NEWS FLASH
The first in-house operated Air Serbia Embraer E195 aircraft is entering into revenue service today following several months of delays. The jet, registered, YU-ATB, will perform its first flight between Belgrade and Tivat this afternoon, followed by a service between Belgrade and Podgorica in the evening. The 118-seat jet is sixteen years old and is being leased. It will be operated by Air Serbia’s own flight and cabin crew. The jet has been stored for more than a year. Initially, the Serbian carrier planned to introduce the aircraft type into its fleet in June but was faced with several delays over regulatory procedures. Speaking to EX-YU Aviation News this summer, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said, “Our market study shows that we can accommodate around fifteen of them [Embraer jets], however, it will be a gradual introduction. The main constraint for quicker implementation will be the pilot training program. There are a sufficient number of applicants for first officers, however, it is a new aircraft type in our fleet, and they will need a certain number of hours and experience before they are considered for upgrading to the captain's position. We are gradually introducing the cadet program for all aircraft types”. Air Serbia’s E195 offers both a business and economy class cabin. The carrier is aiming to introduce a second E195 by the end of next month.
Air Serbia E195 deployment, October
Air Serbia E195 deployment, November
Changes remain possible
Photo courtesy of Dejan Milinković
Congratulations Air Serbia!
ReplyDeleteNice, hopefully they will decide to take new generations of this type
ReplyDeleteCongrats on a new type in Air Serbia fleet! Embraers will be of great help during winter with second one joining in a month.
ReplyDeleteFINALLY!! Great news! But why only two rotations per day? Lack of crew?
ReplyDeleteSimilar to what OU is doing with A220, crew familiarization
DeleteOn most dates there are 2 rotation but at the end month they are coming to 3
Delete28.11 :
Bucharest, Zurich, Nice
29.11 :
Lyon, Milan, Tivat
30.11 :
Zurich x2, Milan
Just the right time to be honest - they'll need more of them for winter months next year
ReplyDeleteSo which one LZ- will be return?
ReplyDeleteNone.
Deletehttps://www.exyuaviation.com/2024/08/air-serbia-sees-potential-in-up-to.html
This April, Air Serbia began wet-leasing two 108-seat Bulgaria Air E190 jets. Mr Marek has confirmed the pair will continue operating on behalf of the Serbian carrier this coming winter season.
Finally!!! Congratulations Air Serbia 🛫
ReplyDeleteTrue, finally, great news tho! E-jets are the perfect planes for JU, hope to see much more of them in the fleet in the coming years.
DeleteE195 YU-ATB is now in the air on a scheduled service to Tivat. At the same time third Air Serbia A330 YU-ARD Expo is also in the air, flying it's first scheduled service to Chicago.
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear that!
DeleteIt flew to Tokyo before Chicago for the charter.
DeleteI am sad, Prague is not considered and still on ATR.
ReplyDeleteThey have ONE aircraft. When they get more, more routes will be added.
DeleteA319 to Prague tmoro. Jump on it
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DeleteImpressive. 15 years is not that old considering at least 2 were grounded due to the pandemic.
ReplyDeleteThey need more of them ASAP. Hope DAT may offer something soon
DeleteWhat is DAT? Thanks
DeleteDAT is leasing company…
DeleteUsually DAT refers to the not so small airline DAT! Danish Air Transport
DeleteBravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
ReplyDelete16 years?!! Not that old :-) After how many years a plane must be grounded forever?
ReplyDeleteAsk prestige airlines like Lufthansa, they have been flying aircraft older than 25-30 years.
DeleteGenerally- usually around 30 years.
DeleteGreat plane. Another wise business decision by Marek.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't Marek's decision but the scheduling and fleet department which pushed this and made it happen. JU is not a one man show so please be respectful.
DeleteActually on this ocassion it was Marek who pushed for Embraer entry.
DeleteIdemo dalje...
ReplyDeleteHappy new beginning JU, wish you lots of these birds in the future!
ReplyDeleteBtw, YU-ATA is still not scheduled for any flight?
Flew TGD BEG on it tonight. Love Embraer, but sadly, the plane was a bit dirty....like they had a whole year to deeply clean the plane, but no.....our Serbian mentality (no one had tought about that....its not my job, its not mine....)
ReplyDeleteLast I dunno 3 years or so cleanliness is going downhill on JU operates planes, it is obvious they are saving money on this and in my opinion they are trying to see how far can they go.
DeleteMore like high utilisation and inadequate planning to get them cleaned,on top of what you said about the "mentality". A bit more needs to be done here, I agree.
DeleteThe plane ahd sat on the apron for more than a year for God’s sake. Entirely jrrisponsible of AS to not have cleaned the plane ptoperly during this time.
DeleteThere is no verifiable info to confirm claim airplane was dirty. But comments show there is plenty of evidence some are trying to squeeze out every drop of hate out of this. Not hard figuring out their motivation.
DeleteIt is not a hate if the guy said he flew it last night, and it was dirty. Why would someone lie about such a thing? They should pay better attention to the cleanliness, and that is it. A constructive critic would not kill anyone. And JU is not a holy cow, anyway, although I personally kind of prefer them over some other airlines at BEG.
Delete>>Why would someone lie about such a thing?
DeleteAre you new here? Everyone knows - unproven info snowballs then is picked up for so called "analysis" that should make it true. Info is always about Air Serbia and always negative.
My God..It is a 16 years old plane plus overwhelmingly dirty..LoL
ReplyDeleteThat one was flying for Marathon, and I am sure the same crew operates now..
ReplyDeleteNo, the staff is from Air Serbia and crew is newly trained. The plane never actually flew for Marathon. It was flown from Athens to Belgrade and a few days later the incident happened. So it was never actually flown by Marathon. If you don't know something, you can ask rather than make false assumptions.
DeleteNot assuming. Just checked the registration history.
Deletehttps://www.planespotters.net/airframe/embraer-erj-195-yu-atb-air-serbia/3xwn0l?refresh=1
So have you bothered to read what I wrote? Under Marathon callsign it operated a single ferry flight from Athens to Belgrade and was then grounded. You made an assumption about crew and you are wrong.
DeleteYeah, I see now. You are right 😃
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