Romanian low-cost carrier, Blue Air, announced an order for six 737 MAX jets (variant unspecified though likely 737 MAX 8) Tuesday at the Paris Air Show.
In addition, Blue Air will also lease six 737 MAXs and six 737-800s from Air Lease Corp (ALC), adding to an existing order book of 3 737-800s.
Delivery of the MAX aircraft from Air Lease will begin in 2019 and continue until 2021 while the used 737-800s,formally with Pegasus Airlines will be delivered beginning in May 2017 and be fully delivered by year’s end.
Three of the six 737-800s from ALC are already operating for Blue Air.
Our many years of partnership with Boeing and operating the 737 has resulted in unmatched operational reliability, a leading safety record and an increase in passenger numbers that has enabled Blue Air to grow into the leading airline airline in Romania, said Gheorghe Racaru, general manager of Blue Air.
The 737 MAX will help shape the future of Blue Air, allowing us to fly to new, further destination whilst continuing to keep our fares low for our passengers due to the incredible efficiencies of the airplane.
We are delighted to announce Blue Air as Romania’s first 737 MAX customer, said Monty Oliver, vice president, European Sales, Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
The 737 MAX is ideally suited to Blue Air and the market it serves, increasing revenue potential all with improved operating efficiencies.
Blue Air currently operates an all-Boeing fleet of 29 737 aircraft, including 17 737 Classic jets (2 737-300s, 9 737-400s, and 6 737-500s). It also operates 1 737-700 and 11 737-800s.
Founded in Bucharest in 2004, Blue Air has grown its operations across Eastern and Southern Europe in the decade since.
Its business is mostly concentrated in its home country of Romania, and its largest base is located at Bucharest’s Henri Coanda International Airport, though it has bases in Romania, Italy, the United Kingdom and Cyprus.
In 2016, Blue Air became the largest airline in Romania by scheduled passengers flown, with its 3.6 million representing a tripling of volume since 2008.
At Bucharest, it is technically the second largest carrier behind Eastern European ULCC powerhouse Wizz Air and comes in just ahead of Romanian flag carrier TAROM.
It also has a secondary hub at Turin Airport in Italy and tertiary hubs at several smaller Romanian airports, Liverpool in the United Kingdom, and Larnaca in Cyprus.
The growth of Wizz Air in recent years across Eastern and Central European hubs like Budapest, Bucharest, and Skopje (amongst many others) has sucked much of the oxygen out of the room for pretty much any carrier other than Ryanair (which dwarfs Wizz Air by itself).
Smaller niche players like CSeries launch customer airBaltic and Blue Air do appear to be finding some success, however (both carriers are profitable), which bodes well for competition in the region.
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Friday, 23 June 2017
Friday, 19 May 2017
ROMANIA: TAROM Air Expands Flights
TAROM airline is preparing the peak summer season and will commence a fourth weekly flight between Bucharest, Romania’s capital, and Amman, Jordan. This new flight will begin on July 3 and is scheduled for Mondays, through September 25.
TAROM airline is Romania’s flag carrier and the oldest operating airline of country. It is a member of skyteam and is headquartered in Otopeni, Romania. The airline’s hub is located at Henri Coanda International Airport.
Romania is probably most well-known for its association with the legend of Dracula. This Southeastern European country includes the forested region of Transylvania, and is ringed by the Carpathian Mountains.
Visitors will enjoy exploring the preserved medieval towns with their fortified churches and castles.
TAROM, Romanian airline and member of skyteam, announced it is expanding its summer service to Spain. The airline is adding one flight to its Bucharest-Barcelona route and Bucharest-Valencia route, as well as adding 2 more flights to its Bucharest-Madrid route.
TAROM is Romania’s flag carrier and the oldest operating airline of the country. Its headquarters and main hub are located at the Henri Coanda International Airport. TAROM is also the largest airline operating in Romania based on international destinations, international flights, and the second largest measured by fleet size and passengers carried.
