Air Serbia will introduce flights to Krakow, Ohrid and Varna this summer with flights to commence in early June. The carrier has previously unveiled sixteen new points, to be launched from March of next year. They include Budapest, Ankara, Catania, Izmir, Heraklion, Hamburg, Chicago, Gothenburg, Cologne, Naples, Florence, Marseille, Chania, Rhodes, Corfu and Palermo. Along with Malta, Tianjin and Malaga introduced during the 2022/23 winter season, which will be served next summer as well, the carrier is adding 22 routes to its network. “Recently, we announced nineteen new destinations for the 2023 summer season. Along with Krakow, Ohrid and Varna, this means Air Serbia will offer its passengers 22 new destinations. We are proud of the fact that, including charter destinations, we are approaching the number of nearly 100 destinations in the upcoming summer season within our growing network”, Air Serbia's General Manager for Commercial and Stratefy, Boško Rupić, said.
The latest expansion will see Air Serbia return to the Polish market for the first time since 2016 when it discontinued flights to Warsaw. Poland's second largest city is one of Belgrade Airport's busiest unserved destinations in Europe. Similarly, the Serbian carrier returns to both Ohrid and Varna after several years. Operations to Varna ended in 2014 and to Ohrid in 2017. Air Serbia's CEO, Jiri Marek, recently said the carrier would grow in Central and Easter Europe. He noted, “We want to position ourselves as the leading regional airline in this part of Europe and we believe that so far, we have been successful in this respect. We would like to continue doing so in the future. On the one hand, the market continues to react very quickly to the increased and still growing demand, while on the other, the Belgrade Airport is modernising its infrastructure, which may cause some difficulties for passengers. However, we believe that after the reconstruction of the terminal is complete and the airport undergoes its transformation, we will have all the possibilities to implement our strategy without any infrastructure limitations”.
Commenting on the carrier's future plans, Mr Marek previously said, “In 2022 we will be slightly below the numbers from 2019, likely ending up at 91% of pre-pandemic levels. In 2023 Air Serbia will definitely surpass 2019 levels and from then on, we aim to grow between 10% and 15% every year”. He added, “We are a smaller regional airline and want to grow with the market in a profitable and sustainable way. During the coronavirus crisis we saw that our market proved to be relatively stable, and it is recovering fast. This gives us some confidence that the market here is growing at a faster pace organically than what was expected before. On top of that, the propensity of travel per capita is growing faster in Serbia than in the rest of Europe”.
| Destination | Launch date |
|---|---|
| Budapest | 13.03.2023 |
| Ankara | 28.03.2023 |
| Catania | 14.04.2023 |
| Izmir | 15.04.2023 |
| Heraklion | 28.04.2023 |
| Hamburg | 15.05.2023 |
| Chicago | 17.05.2023 |
| Gothenburg | 18.05.2023 |
| Cologne | 18.05.2023 |
| Naples | 19.05.2023 |
| Florence | 20.05.2023 |
| Marseille | 20.05.2023 |
| Chania | 04.06.2023 |
| Rhodes | 05.06.2023 |
| Corfu | 09.06.2023 |
| Palermo | 14.06.2023 |
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Hope they will announce them today.
ReplyDeleteThey have dragged this along too much.
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DeleteThey will need at least 4-5 Airbuses to maintain this schedule.
ReplyDeleteAnd they need those two A319 that are still stuck at maintenance....
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DeleteAPM flies to MXP this evening.
DeleteVery good that APM is active and back to the fleet. Does anyone know what's wrong with APB? His status is "STORED" and it usually indicates a more significant issue. Once it is back, I hope that the two current leases (Air Montenegro Embraer and YR-URS from Romania's Dan Air) will be sent home.
DeletePopular European destinations which remain unserved from Belgrade, but have a high volume of indirect traffic, include Lisbon, Manchester, Yerevan, Krakow and Vilnius.
ReplyDeleteVilnus???
Well everything else has been covered more or less.
DeleteAre there actually travelers to the Baltic countries?
