2. Anonymous06:51

      I was hoping for some explanation...
      Why Bologna and Bari? But probably there is no explanation for that!

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    3. Anonymous06:53

      Verovatno je logika kraći je let, a treba nam što više letova pa ajd da pokušamo!

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  30. Anonymous19:41

    4.8% reduction is still a bit better than the reputation suicide if they haven't cancelled the Marathon contract.

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    1. Anonymous22:03

      It currently has 4.7% more flights planned compared to summer 2023

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