The airline directly operates 79 destinations including charter and seasonal services in 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa including 6 domestic destinations.
The airline's flights to the USA ceased in 2003 and are now operated under a codeshare agreement with Air France via Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
In 2006, TAROM was scheduled to join SkyTeam as an associate member sponsored by Alitalia, but the entry into the alliance was postponed until 2008. On 7 May that year, SkyTeam signed a SkyTeam Alliance Associate Adherence Agreement (SAAAA) with TAROM.
On 22 June 2010, SkyTeam announced that it had renewed its membership program, thereby making TAROM a future full member of the alliance. On 25 June 2010, TAROM became a full member of SkyTeam.
TAROM has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Aegean Airlines
Aeroflot
Air Europa
Air France
Air Serbia
airBaltic
Alitalia
Austrian Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Bulgaria Air
Czech Airlines
KLM
Middle East Airlines
On 4 November 1957, a TAROM Ilyushin Il-14, registration YR-PCC, operating an international administrative flight from Bucharest to Moscow crashed short of the runway at Vnukovo Airport, killing four of 16 on board. The aircraft was on approach to Vnukovo Airport when the pilot noticed that the aircraft was too low, however the aircraft continued its descent until it struck tree tops and later crashed.
The aircraft was carrying Romanian government members Chivu Stoica, Grigore Preoteasa, Alexandru Moghioroş, Ştefan Voitec, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Leonte Răutu and Marin Năstase to Moscow for the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution.
Preoteasa, who apparently was not wearing a safety belt, and three Soviet crew members lost their lives.
On 24 February 1962 a Ilyushin Il-18V, registration YR-IMB, operating on an international scheduled flight from Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) to Tel Aviv via Nicosia lost power on all four engines and made a belly landing on a grassy field in Cyprus.
While cruising at 23,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea and 43 miles offshore, engine number 3 lost power, followed shortly by number 1 and 2. Then at 10,000 feet and 27 miles offshore engine 4 also quit. All 100 occupants survived. The aircraft was transported to Moscow for repairs, but it never re-entered service.
On 9 October 1964, an Ilyushin Il-14, registration YR-ILB, operating a domestic scheduled flight from Timișoara to Bucharest broke apart in mid-air and crashed 2 km south of Cugir, killing all 31 on board. The aircraft had flown into a strong downdraft; the pilot attempted to maintain altitude, but this caused the fuselage to overstress and break apart.
On 4 February 1970, TAROM Flight 35, an Antonov An-24, registration YR-AMT, operating a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Oradea struck the side of a mountain in the Vladeasa mountain group, killing 20 of 21 on board. The aircraft began descending in poor visibility until it struck tree tops on a mountain side, after which it struck the slope of a second mountain.
The aircraft was leased from the Romanian government.
On 29 December 1974, an Antonov An-24, registration YR-AMD, operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu crashed into the side of the Lotrului mountains (22 km south of Sibiu) at an altitude of 1,700 m, killing all 28 passengers and 5 crew members.
The crew's incorrect approach procedure execution, which led to the aircraft drifting south off course by 20 km, while the wind was increasing turbulence was present.
On 7 August 1980, a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 registered YR-TPH, operating on an international scheduled flight from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Nouadhibou Airport, Mauritania ditched in the water 300 m short of the runway at Nouadhibou Airport.
The crew could not see the runway while descending through the 90 m decision height. A missed approach procedure was initiated when the pilot felt contact with what he thought was ground, but was actually water.
All of the 152 passengers and 16 crew members survived the impact, but a passenger suffered a heart attack and died before he could be rescued. Most of the passengers were sailors who were going to replace the crew of two Romanian ships located on the Mauritanian coast.
Many passengers swam to the land, while sharks were kept away by the vibrations of an engine which continued to function for a few hours after the crash.
On 5 September 1986, an Antonov An-24 registered YR-AMF operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest Băneasa Airport touched down nose wheel-first while landing at Cluj Airport. A fire erupted, killing three crew members who were trapped in the cockpit. The other two crew members and all fifty passengers survived.