DeleteExcept Dublin and Helsinki
Delete@9.13 it seems there is. Air Baltic is also introducing flights.
DeleteRiyadh, Cairo, Amman.
ReplyDeleteRiyadh?
DeleteIn Saudi Arabia they can use the subsidies that the kingdom is giving out for new routes which are very generous (it's the reason why Wizz launching so many new routes there).
DeleteI still don't think they will go for Riyadh. I don't think they will add any routes in the Gulf. I see them potentially launching Amman like they planned before and resuming Tel Aviv and Cairo.
DeleteThis has to be the most massive expansion of any airline in the Ex Yu region!
ReplyDeleteWhen you count this year's expansion it's 42 routes which is crazy.
DeleteThey are over expanding too quickly!
DeleteThis is actually expansion on Marseille, Ankara and Florence. I do not thing Hamburg will work.
DeleteHAM is almost always 100% packed on Wizz A321 (cap. 230 seats) at 3PW so I think there is definitely space for AS on the route
DeleteInsanity ! Hahaha
ReplyDeleteGo Air Serbia!
Could Air Serbia operate a much needed Manchester to Ljubljana service?
ReplyDeleteNo.
DeleteThere was an article that they wanted to open an airline in Ljubljana with its own AOC but got no support from the Slovenian government and then gave up.
DeleteI find it interesting that Catania is among the busier destination that has not been served up until now.
ReplyDeleteI guess there is strong summer demand.
DeleteCatania and Palermo .... interesting
DeleteNo Portoroz it seems :(
ReplyDeleteHow do you know?
Delete"Popular European destinations which remain unserved from Belgrade, but have a high volume of indirect traffic, include Lisbon, Manchester, Yerevan, Krakow and Vilnius.
DeleteAir Serbia is expected to add a total of 21 new routes to its network next summer, according to the country’s Minister for Construction, Transport and Infrastructure, with sixteen already announced. The airline is likely to include destinations in the Middle East and North Africa as well, with the resumption of flights to Tel Aviv and Cairo expected following a three-year hiatus. To complement its return to the Middle East, the carrier’s CEO, Jiri Marek, recently said, “We will be announcing one additional big codeshare from the Middle East area in the upcoming period”. Other destinations in the Middle East region with a high volume of indirect traffic but no nonstop flights from Belgrade include Kuwait City, Tehran, Muscat, Amman, Bahrain, and Beirut, while those in North Africa comprise of Tunis, Monastir, Algiers and Casablanca. "
Well that doesn't mean anything. JU won't necessarily add those with the highest P2P traffic. Lisbon has been the number 1 unserved route from BEG for years but they didn't add it.
DeleteOk, now we definitely know there is no Portoroz
DeleteFlights over 3 hours block time are not easy to fit into existing waves. JU is definitely working on that as we see alot of new flights scheduled outside of their regular waves (ie FCO, LCA, VIE). The midday wave is being extended (CTA, HER, RHO, PMO all have departures slightly before 12pm which is new). JU is missing an arrival wave at around 9-10am, perhaps another at around 7-8pm in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised to see that 2024 comes with a couple of those longer rotations such as LIS and MAN.
DeleteImpressive by any means.
ReplyDeleteWill long haul expansion follow this one or they will leave that for 2024?
ReplyDeleteThey already announced it - ORD from spring and, if possible, Beijing or Shanghai.
DeleteAnd 2 weekly summer to YYZ ....... pliz
DeletePr 2pw Lagos 😍
DeleteI really hope they will invest some money into marketing these new routes.
ReplyDeleteHa ha JU and marketing 😂
DeleteMarketing has definitely improved this year. They have had some billboards around Belgrade which was a great start. During the summer, Rijeka was marketed together with a few businesses in Rijeka (Hilton Hotel being one), not only on billboards across Belgrade but a few social media influencers were brought onto the inaugural flight further advertising the route. Not announcing all the new routes at once, rather spreading them out, has meant that for nearly 2 weeks there is talk not just online but through media that JU is launching new routes.
