NEWS FLASH
Air Serbia welcomed the ninth ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft to its fleet in Belgrade yesterday. Registered YU-ASE, the aircraft is eight years old and was previously operated by Brazil’s Azul Airlines. As previously reported, the airline is due to take the delivery of another ATR72-600s this summer for a total of ten. This month, 32% of Air Serbia’s flights are being operated by the ATRs.
With 10 ATR will JU finally be able to add the second daily flight to SJJ?
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DeleteIt's possible. Split morning/evening rotations would work nicely for SJJ.
DeleteThey'll probably introduce a few more mid day rotations to Ljubljana
DeleteHopefully Air Serbia will upgrade BNX to daily to BEG
DeleteBravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
ReplyDeleteVery nice change for the JUs regional fleet! Excellent achievement in such a short period of time.
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DeleteI find the new Atr72 600 from Air Serbia very comfortable. The seat distance is also very comfortable given my height of 1.86m. The noise level in the cabin is also very low for a propeller aircraft.
ReplyDeleteSuch comments about space are not too welcome because they will bring their attention resulting in increased number of seats! )))
DeleteKeep in that our wonderful exyu airlines read thess comments and decide what routes to fly and which planes to operate...etc
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DeleteI have to agree on this, I have recently flown three times on the ATR. I am 188cm and about 120kg and it was very comfortable.
DeleteLots of planes, less flights! :D
ReplyDeleteNot enough pilots
DeleteFlights are actually at the same level as last year while they have fewer wet leased aircraft this year.
DeleteIs it also 70-seater?
ReplyDeleteI think AirSerbia may utilize 2-3 ATR42 for everyday rotatios to Banja Luka, Tuzla, Kraljevo, Nis, Timisoara, Osijek and other close airports for transfer flights.
ReplyDeleteI fully agree.
DeleteThey could all fill 72's with the right scheduling.
DeleteAmazing way to burn money
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DeleteThis blog will never run out of dumb predictions.
DeleteIt”s very simple. If a passenger from, for instance Osijek want to travel to Barcelona, New York, Oslo or some other destination from JU network, he will choose Lufthansa transfer, because no connection to Air Serbia hub. For Air Serbia would be good if this short flight cost even 20 Euro per passenger, just to steal him from LH. If that is dumb or burning money, you guys know very little about the business and aviation industry
DeleteDriving to OSI, check in, boarding plus the flight is longer than just driving to BEG. Tuzla is similar. Timisoara slightly longer by car. Even daily flights would leave a tonne of destinations not reachable by just driving to BEG. Short flights like this leave out capacity for other routes which would serve all these cities plus BEG alot better.
DeleteIt takes as long to drive from Belgrade to Timisoara, as from Belgrade to Budapest. No difference at all. Speed limits in Serbian part of Banat are apalling (in Romania much is 100 kph).
DeleteAnd I don't get the bloody 'take the car' option. It is not an organized form of transport, when you look how to get from NYC to Timisoara online, it'll list transfering options, and not a trip via Belgrade, with 'car' being a second leg!
I still hope they start MBX soon. It would really be a nice regional route to bring them closer to their goal of 100 routes at 100 years.
ReplyDeleteI jist read that a low cost us carrier just went bankrupt. I'm sure their aircraft will go for a relatively good price
ReplyDeleteIs ATR more economical and profitable than Embraer or A319?
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