On 28 December 1989, during the Romanian revolution, an Antonov An-24 flying from Bucharest to Belgrade, carrying journalist Ian Henry Perry, was shot down by a missile at Vișina, Dambovița. All the people on board,six crew members and the passenger died.
On 24 September 1994, TAROM Flight 381, an Airbus A310 registered YR-LCA flying from Bucharest to Paris Orly, went into a sudden and uncommanded nose-up position and stalled. The crew attempted to countermand the aircraft's flight control system but were unable to get the nose down while remaining on course.
Witnesses saw the aircraft climb with an extreme nose-up attitude, then bank sharply left, then right, then fall into a steep dive.
Only when the dive produced additional speed was the crew able to recover steady flight. An investigation found that an overshoot of flap placard speed during approach, incorrectly commanded by the captain, caused a mode transition to flight level change. The auto-throttles increased power and trim went full nose-up as a result.
The crew's attempt at commanding the nose-down elevator could not counteract effect of stabilizer nose-up trim, and the resulting dive brought the aircraft from a height of 4,100 ft at the time of the stall to 800 ft when the crew was able to recover command. The aircraft landed safely after a second approach. There were 186 people on board.
On 31 March 1995, a TAROM Airbus A310 operating as Flight 371 crashed near Balotești due to a fault in the throttles and lack of recovery from the flight crew. All 50 passengers and 10 crew members were killed
On 30 December 2007, a TAROM Boeing 737-300 (YR-BGC "Constanța"), flying Flight 3107 hit a car on the runway of Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport while taking off for Sharm-el-Sheikh. The aircraft stopped beside the runway and was severely damaged.
None of the passengers were injured. Because of fog, neither the tower nor the pilots saw the car belonging to staff who were repairing a runway beacon.
TAROM airline is Romania’s flag carrier and the oldest operating airline of country. It is a member of skyteam and is headquartered in Otopeni, Romania. The airline’s hub is located at Henri Coanda International Airport.
Romania is probably most well-known for its association with the legend of Dracula. This Southeastern European country includes the forested region of Transylvania, and is ringed by the Carpathian Mountains.
Visitors will enjoy exploring the preserved medieval towns with their fortified churches and castles.
TAROM, Romanian airline and member of skyteam, announced it is expanding its summer service to Spain. The airline is adding one flight to its Bucharest-Barcelona route and Bucharest-Valencia route, as well as adding 2 more flights to its Bucharest-Madrid route.
TAROM is Romania’s flag carrier and the oldest operating airline of the country. Its headquarters and main hub are located at the Henri Coanda International Airport. TAROM is also the largest airline operating in Romania based on international destinations, international flights, and the second largest measured by fleet size and passengers carried.
The airline directly operates 79 destinations including charter and seasonal services in 25 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa including 6 domestic destinations.
The airline's flights to the USA ceased in 2003 and are now operated under a codeshare agreement with Air France via Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport.
In 2006, TAROM was scheduled to join SkyTeam as an associate member sponsored by Alitalia, but the entry into the alliance was postponed until 2008. On 7 May that year, SkyTeam signed a SkyTeam Alliance Associate Adherence Agreement (SAAAA) with TAROM.
On 22 June 2010, SkyTeam announced that it had renewed its membership program, thereby making TAROM a future full member of the alliance. On 25 June 2010, TAROM became a full member of SkyTeam.
TAROM has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
Aegean Airlines
Aeroflot
Air Europa
Air France
Air Serbia
airBaltic
Alitalia
Austrian Airlines
Brussels Airlines
Bulgaria Air
Czech Airlines
KLM
Middle East Airlines
On 4 November 1957, a TAROM Ilyushin Il-14, registration YR-PCC, operating an international administrative flight from Bucharest to Moscow crashed short of the runway at Vnukovo Airport, killing four of 16 on board. The aircraft was on approach to Vnukovo Airport when the pilot noticed that the aircraft was too low, however the aircraft continued its descent until it struck tree tops and later crashed.