DeleteAlso banners on departures level at Ljubljana airport. They are doing marketing without a question.
DeleteBanners advertising traveling from BEG?
Delete@15.43, no my dear anonymous. Bilboards across Belgrade and banners at Ljubljana airpoirt. Please read more carefully.
DeleteI stand by my question. Do the banners at LJU advertise connecting at BEG?
DeleteYes they are.
DeleteSo why the passive aggressiveness from Anon @15:43?
DeleteHow much will all this cost the airline? These expansions don't come cheap.
ReplyDeleteHow stupid one can be lol
DeleteThey are opening routes to expand their network, moving more pax and generating more revenue.
I'm not sure why you feel the need to be so rude, but to make money an airline normally has to first spend it..
DeleteIt's worth noting that losses have greatly reduced since 2018. The 2019 expansion saw the loss stabilise at around 9 million Euros. In the mean time,
Deletea couple of expensive aircraft leases were replaced with cheaper aircraft (notably YU-ARA). ATR fleet modernisation kicked in and will by the end of the year be complete, meaning additional savings in fuel and maintenance, not to mention increased reliability. Its possible that in 2022 they are closer to 0 with losses considering money won't be allocated to JU from the budget next year, so the expansions seem to be helping them improve their finances.
The earlier start to ticket sales means that cash is coming in alot earlier (previously routes were launched around mid to late January). This will allow them to better their fleet planning. European routes are alot cheaper to introduce compared to long haul, while profitability from short haul is almost immediate.
If they don't add at least 5 to 6 airplanes then Air Serbia travelers prepare yourselves for many-many delays this summer !
ReplyDelete2 atrs and at least 3 a320s
DeleteI think crew will be the bigger problem next summer and not aircraft.
DeleteYU-ASA was recently painted and will be coming to Belgrade soon as JU's 5th ATR72-600 bringing the total to 8 ATR's. -ALO seems to have ended it's career with JU, while -ALP is still actively flying for JU. I wouldn't be surprised to see -ALU remain in the fleet next summer while 1 more ATR72-600 joins the fleet for a total of 7.
Marek commented that the A320 was easier to attain at better terms, which is why alot of the new routes and frequencies have been announced on the A320. I think by late January we should start hearing of new A320 arrivals.
Crew however need almost 2 months of training. Recent assessment days held in Belgrade will have the new crew ready by late February or early March. I think another 2 assessment days will follow (in January and April or May). JU needs to work on retaining staff if they intend to continue on with their expansion plans. Being more attractive to Serbian crew abroad, especially in the Middle East, would help a lot since they already hold licenses for the A320 and A330, allowing for quicker integration into JU, not to mention the experience they bring with the aircraft types. Crew scheduling this summer was a dumpster fire. That's definitely something they need to work on.
OHD was expected. Didn't expect it 4x per week though.
ReplyDeleteOHD was last served at 4 pw.
DeleteLooks like they are going for regional expansion today; Brač and Portorož next?
ReplyDeleteTerrible (nigh) time schedule for flights to Varna but for leisure tourists must be acceptable. Same for some flights to Ohrid.
ReplyDeleteThe night flights to Ohrid are for transfers.
DeleteVarna has terrible schedule.
DeleteThey probably want to compete with TK on the VAR route as they too launched new night flights. My guess is that route will be used by Russians. There is a Russian diaspora in VAR since a long time who also own houses. The only way is via IST or BEG. They made their calculations. Jiri is not stupid.
DeleteTuesday flights are just the perfect example with a 2 hour layover in BEG:
Delete06 Jun, 20:20
Moscow
SVOMoscow, Sheremetyevo Airport, Russia
Air SerbiaJU 653Operated by Air Serbia
Type of transport:Airbus A330-200
Travel time:3 hrs 5 minsNight transport
Departure terminalC
Arrival terminal2
06 Jun, 22:25
Belgrade
BEGBelgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport, Serbia
2 hrs 10 mins layover
110V plug
Headset
In-flight hardware (screens)
Non alcoholic drink
Snack
07 Jun, 00:35
Belgrade
BEGBelgrade, Nikola Tesla Airport, Serbia
Air SerbiaJU 136Operated by Air Serbia
Type of transport:ATR 72
Travel time:1 hr 50 minsNight transport
Departure terminal2
Transportation departes the next day
07 Jun, 03:25
Varna
VARVarna, Varna Airport, Bulgaria
USD 583.78
If they plan on operating SVO in June with A332 it most likely entails a third A332 in the fleet.
