The oldest Boeing 737-300 currently in service will be donated to a museum. Air Serbia has confirmed that its oldest B733 currently in service, YU-AND, will be retired in 2020 after which it will be donated to the Serbian aviation museum located next to the airport. This particular aircraft (current age: 33.4 years) was delivered to JAT back in 1985 and it became the first European B737-300 to be operated by a legacy carrier on scheduled flights.
Air Serbia registers record New York route performance
Air Serbia has extended its record passenger run on its first transatlantic operation, to New York, with figures exceeding that of its previous best result achieved in 2018. According to data provided to EX-YU Aviation News by the United States Bureau of Air Transport Statistics, the Serbian carrier welcomed 72.327 passengers on board its Airbus A330-200 aircraft on flights to and from the Big Apple during the first three quarters of the year, representing an increase of 12.8% on its previous best result set five years ago. The figure also represents an improvement of 20.5% on 2019 and is up 24.2% on the same period last year.
Air Serbia also achieved record high load factors on board its aircraft. During the nine-month period, the average cabin occupancy rate across its New York flights averaged a high 82.9% on its two wide-body aircraft, which can seat 257 and 268 passengers respectively. As a result, the airline has recorded one of the highest load factors on flights to and from JFK Airport among European carriers.
The airline’s CEO, Jiri Marek, recently said the carrier may further grow its operations to New York next summer, when it secures a third and fourth wide-body aircraft.
Air Serbia is expected to double its wide-body fleet by May of this year, the country’s Finance Minister, Siniša Mali, said. Speaking in an interview for the Tanjug newsagency, Mr Mali noted, “We are in the process of acquiring two wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft. I expect for both to arrive in Belgrade by May. We will launch flights to Shanghai and Guangzhou this year, complementing Tianjin, New York and Chicago."
“Air Serbia handled 4.1 million passengers in 2023. I expect that it will post a net profit of at least 35 million euros for 2023."
The Serbian carrier is expected to have surpassed 500 million euros in revenue in 2023.
Air Serbia to double the size of its wide-body fleet in the coming months.
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Leasing company Nordic Aviation Capital has confirmed it concluded an agreement with Air Serbia to supply the carrier with three ATR72-600 turboprop aircraft. They will bring Air Serbia’s total fleet of ATR72-600s to ten.
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