The aircraft was carrying Romanian government members Chivu Stoica, Grigore Preoteasa, Alexandru Moghioroş, Ştefan Voitec, Nicolae Ceauşescu, Leonte Răutu and Marin Năstase to Moscow for the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution.
Preoteasa, who apparently was not wearing a safety belt, and three Soviet crew members lost their lives.
On 24 February 1962 a Ilyushin Il-18V, registration YR-IMB, operating on an international scheduled flight from Bucharest Otopeni Airport (OTP) to Tel Aviv via Nicosia lost power on all four engines and made a belly landing on a grassy field in Cyprus.
While cruising at 23,000 feet over the Mediterranean Sea and 43 miles offshore, engine number 3 lost power, followed shortly by number 1 and 2. Then at 10,000 feet and 27 miles offshore engine 4 also quit. All 100 occupants survived. The aircraft was transported to Moscow for repairs, but it never re-entered service.
On 9 October 1964, an Ilyushin Il-14, registration YR-ILB, operating a domestic scheduled flight from Timișoara to Bucharest broke apart in mid-air and crashed 2 km south of Cugir, killing all 31 on board. The aircraft had flown into a strong downdraft; the pilot attempted to maintain altitude, but this caused the fuselage to overstress and break apart.
On 4 February 1970, TAROM Flight 35, an Antonov An-24, registration YR-AMT, operating a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Oradea struck the side of a mountain in the Vladeasa mountain group, killing 20 of 21 on board. The aircraft began descending in poor visibility until it struck tree tops on a mountain side, after which it struck the slope of a second mountain.
The aircraft was leased from the Romanian government.
On 29 December 1974, an Antonov An-24, registration YR-AMD, operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu crashed into the side of the Lotrului mountains (22 km south of Sibiu) at an altitude of 1,700 m, killing all 28 passengers and 5 crew members.
The crew's incorrect approach procedure execution, which led to the aircraft drifting south off course by 20 km, while the wind was increasing turbulence was present.
On 7 August 1980, a Tupolev Tu-154B-1 registered YR-TPH, operating on an international scheduled flight from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Nouadhibou Airport, Mauritania ditched in the water 300 m short of the runway at Nouadhibou Airport.
The crew could not see the runway while descending through the 90 m decision height. A missed approach procedure was initiated when the pilot felt contact with what he thought was ground, but was actually water.
All of the 152 passengers and 16 crew members survived the impact, but a passenger suffered a heart attack and died before he could be rescued. Most of the passengers were sailors who were going to replace the crew of two Romanian ships located on the Mauritanian coast.
Many passengers swam to the land, while sharks were kept away by the vibrations of an engine which continued to function for a few hours after the crash.
On 5 September 1986, an Antonov An-24 registered YR-AMF operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest Băneasa Airport touched down nose wheel-first while landing at Cluj Airport. A fire erupted, killing three crew members who were trapped in the cockpit. The other two crew members and all fifty passengers survived.
On 28 December 1989, during the Romanian revolution, an Antonov An-24 flying from Bucharest to Belgrade, carrying journalist Ian Henry Perry, was shot down by a missile at Vișina, Dambovița. All the people on board,six crew members and the passenger died.
On 24 September 1994, TAROM Flight 381, an Airbus A310 registered YR-LCA flying from Bucharest to Paris Orly, went into a sudden and uncommanded nose-up position and stalled. The crew attempted to countermand the aircraft's flight control system but were unable to get the nose down while remaining on course.
Witnesses saw the aircraft climb with an extreme nose-up attitude, then bank sharply left, then right, then fall into a steep dive.
Only when the dive produced additional speed was the crew able to recover steady flight. An investigation found that an overshoot of flap placard speed during approach, incorrectly commanded by the captain, caused a mode transition to flight level change. The auto-throttles increased power and trim went full nose-up as a result.