DeleteAt that point, they will have 7xJFK, 3xORD and at least 1xTSN. If TSN remains with similar rotation as it is at the moment they will not have sufficient AC for European routes
As for now they plan to operate A332 to SVO only on Tuesdays.
DeleteA330 is flying almost daily to SVO.
DeleteDon't be blind.
I know, I was thinking about summer season.
DeleteZnači ostali su još Kairo i Tel Aviv do 21.
ReplyDeleteI think they won't consider CAI and TLV as new routes but as returning. So I think we might still see 2 new routes in addition to CAI and TLV.
DeleteDa dodamo onda i Aman kao obnovljenu rutu a da još dve nove budu YYZ i PVG :)
DeleteMiddle East will be announced when codeshare with new airline is finalized.
DeleteYYZ and Lagos lol
DeleteJU already flew to YYZ so that's considered a return, not a new service.
DeleteJU did, but Air Serbia never did. Imagine that.
DeleteAir Serbia Celebrated 95th Anniversary this year. Same company, same IATA JU designator, new branding. Imagine that.
DeleteAhhahahah
DeleteCongratulions to Air Serbia. Their Expansion is quite impressiv
ReplyDeleteBravo Air Serbia 🇷🇸🇷🇸🇷🇸
ReplyDeleteManchester is now Belgrade's largest unserved market with Krakow being served
ReplyDeleteActually it is Lisbon, then Manchester.
DeleteWell ok, now you're splitting hairs.
DeleteAnd Niš?
ReplyDeleteIt gets a new route in 5 days.
DeleteInteresting all on ATR.
ReplyDeleteWell they are regional routes so...
DeleteKrakow is a smart addition.
ReplyDeleteYes, there is a lot of demand and a lot of people actually go there by bus!
DeleteIs there transfer potential in Krakow?
DeleteKRK will connect onto a tonne of flights such as SPU, DBV, RJK, PUY, ZAD, TIV, TGD, SKG, SKP, OHD, ATH, FCO, IST, VAR, ADB, ESB, CHQ, CFU, SJJ, TIA, SOF, OTP, LCA, ZRH, CTA, NAP, FLR, JFK. Some routes work better than others.
DeleteNice
DeleteI assume Ohrid and Varna will be seasonal?
ReplyDeleteYes both are seasonal
DeleteSo no Portoroz ...
ReplyDeleteDoesn't seem they got a good enough deal.
DeleteIt's not quite clear, is the list finalized today or there are 2 more destinations to be announced? I don't understand why are thay affraid of adding that Lisbon..
ReplyDeleteMore is to come.
DeleteAnd why would JU be "affraid" to launch LIS?
In Portugal only 1000 Serbs live and ofcourse JU is not a gasto airline but even the non gasto routes such as Paris(2 daily flights from BEG) are supported by the 25000 Serbs that live in Paris and most destanations of JU are partly of hugly supported by diaspora.This route needs to survive on business and tourism and it's very difficult to get slots at LIS for seasonal flights.The distance also play a role it's too far for a route that is gonna be slighyly or not profitable. There is a low chance Serbs are gonna use LIS as transfer place and vice verca. If there would be like 10000 Serbs in Portugal this route would be possible. There are 10000 Bulgarians in Portugal and Sofia has a flight to Lissabon.
DeleteJATBEGMEL You make ''alot'' of mistakes too, relax
Delete@16,18
DeleteI share my opinions, which are open for debate. Thats the whole idea of a forum. I don't state them as fact. Of course I make mistakes. You're more than welcome to correct them.
