NEWS FLASH
Air Serbia handled 87.688 passengers on flights between Belgrade and New York in 2025, according to data provided by the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. The figure represents an increase of 7.4% on the previous year, or an additional 6.073 passengers. The average cabin load factor over the twelve-month period stood at 76.3%, up two points.
During the year, more passengers travelled from Belgrade to New York, with 45.624 originating in the Serbian capital, while the remaining 42.064 flew in the opposite direction. July was the busiest month on the route, with 13.420 passengers. Air Serbia will mark the tenth anniversary of its New York service on June 22.The carrier is due to become one of the first to move to New York JFK’s brand new Terminal One once it opens later this year.
Air Serbia's New York route performance, 2025
Air Serbia had more passengers to New York in 2023 (87.723) than in 2025 (87.688). Interesting sign.
ReplyDeleteWe should compare 2023 to 2025 frequencies. If someone has them, please share, it would be a good comparison.
DeleteBoth had up to 7 weekly in summer season.
DeleteA difference of 35, very telling, c'mon bro.
DeleteAre you for real? 35 pax less?
DeleteI am amazed by your efforts to prove how JU was worse in 2025 than in 2023.
Why such a drop in 2024?
DeleteSeems like the JFK market has reached its limit for JU.
DeleteNobody is hating JU. Point of this is to show that JU needs to expand JFK in order to capture more pax. With these frequencies this is the limit, obviously.
DeleteThey need to fill empty seats first before expanding and adding frequencies.
DeleteIf JU was to restart TLV and BEY the load factors to JFK and ORD would greatly increase.
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DeleteExpanding could stimulate more pax in the way of better convenience. There could be pax that simply don't find JU schedules convenient, perhaps not enough frequencies for those that are not flexible with dates etc.
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Not necessarily. Even when JU was operating both routes, schedules weren't convenient for inbound pax (significant transit times). JU would probably gain more from more regional frequencies (OTP, SKG, TGD, DBV, SPU, SJJ). The new ATH frequencies will be interesting to watch how it'll impact on the TATL routes.
Wasn't there an article recently saying that LF for 2025. was over 80 %...I rembember for Chinese routes was 83% for Shanghai and around 81% for Guangzhou...And remember that was said that average on long haul routes was also over 80%..So how come this number now? This LF for JFK is not really great..JFK is route with most frequencies, so how come overall LF could've been over 80% if here was just 76,8%?
ReplyDeleteThere was no official confirmation on the long haul LF. Dont forget there is also Chicago, and we dont know that LF. It was speculated that overall LF is around 80%, which is probably true.
DeleteI think that the connections from ME would fill the gap nicely, but it won't happen soon.
DeleteNo, there was not such an article. And there was no article with full figures for the entire year for long haul routes. But good thing it took you less than half an hour to complain with a doom and gloom scenario. Zama says hi.
Delete@11:11 are you Admin?
DeleteAdmin, pls. was there an article recently about long haul performance, saying that LF on Shanghai was 83%, Guangzhou around 81%, and overall LF for 2025 on long haul routes was over 80% ? I remember that I personally commented on that article about really good performance of Chinese routes..
If JU was to restart TLV and BEY the load factors to JFK and ORD would greatly increase.
DeleteLoad factors and passenger numbers for Chinese routes were published for the first half of 2025, while Air Serbia later disclosed a rounded figure for passenger performance on its Shanghai service during its first year of operations, excluding average cabin loads.
DeleteHowever, there have been no reports published on Air Serbia’s combined performance or average load factors across its long-haul network.
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DeleteToronto too!
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DeletePVG was around 90-91% CLF in 2025.
https://www.exyuaviation.com/2026/01/air-serbia-sees-strong-demand-for.html?m=1
There was another, more recent article, that included first months of 2026 as well
Delete2026 data has not been published as it is not available yet. You are welcome to look through the archives.
DeleteWhy is june more busy than august?
ReplyDeleteBecause US diaspora travels to Serbia iand regional countries in June while return is divided between August and Septemeber.
DeleteWith 76% LF and raising oil prices there is little or zero chance it could break even. If oil prices persist (and they will), this route will be a reason for relevant losses for JU. We will see capacity reductions very soon.
ReplyDelete??? You believe that after a decade of these flights they don't even break even?
DeleteHe just likes to make things up.
DeleteI am not talking about the past performance, however i know that in the first half of 2023 JFK generated losses. My post is about the near future performance.
DeleteThe most relevant metric is RASK vs CASK for the US routes.
DeleteIf they can fill up the business class cabin with expensive fares the flight could definitely be profitable even with 78% load factor.
The doubling of the price of jet fuel in two moths though is whole different story that affects every airline.
@13.08 they phone you and told you the performance in first half lf 2023? LOL
DeleteSorry dude, JFK/ORD/CAN/PVG/YYZ will keep on flying, no matter how hard that hurts you. You can continue crying, nothing is gonna change.
DeleteAnon@13:17 first hand info.
DeleteI am sure. They gave you info for H1 2023.
DeleteSo many experts. Core of the issue for most of these experts is that JU has numerous long haul routes and is coming up on 10 years of JFK ops. Remember all these experts saying the route eould never launch. Just a day in the life of a Balkan aviation expert.
ReplyDeleteWell the world is made up of millions of experts who somehow have got us all in this mess. Public forums will always have weird and wonderful views. Get over it man
DeleteNo one said JU was not going to launch jfk. Everyone knew it's coming because Vucic announced it
DeleteOh yes they did I remember very well. Nonstop comments that it won't launch. There were even articles on another site a month before the launch how aircraft has not been secured and that it won't arrive.
DeleteIs it possible to see where they originally came from? Many/most are surely transfer passengers?
ReplyDeleteNo most are not transfer passengers.
DeleteApril and September should go up. And frankly, organically, this is probably 2pw seasonal line. Only JU's business model makes more frequencies possible. On the other hand, it looks like all the new launches in the past 2-3 years didn't bring new transfers to JFK which is not great. Possibly there are more direct JFK flights on JU's feeder markets.
ReplyDeleteComments here are wild. Airline has 7% increase in passengers, 2 point increase is loads and you say it should be a seasonal 2 weekly route. Crazy.
DeleteLooking at the new routes the past couple of years and their schedules will show that TATL connectivity isn't the main driver for their launch.
DeleteIf I say route should be upgraded to daily A380, experts would divulge a "secret" how Air Serbia doesn't have A380, how BEG can't handle it etc. Instead of common sense response of "way too big", discussion would diverge to related but completely inane topics.
DeleteI said it would be 2 pw without their business model and the increase you mentioned was due to their business model as well as next increases will be because of their business model. What's with people and reading here?
DeleteI got November and February stats, but not sure why is during January and December is so low numbers of pax. I would expect ppl travelling for holidays.
ReplyDeleteIdemo dalje...
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