The crew's attempt at commanding the nose-down elevator could not counteract effect of stabilizer nose-up trim, and the resulting dive brought the aircraft from a height of 4,100 ft at the time of the stall to 800 ft when the crew was able to recover command. The aircraft landed safely after a second approach. There were 186 people on board.
On 31 March 1995, a TAROM Airbus A310 operating as Flight 371 crashed near Balotești due to a fault in the throttles and lack of recovery from the flight crew. All 50 passengers and 10 crew members were killed
On 30 December 2007, a TAROM Boeing 737-300 (YR-BGC "Constanța"), flying Flight 3107 hit a car on the runway of Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport while taking off for Sharm-el-Sheikh. The aircraft stopped beside the runway and was severely damaged.
None of the passengers were injured. Because of fog, neither the tower nor the pilots saw the car belonging to staff who were repairing a runway beacon.
Thursday, 10 March 2016
SERBIA: Air Serbia
Air Serbia stylized as AirSERBIA is the flag carrier and largest airline of Serbia. The airline was formerly known as Jat Airways until it was renamed in 2013. Air Serbia commenced operations under its new name on 26 October 2013.The airline has its hub at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.
Air Serbia draws its heritage, including the airline code JU, from flag carriers of former Yugoslavia: Aeroput was established in Belgrade in 1927, and was replaced by Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) in 1948 as the national airline of the Socialist Yugoslavia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1990s, JAT became a flag carrier of Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) and was renamed Jat Airways in 2003. However, the aging fleet and lack of investments caused the company to record financial losses year after year, and several Serbian governments were looking after a strategic partner for the company.
On 1 August 2013, Jat Airways and Etihad Airways entered into an agreement of strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Etihad acquired a 49% stake in Jat Airways and management rights for a period of five years. The Republic of Serbia would retain the remaining 51% and hold five of nine monitoring committee seats in the company.Jat Airways was reorganized and renamed Air Serbia in October 2013 and launched its inaugural flight under its new name on 26 October 2013, from Belgrade to Abu Dhabi.
Air Serbia's logo is a stylized double-headed eagle inspired by the Serbian coat-of-arms. The airline's branding was based on work undertaken by Tamara Maksimović, a 25-year-old graphic designer from Novi Sad.
Serbian tennis player Novak Đoković gave his name to the first Airbus A319, and will be part of the series titled Living legends of Serbia which will appear on the new fleet of the airline. Serbian professional basketball player Vlade Divac gave his name to the first Airbus A320.
The first flight under the new Air Serbia brand operated for promotional purposes on 26 October 2013 initiating the service to Abu Dhabi, with the first revenue flight taking place the following day from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade. Since the launch Air Serbia has introduced services to Banja Luka and Prague on 1 December 2013, Ljubljana and Bucharest on 10 December 2013, Budapest, Sofia and Varna on 30 March 2014 with Warsaw and Beirut on 29 May 2014 and 1 June 2014 respectively.
Plans for Cairo and Kiev have been postponed until further notice. On 5 June 2014 the airline announced the opening of a line to Tirana in the near future. Following an agreement with Turkish authorities reached in Ankara on 16 June 2014, the airline will resume its flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport on the European side of the city, replacing those from Sabiha Gökçen which it had been required to switch to.
Codeshare agreements
- Aegean Airlines (a number of destinations radiating from Athens)
- Aeroflot (a number of destinations radiating from Moscow)
- airBaltic
- Air Berlin (a number of destinations radiating from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Vienna)
- Air France (Belgrade-Paris-Belgrade)
- Air China (Beijing-Vienna-Beijing)
- Alitalia (a number of destinations radiating from Rome-Fiumicino)
- Etihad Airways (a number of destinations radiating from Abu Dhabi)
- Etihad Regional (Geneva–Belgrade, Geneva–Lugano)
- KLM (Amsterdam–Manchester-Amsterdam)
- LOT (Warsaw–Tallinn–Warsaw, Warsaw–Vilnius–Warsaw, Warsaw–Riga–Warsaw)
- Bulgaria Air
- TAROM (Bucharest–Belgrade–Bucharest, Bucharest–Chisinau–Bucharest)
From 26 June 2014 till 25 September 2014, Air Serbia entered into a cooperation with Darwin Airline from Switzerland (operating under the brand Etihad Regional following their recent acquisition by Etihad Airways) and leased from them a Saab 2000 aircraft and cabin crew which were used on its route to Banja Luka.