@16:17
DeleteDon't you think LIS could become a leasure route similar to the many destinations JU has in Spain? The Serbian diaspora in Spain is not significant.
I think that if Serbs had the opportunity to live and work in Spain, they would definitely do it. There are many Eastern Europeans living in Spain. Romanians are around 700,000!
DeleteSo what.
DeleteSo it shows preference towards travelling there?
DeleteI said LIS could become a leisure destination and you said Serbs might want to work in Spain.
DeleteWhatever.
@16:17
DeleteTAP has a really good routes to South and North America, and prices are quite reasonable, even on a lower range. Why do you think LIS couldn't be good transfer for Serbian pax? Every time I check ticket prices from Europe to Americas, in 80% of the cases givrs me the best price with TAP, from LIS
Good that they finally added Krakow. The longer they dragged their feet with it, the greater the chance was that LOT might introduce flights.
ReplyDeleteThey beat LOT to it, nice.
DeleteOvo je vec postalo ludilo od destinacija.
ReplyDeleteSvaka cast ali nadam se samo da nece doci do haosa ako neki avionu ispadnu iz saobracaja.
Haos je postao standard danas u avio industriji, tako da dok ne uvedu neke ozbiljnije kazne, aviokompanije će nastaviti da se tako ponašaju
DeleteAdmin, can you please put a whole JU network map together with the new added destinations so far? It would be great to see.
DeleteIt should be done after they are all announced and it is not the case yet.
DeleteAmsterdam 10 (1,1,2,3,3,4,5,5,6,7) +3
DeleteAnkara 4 (2,4,5,6) +4
Atina 8 (1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
Barselona 9 (1,2,3,4,5,5,6,6,7) +5
Banja Luka 2 (1,5)
Berlin 6 (1,2,3,4,5,7)
Beč 18 (1,1,1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,7) +4
Bolonja 4 (1,3,5,7) +1
Budimpešta 17 (1,1,1,2,2.3,3,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,) +17
Brisel 2 (2,4)
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Cirih 14 (1,1,2,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,7)
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Što znači da za sada imaju dodatih 98 letova.
DeleteFirst of all, Zurich is 21pw during summer. Second, many more frequencies will be added, probably on routes to ATH, LCA, BER, CPH, ARN, SKP, STR, TIA, ZAG, LJU, etc... That will mean around 120-150 additional flights, which means 6-7 new aircrafts.
DeleteMislim da će i Španske rute biti pojačane do leta,punjenja su im odlična i tokom zime. E sad dolazimo do glavnog pitanja,flota i osoblje? Nadam se da će biti spremni.
DeleteHoće, hoće bice spremna/ni kao i ovog leta... Pa dajte ne budite neozbiljni toliko😀
DeleteJU has 7 or 8 slots at LHR?
Delete9,po jedan popodnevni Subotom i Nedeljom.
DeleteYou forgot Firenze.
DeleteThen I guess there are some restrictions at LHR? Cause at least this Sunday slot would be great.
DeleteYes there are capacity restrictiona at Heathrow until at least March 26 next year.
DeleteUbaci Krakow, Ohrid i Varnu
DeletePopodnevne slotove na LHR vikendom imaju samo tokom letnjeg reda letenja. Pričalo se da su tražili dodatne slotove ali im Englezi ne daju.
DeleteDoes day numbering in the schedule above starts with Sunday?
DeleteNo, it starts with Monday.
DeleteThanks.
Delete430 flights per week-over 60 round trips per day, so far, plus charter flights I guess…it is going to be wild!
DeleteWell done Air Serbia.
ReplyDeleteKRK schedule good for a BEG and KRK city break. I wonder if KRK is a popular city break spot for Serbian tourists?
ReplyDeleteIt is. A lot of people go there for religious tourism too. Krakow was one of Belgrade's busiest unserved routes. Its popular with a lot of younger people too but they mostly go by bus.
DeleteI was in KRK. Amazing city!
DeleteI would recommend it to anymore especially to people who like to vist churches.
