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Air Serbia has finalised its fleet plans for the summer and intends on wet-leasing eight aircraft, which will include ATR turboprops, Airbus A320-family planes and Boeing jets. As EX-YU Aviation News learns, the airline will wet-lease an additional ATR72-600 from Romania’s Air Connect. It already wet-leases one turboprop from the carrier. Furthermore, it will add another two A320s from Dan Air. The Serbian airline already utilises one A319 and one A320 from the Romanian carrier. Finally, Air Serbia has signed a letter of intent to wet-lease two Boeing 737-800s from Lithuanian charter carrier KlasJet. The airline is open to adding additional wet-lease equipment to its fleet if the need arises. As previously reported, Air Serbia also plans to grow its dry-leased fleet. Two ATR72-600s are set to join this summer, while the airline is in discussions with a lessor for two A321 aircraft, which would also be dry-leased. “Renewing the fleet is one of Air Serbia’s strategic goals. During 2022 alone we took delivery of four ATR72-600s, as well as one A330, one A320 with sharklets and an A319. Earlier this year, Air Serbia took delivery of its fifth ATR72-600 and wet-leased a sixth unit. Also, this year we will add at least two more ATRs. During the summer we expect the third A330 to join the fleet”, Air Serbia’s Head of Network Planning and Scheduling, Bojan Arandjelović, told the “Connect” publication. The carrier has said its fleet development is in line with its network growth. “Our fleet plans are undoubtedly aligned with our five-year network development strategy. Our commitment is to still be the airline of choice in the Balkan region, with constantly improved connectivity through Belgrade, not only to the US and China but also to the rest of the European continent and the Middle East thanks to our ever-growing network”, Mr Arandjelović added. Recently, a number of Air Serbia aircraft undergoing maintenance returned to the fleet, alleviating scheduling issues which occurred in April as a result of fewer available units and the need for last-minute wet-leases.
EX-YU Aviation NewsBy: EX-YU Aviationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/[email protected]
Title: Air Serbia to wet-lease ATRs, Airbuses and Boeing jets this summer
Sourced From: www.exyuaviation.com/2023/05/air-serbia-to-wet-lease-atrs-airbuses.html
Published Date: Mon, 08 May 2023 06:00:00 +0000