On 22 October 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said that the possibility of Air Serbia transatlantic flights was discussed, claiming the first flight could be in three years time or earlier, to two destinations in North America, referring to Toronto and Chicago, or possibly New York City,which all would be operated with an Airbus A330-200. On 16 May 2014 Serbia and China signed a new ASA opening the way for future long-haul flights between the two countries.
On November 9, 2015, CEO Dane Kondić and the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić confirmed that Air Serbia will begin operating weekly flights to New York City in the summer of 2016. They will be operating with an Airbus A330-200, which will be likely leased from another Etihad partner. The Serbian Government is awaiting a decision on its application for these flights to be approved
Air Serbia switched operations from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Sabiha Gökçen Airport on 27 October 2013, after being given unfavourable slot timings at Atatürk Airport. The move was seen as protectionism by the Turkish government of their national carrier Turkish Airlines. On 27 March 2014 the Turkish carriers flying to Belgrade, including Turkish Airlines, were issued only two months temporary permit by the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate, thus being at risk of having their rights revoked right in the middle of the summer season unless a compromise was found.
During the month of June the dispute intensified with highest level diplomatic representatives from both countries being involved and Turkish Airlines being under threat to be forced to reduce their flights to Belgrade from seventeen to four weekly.
Finally, following a series of meetings in Belgrade and Ankara, on June 16 an agreement has been reached that will see Air Serbia switching its operations from Sabiha Gokcen back to Atatürk Airport while Turkish will have to limit its number of flights from seventeen to fourteen weekly thus ending the row. Soon after Air Serbia officially announced the resumption of operations to Atatürk airport starting August the 1st 2014.
Renamed from SU-Port and shortened as ASGS, Air Serbia Ground Services was the first officially certified supplier of ground handling services in the Republic of Serbia, which has obtained a ground handling certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Directorate. ASGS has been certified to provide ground handling operations which include handling of passengers, baggage, aircraft, cargo and mail.
Since its foundation in 2002 and up to the present day, Air Serbia Ground Services annually provided ground handling services to more than 1 million passengers, on 8500 flights, on behalf of the national air carrier – Air Serbia and other companies.
On 28 May 2014 Air Serbia announced the creation of its technical division, providing services of line-maintenance at Belgrade Airport to Air Serbia and its partner airlines.
In May 2014 Air Serbia launched a new charter brand called Aviolet, which uses Air Serbia's Boeing 737-300 fleet under Air Serbia's JU code with a four digit flight number. Their first service operated on 24 May 2014 to Antalya.
Air Serbia draws its heritage, including the airline code JU, from flag carriers of former Yugoslavia: Aeroput was established in Belgrade in 1927, and was replaced by Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) in 1948 as the national airline of the Socialist Yugoslavia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1990s, JAT became a flag carrier of Serbia and Montenegro (FR Yugoslavia) and was renamed Jat Airways in 2003. However, the aging fleet and lack of investments caused the company to record financial losses year after year, and several Serbian governments were looking after a strategic partner for the company.
On 1 August 2013, Jat Airways and Etihad Airways entered into an agreement of strategic partnership. Under the agreement, Etihad acquired a 49% stake in Jat Airways and management rights for a period of five years. The Republic of Serbia would retain the remaining 51% and hold five of nine monitoring committee seats in the company.Jat Airways was reorganized and renamed Air Serbia in October 2013 and launched its inaugural flight under its new name on 26 October 2013, from Belgrade to Abu Dhabi.