Lots of serbs will celebrate new years day in Krakow
DeleteWhen did Krakow become so popular with Serbs?
DeleteAnd can JU replace bus traffic with these flights?
For years, especially for New Year and Easter and mainly for younger folks. If I learn well Krakow is university center and really vibrant city for Central/Eastern European standards.
DeleteIt is vibrant city by Western European standards as well.
DeleteKRK is going to be a massive success, both P2P and transfer potential (towards regional Balkan destinations). Brilliant addition and Poland is now on the map of Air Serbia!
ReplyDeleteOnce YYZ is added JU should return to WAW. I'm sure they could grab some of the north American market from LOT.
DeleteThank would be a brave move by Air Serbia.
DeleteKrakow has 8 million people living within a 100km radius of its centre and other than Croatian coast is not well connected with the ex-Yu region (if going with LOT via Warsaw, you're backtracking). It'll be a big hit! And it now has good access to a lot of Air Serbia destinations, so in a way they're already competing with LOT although not necessarily in terms of cross-Atlantic destinations.
Deletegood points. but i am skeptical. how many pols travel to the balkans other than the cro coast?
DeleteI don't have the exact figures and I've been living in Serbia for only 4 years, but there are quite a few Poles are visiting these days (not sure what % is from Krakow area) as Balkans is good value for money. So, with transfers to Montenegro, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Albania as well as people from this region visiting Krakow, I'm sure they'll do quite well with their 4 weekly on an ATR!
Delete20:07 - Look at the Polish connections in Burgas and Tirana :) especially LCC and charters.
Deleteok i seems to be convinced that this route will work outs.
Deletewhat about other cities in poland? I think warsawa would work.
WAW was suspended as the A319 was too big for the route while the ATR not competitive against LOT's ERJ's. I don't see JU going back to WAW anytime soon.
DeleteThis morning's flight from Rome was packed to the very last seat. The 319s are becoming too limiting, regardless of the expansion.
ReplyDeleteI wanted to book BEG-BCN last night for 8th January but it is completely sold out (business and economy) on the A320.
DeleteThey desperately need more craft.
DeleteHow much does it cost them to buy a decent young aircraft like a320?
DeleteAt this point, Vucic will probably say yes to anything, Luckily, Marek and the people around him have more mileage than him.
Delete@14,32
DeleteJU is leasing and not buying aircraft. Lease rates were this summer:
A319ceo: USD$45-200.000/month
A320ceo: USD$53-225.000/month
A320ceo lease rates have remained stable, if not became cheaper, while A320neo has jumped. A330's are cheaper to lease than A321neos interestingly enough. You can see why JU is also pushing for more A320's next summer rather than A319's.
Thanks for detailed explanation! It is interesting that they can lease a330 cheaper than a320neo, and AirSerbia is getting quite a good profit from long haul flights from what a can see. I hope to see at least one more addition soon! :)
DeleteCan’t wait to use the flights to Sicily!
ReplyDeleteWhite Lotus.
DeleteYES how did you know ahhahaha
DeleteI've watched the series.
DeleteJasmineeeeeee!!!! Dje si?????? Vidis li ovo? Jel'te bar malo sram? Nije, naravno, takvi kao ti nemaju srama, samo koristi
ReplyDeleteKupuje A220.
DeleteDa bi oni koji su 90 % ukupnog leta na Lufthansi, onih 10 % na feederu imali bolji komfor, na racun hrvatske sirotinje
DeleteAssuming that JU did their research and that say 80% of these routes become successful and permanent can we expect to see another major wave of expansion in 2024?
ReplyDeleteAnd if so where?
Also, how much further can JU expand from BEG considering Belgrad and Serbia are not wealthy. Perhaps BEG can become a major regional hub for transfer passengers.
It is too early to talk about 2024.
DeleteDon't forget that living standard in Serbia is being improved so therefore BEG won't be only transfer airport.
The best proof for it are all the destinations opened for public on previous charter routes - CTA, NAP, PMO, HER, CFU, ADB, CHQ, RHO and all of them will be used mostly by local population.
