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Air Serbia has handled over 300.000 passengers on 2.646 charter flights it operated so far this year. It marks its best result in the charter segment since its rebranded in 2013. During the first three quarters, the carrier operated 11.7% more charter flights than during the whole of 2019. This year, charters were maintained from both Belgrade and NiΕ‘. “During the summer season, demand for nonstop flights to popular summer destinations grows and charter flights enable passengers to arrive at their desired destination quickly and comfortably. This year we flew to Turkey, Egypt, Greece, Tunisia and Italy. The most popular charter market was Turkey, so in addition to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman, for the first time we also flew to Alanya, from Belgrade and NiΕ‘. Compared to previous years, Greece also saw an increase in charter traffic”, Air Serbia’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, BoΕ‘ko RupiΔ, said.
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ReplyDeleteWith growing ATR fleet, would it be worth of considering ATR-operated charters from KVO, too?
ReplyDeleteTo add, I mean primarily for the sake of boosting awareness in KVO catchment area to use KVO...
DeleteJU could do KVO easily with the 100 seater jet without limits. It could fit for both leisure and gasto destinations. IST too. But JU have no plans to use 100 seater any time soon.
DeleteIs there anyone else who can start flying to KVO or that's JU or noone kind of airport?
DeleteKVO's runway cannot handle anything over 35 tonnes. To give an idea, A318 could barely land in KVO when empty, that is 0 pax 0 cargo and limited fuel. An empty A139 is already over the runways limit. A fully loaded ERJ170 is also over the limit.
DeleteKVO also has no fuelling, no instruments, barely the bare minimum for operations.
KVO can handle practically anything around the ATR72/Dash 8 or smaller.
So it is JU or nobody.
DeleteTarom or SkyExpress can be amazing additions to KVO. They both have ATRs.
DeleteAirSerbia Tunisia schedule for NS22 was under-expectation I really hope next summer season they will increase their flights to 3/7
ReplyDeleteTheir schedule is based on what tour operators ask them. Popularity of Tunisia has gone down the drain as have service levels, hotels and security in the country
DeleteCharter depends ONLY of touroperators. Nis had problems with Hurghada so one rotation was moved to Belgrade. Kraljevo ( no strong turoperators)
ReplyDelete"Strong" tour-operators are the very same throughout the whole country.
DeleteIt took them almost a full decade to discover market for charters at INI.
I am sure they believe someone else (Government, JU, UN, EU, Elton John, Kofi Annan...) should invest in developing markets for them...
Time for some Turkish and Greek destinations to go scheduled from charter.
ReplyDeleteAnd back at the time, when it was said how important charter flights are people laughed. They form an important part of the traffic and no doubt stimulates economies similar to regular flights.
ReplyDeleteWere there any charter or seasonal flights from Yugoslavia to the Romanian Black sea e.g. Constanta? Maybe Pozdrav or someone who still remembers it. I don't know what went wrong there. There used to be quite a lot of charters 15-20 years ago from Europe.
ReplyDeleteWith Vueling now cancelling Belgrade, hopefully Gerona charters will be restored. Costa Brava is amazing.
ReplyDeleteBravo Air Serbia π·πΈπ·πΈπ·πΈ
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