Air Serbia's logo is a stylized double-headed eagle inspired by the Serbian coat-of-arms. The airline's branding was based on work undertaken by Tamara Maksimović, a 25-year-old graphic designer from Novi Sad.
Serbian tennis player Novak Đoković gave his name to the first Airbus A319, and will be part of the series titled Living legends of Serbia which will appear on the new fleet of the airline. Serbian professional basketball player Vlade Divac gave his name to the first Airbus A320.
The first flight under the new Air Serbia brand operated for promotional purposes on 26 October 2013 initiating the service to Abu Dhabi, with the first revenue flight taking place the following day from Abu Dhabi to Belgrade. Since the launch Air Serbia has introduced services to Banja Luka and Prague on 1 December 2013, Ljubljana and Bucharest on 10 December 2013, Budapest, Sofia and Varna on 30 March 2014 with Warsaw and Beirut on 29 May 2014 and 1 June 2014 respectively.
Plans for Cairo and Kiev have been postponed until further notice. On 5 June 2014 the airline announced the opening of a line to Tirana in the near future. Following an agreement with Turkish authorities reached in Ankara on 16 June 2014, the airline will resume its flights from Istanbul Atatürk Airport on the European side of the city, replacing those from Sabiha Gökçen which it had been required to switch to.
Codeshare agreements
- Aegean Airlines (a number of destinations radiating from Athens)
- Aeroflot (a number of destinations radiating from Moscow)
- airBaltic
- Air Berlin (a number of destinations radiating from Berlin, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart and Vienna)
- Air France (Belgrade-Paris-Belgrade)
- Air China (Beijing-Vienna-Beijing)
- Alitalia (a number of destinations radiating from Rome-Fiumicino)
- Etihad Airways (a number of destinations radiating from Abu Dhabi)
- Etihad Regional (Geneva–Belgrade, Geneva–Lugano)
- KLM (Amsterdam–Manchester-Amsterdam)
- LOT (Warsaw–Tallinn–Warsaw, Warsaw–Vilnius–Warsaw, Warsaw–Riga–Warsaw)
- Bulgaria Air
- TAROM (Bucharest–Belgrade–Bucharest, Bucharest–Chisinau–Bucharest)
From 26 June 2014 till 25 September 2014, Air Serbia entered into a cooperation with Darwin Airline from Switzerland (operating under the brand Etihad Regional following their recent acquisition by Etihad Airways) and leased from them a Saab 2000 aircraft and cabin crew which were used on its route to Banja Luka.
On 22 October 2013, Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić said that the possibility of Air Serbia transatlantic flights was discussed, claiming the first flight could be in three years time or earlier, to two destinations in North America, referring to Toronto and Chicago, or possibly New York City,which all would be operated with an Airbus A330-200. On 16 May 2014 Serbia and China signed a new ASA opening the way for future long-haul flights between the two countries.
On November 9, 2015, CEO Dane Kondić and the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić confirmed that Air Serbia will begin operating weekly flights to New York City in the summer of 2016. They will be operating with an Airbus A330-200, which will be likely leased from another Etihad partner. The Serbian Government is awaiting a decision on its application for these flights to be approved
Air Serbia switched operations from Istanbul Atatürk Airport to Sabiha Gökçen Airport on 27 October 2013, after being given unfavourable slot timings at Atatürk Airport. The move was seen as protectionism by the Turkish government of their national carrier Turkish Airlines. On 27 March 2014 the Turkish carriers flying to Belgrade, including Turkish Airlines, were issued only two months temporary permit by the Serbian Civil Aviation Directorate, thus being at risk of having their rights revoked right in the middle of the summer season unless a compromise was found.
During the month of June the dispute intensified with highest level diplomatic representatives from both countries being involved and Turkish Airlines being under threat to be forced to reduce their flights to Belgrade from seventeen to four weekly.