True, good point.
DeleteAlso wondering what percentage of charter traffic comes from immediate ex-yu region? Or is it mainly from Serbia?
@15,16
DeleteCharter traffic is 100% O&D traffic, 0 transfers. They're organised by travel agencies and not JU.
@15,10
JU is trying to reduce seasonality which was made very clear by Marek the past few months. Moving charters to scheduled routes is proof of this as it is no longer concentrated around the 3 month mid June to mid September period, but now extended from April to October. Previous charter routes that were 100% O&D routes are now open for transit traffic as well. BEG was also never only just a transit hub either. While salaries are growing, what's important to note is that air travel is becoming cheaper and one of only 2 categories in Serbia currently experiencing deflation in prices making it more affordable.
@15,01
Too early to tell. I guess more charter routes in 2024 wil become scheduled (JTR, JMK, ZTH, EFL and IOA). Longer European rotations could be added (LIS, MAN, SVQ). Long haul most likely will increase with a 3rd AC and the launch of YYZ and PVG along with a 4th weekly ORD. A couple new MENA routes (BEY, AMM, HBE). Caucuses will follow sooner or later, I'm actually surprised it wasn't considering in this list if 21 new routes, especially EVN. Iraq I see being a good candidate (EBL or BGW), KWI as well as Saudi Arabia (JED). In the region, I see CLJ, OMO and KIV being launched.
So there is no way of knowing if someone from Zagreb, Sarajevo, or Skopje took a JU flight to BEG and later in that day took a charter to Greece or wherever?
DeleteDoesn't work like that.
DeleteCharter flights are clearly on the rise. Latest example is the current "boom" in Plovdiv. There are at least 5 new charter destinations to the warmer destinations in spring. I think Serbs want to explore different destinations and not only Greece, which is not a bad thing.
DeleteINI definitely needs more charters as well!
ZAG/SJJ/SKP transfers onto a charter involves 2 tickets, not 1. The person from those cities would have to purchase the package from a Serbian agency as they are the ones organising the charter flights, not JU. You might get someone from Slavonija or Semberija on those charters, but again, they are counted as O&D Belgrade departures as they would of paid for a package from a Serbian agency. Kind of the same way that you don't really get the figures whether the passenger is from Novi Sad, Zrenjanin, Šabac etc.
DeleteBesides, Greece isn't far from SKP and easily reached by road, they have their share of charter flights as well. SJJ also has reasonably priced packages to Turkey and Egypt. ZAG is with driving distance of a spectacular coast line, it's even easy to do a day trip to the sea.
Flying to BEG to take a charter flight just to travel from BEG unnecessarily increases the price of travel for them, as the JU tickets aren't that cheap around the region once luggage is included.
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DeleteIt would be great if we could develop winter tourism in the south to attract winter charters again to INI. There used to be winter seasonal flights between LGW and INI.
Thanks for the explanation Jatbegmel.
Delete19:01 There will be probably mostly Serbs on these flights but there will be defenitly also a small share of Macedonians. The BEG-SKP route is not often used by the local Macedonian becasue he doesn't want to pay €100 more if he can go by bus. If they fly from Belgrade a lot of them go a day before their flight so that they can spend a day in Belgrade. My cousin used BEG for Mallorca and Rhodes and lot of them use it for Barcelona or somewere else in Spain, Italy or Greek islands.
DeleteThey're applying the healthy logic of "do your homework, apply it, and then hope for the best". The flights to places such as Riyadh or Baku are expensive and a gambit. If they ever happen, I guess nothing will happen until 2024.
ReplyDeleteThese are amazing, but there is a major whole in the Middle East..
ReplyDeleteI hope that soon we will hear for TLV, BEY at least.. let alone AMM and others. Especially for transfers… to equal out the new bank of mostly western destinations. I hope that it isn’t part of the flights with Russia not tl shuttle everyone through IST..
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DeleteMiddle East destinations are coming. This area has been long served by JAT so there is some familiarity with JU % BEG. so Air Serbia will do well there, eventually.
