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Air Serbia launched flights between Tianjin and Belgrade at the end of last year and from my own experience I can conclude it is performing well. This August I flew on the route. Flight departs on Saturdays at 6AM, which is rather early. Check-in at the airport opens at 4AM. Tianjin Airport has decent traffic but mostly domestic. There are a couple of international flights per day but, Air Serbia is the only one that early in the morning. However, don’t think there won’t be huge lines. After you check-in you need to get your customs QR code scanned and boarder police usually asks lots of questions.
QR code scanning
I was travelling in business class so had access to Tianjin Airport’s “First Class Lounge”. The lounge is made up of just a few big sofas, the air conditioning is turned on to freeze to death, and the only hot food are instant noodles. At the airport, there is also a large advertisement for Air Serbia with the slogan "Connecting More Possibilities". However, when I disembarked the flight, which was full in both cabins, the number of people who transferred could be counted on one hand.
Air Serbia billboard at Tianjin Airport Our aircraft today was called “Mihajlo Pupin” which has 18 seats in business and it all were taken up. It has old 2-2-2 configuration seats. They are the same used once by South African Airways since the plane was operated by them before. They have just changed the covers on the seat from cream to black. The seat is ok with basics and has good recline for sleep. There is a TV that comes out from the side. On the seat there is pillow, blanket, headphones, water, menu and amenity kit. If you want pyjamas, you have to ask.
The in-flight service is not bad. There is a cabin crew member who can speak Chinese. The 10.5-hour flight comes with two meal service. It starts with breakfast but this one is the larger of the two meals. The food was decent but nothing extraordinary. After breakfast, cabin crew darkened the cabin and offered to make up people’s seat for sleeping by putting a cover over the seat, then pillow and blanket.
First meal (breakfast) - Beef
Dessert - matcha lemon cake
Pre-arrival meal - fruit plate
Pre-arrival meal - beef with noodles
Coffee with Serbia sweet Overall, the flight was good. The in-flight entertainment is outdated, and the screen isn’t very responsive, although there is a remote control. There is an option with Chinese movies.
After arriving in Belgrade, I got a nice view of our plane and I went to the business class lounge “Air Serbia Premium Lounge”. The first 15 minutes were calm and then it became so crowded that it was better to sit out in the corridor. My Tivat flight was delayed 3 hours so I had a long transfer.
View at Belgrade Airport
Finally, time came to board our flight to Tivat. Again packed. An A320 was used. The business class cabin had 8 seats. We took off, with apologies for the delay from the pilot. I was very surprised that within minutes after taking off crew came with trays of food. By the time I had a few bites we started descending. The flight lasted just 40 minutes.
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Title: TRIP REPORT: Tianjin - Tivat via Belgrade
Sourced From: www.exyuaviation.com/2023/09/trip-report-tianjin-tivat-via-belgrade.html
Published Date: Sat, 02 Sep 2023 07:59:00 +0000