Finally, following a series of meetings in Belgrade and Ankara, on June 16 an agreement has been reached that will see Air Serbia switching its operations from Sabiha Gokcen back to Atatürk Airport while Turkish will have to limit its number of flights from seventeen to fourteen weekly thus ending the row. Soon after Air Serbia officially announced the resumption of operations to Atatürk airport starting August the 1st 2014.
Renamed from SU-Port and shortened as ASGS, Air Serbia Ground Services was the first officially certified supplier of ground handling services in the Republic of Serbia, which has obtained a ground handling certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Directorate. ASGS has been certified to provide ground handling operations which include handling of passengers, baggage, aircraft, cargo and mail.
Since its foundation in 2002 and up to the present day, Air Serbia Ground Services annually provided ground handling services to more than 1 million passengers, on 8500 flights, on behalf of the national air carrier – Air Serbia and other companies.
On 28 May 2014 Air Serbia announced the creation of its technical division, providing services of line-maintenance at Belgrade Airport to Air Serbia and its partner airlines.
In May 2014 Air Serbia launched a new charter brand called Aviolet, which uses Air Serbia's Boeing 737-300 fleet under Air Serbia's JU code with a four digit flight number. Their first service operated on 24 May 2014 to Antalya.
Saturday, 19 December 2015
ROMANIA: TAROM Adds Alicante Service in S16
Skyteam member TAROM in summer 2016 season is introducing new Spanish route from Bucharest, as it scheduled Bucharest – Alicante operation. This twice weekly flights will be operating from 04JUN16 to 27SEP16, with Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
Planned schedule as follow.
RO433 OTP2115 – 0010+1ALC 733 16
RO434 ALC0055 – 0525OTP 733 27
Planned schedule as follow.
RO433 OTP2115 – 0010+1ALC 733 16
RO434 ALC0055 – 0525OTP 733 27
Friday, 4 December 2015
HUNGARY: WizzAir Announces New Routes Starting 2016
The flight operator WizzAir announced it would open a new flight station at Iasi in 2016 and it would introduce five new routes.
Hence, the new flights will operate routes to Bologna, Catania, Larnaca, Roma and Tel Aviv, while the flight frequency to London and Milan will be supplemented, according to Mediafax newswire. According to Gyorgy Abran, trhe commercial director of Wizz Air, the company will total 16 aircrafts in Romania operating from the flight stations where Wizz Air operates.
In 2016, the company will operate also another aircraft, Airbus A321, with 230 seats. Wizz Air operates from eight airports in Romania and reports a market share of 29.5 per cent. In 2014, the company carried 3.4 million passengers and estimates an increase of 9 per cent for 2015.
At Iasi, currently, Wizz Air operates three international flights, to Treviso, London and Milan Bergamo. The airport in Iasi is also operated by Tarom, Austrian Airlines and Blue Air, besides Wizz Air and the airport management estimates a passenger traffic exceeding 350,000 passengers in 2015 and an estimation of a double fold for the next year.
Hence, the new flights will operate routes to Bologna, Catania, Larnaca, Roma and Tel Aviv, while the flight frequency to London and Milan will be supplemented, according to Mediafax newswire. According to Gyorgy Abran, trhe commercial director of Wizz Air, the company will total 16 aircrafts in Romania operating from the flight stations where Wizz Air operates.
In 2016, the company will operate also another aircraft, Airbus A321, with 230 seats. Wizz Air operates from eight airports in Romania and reports a market share of 29.5 per cent. In 2014, the company carried 3.4 million passengers and estimates an increase of 9 per cent for 2015.
At Iasi, currently, Wizz Air operates three international flights, to Treviso, London and Milan Bergamo. The airport in Iasi is also operated by Tarom, Austrian Airlines and Blue Air, besides Wizz Air and the airport management estimates a passenger traffic exceeding 350,000 passengers in 2015 and an estimation of a double fold for the next year.
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