DeleteI heard JU has problem getting slots in Tel Aviv
DeleteSa svim ovim letovimA nije mi jasno kako ce uglaviti chartere preko leta. I sta ako se pokvari 1 ili 2 aviona nastace katastrofa od kasnjenja
ReplyDeleteThere will be less čarter flights in summer 2024 since some have been scheduled routes.
DeleteMany charter destinations are becoming scheduled routes. Next summer HER, CHQ, RHO, CFU, PMO, CTA will no longer be charter flights, rather scheduled. This summer PMI became schedule. Previously BCN (GRO) was a charter route which next summer will be 9 X weekly. I guess you missed every piece of news the past 5 months.
DeleteThere are still a lot of charters to Turkey, Egypt, Greece
DeleteBut will be less than last season.
DeleteVidimo se ovde sredinom jula
DeleteA couple of summer wet leases have become a JU's tradition regardless of how many new aircrafts will join the fleet.
DeleteVaži Dee-ki.
DeleteMeanwhile Ljubljana airport is on sone kind of Influencer era, sharing photos of the deserts you can have at their airport instead of destinations.
ReplyDeleteHow the mighty have fallen...
Funny how they are so focused on deserts and other useless things while they forgot to announce that Aegean will start flying from next year..
DeleteLike 2023 year schedule is finished which new routes will be announce in Summer 2024 year? Perhaps winter 2023 Tenerife,but on two years is difficult know if will be or no several routes like next summer season
ReplyDeleteAdmin, JU Varna service didn't end in 2013. Please check your facts.
ReplyDeleteJU announced 22 new routes for 2023 but looks like they included Malta, Tianjin and Malaga in that number. I expected one more round with three more destinations. Would be great if Air Serbia could clarify if more destinations will be revealed by the end of the year.
If Air Serbia does reveal more destinations you will read about it here.
DeleteDon't worry.
clear as mud
DeleteDear Admin, use Elevate online edition for historical Air Serbia timetables and route maps. July 2016 still has Varna as a seasonal service.
DeleteVarna route might work well for them. They will compete with OS and TK who have been in the airport for quite a while. W6 have 3 based aircraft mainly to Germany, so they might want to offer good prices. JU's sole weakness remains UK. They should really consider this huge an uncapped market.9 weekly LHR is literally nothing when you have MAN, BHX, EDI, NCL. Very passive attitude in INI and not recreating ski charters. With barely 19 airplanes as a fleet, things might be a bit complicated for them.
DeletePlease introduce Lisbon, Reykjavik, and Dublin
ReplyDeleteGet real.
DeleteLisbon and Reykjavik, at least seasonal make perfect sense, but they are far and AS needs extra fleet for that.
DeleteThere is demand, for both KEF and LIS, a lot of ppl use wizz air from BUD to reach KEF.
I am pretty sure that KEF and LIS could work twice a week, but we will not see them any time soon.
Dublin would make sense if Ireland lifts visas for Serbian citizens.
LIS, KEF and DUB would be so cool! With these new introductions (and Riga by Air Baltic), there is only Portugal, Iceland, Ireland, Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Moldova & Slovakia left unserved in Europe from Belgrade (I'm not counting Ukraine/Belarus due to war situation as otherwise they would be covered too). KIV and HEL will be back on JU's radar pretty soon I'm sure & Kosice at some point down the track. TLL & VNO are just not viable at this stage especially with Air Baltic coming in, so hoping that LIS, KEF & DUB come soon enough!
DeleteDjordje, com'mon man, Iceland? I think you pushing it with that. BEG is and by next year will be very well connected to the region, and Europe. Missing is Mediterranean/mid-east region, Caucasus, and perhaps Baghdad and Tehran in a few years.
DeleteDown the road Toronto, later Montreal, and a few more cities in China.
Košice may be interesting as it is served by only LOT & OS, and low-costers Wizz and Ryan. So there may be room for JU for better connections. Would also like to see some Romanian cities.