Air Serbia closes in on pre-Covid long haul performance
Air Serbia handled 61.702 passengers on its sole long haul service between Belgrade and New York, reaching 84.6% of its pre-pandemic numbers on the route. During 2021, Air Serbia is believed to have achieved its best financial results on the route since its launch, according to statements made by both airline and state officials. In the cargo department, the carrier recorded its best performance on record, uplifting 3.906 tonnes of cargo, up 120% on 2019, according to data provided to EX-YU Aviation News by the United States Bureau of Air Transport Statistics. “Despite the pandemic, our transatlantic flight has continued to deliver positive results. We were one of the few airlines that have flown to New York throughout the pandemic. New York in 2020 and 2021 is one of our most profitable routes”, Duncan Naysmith, the airline’s CEO at the time, said last year.
Air Serbia Belgrade - New York - Belgrade performance, 2021
Overall, there were slightly more passengers from the Serbian capital heading to the Big Apple, with 31.330 travellers boarding Air Serbia’s Airbus A330-200 aircraft in Belgrade. A total of 30.372 passengers flew from New York. The route’s operational results show high seasonality in line with frequency fluctuations throughout the year, with a surge of diaspora traffic in June, July and the first half of August, with those same passengers returning back to the States in late August and throughout September. July remains the route’s busiest month with 9.745 passengers, while February, traditionally the slowest in the aviation industry, being the quietest with 2.382 travellers.
Air Serbia will mark its sixth anniversary of operations to New York and the United States on June 23. “The Serbian flag carrier is the only airline in the region to have a regular nonstop year-round transatlantic flight. Air Serbia’s flights to the Big Apple are almost always at full capacity, and this route has contributed greatly to the development of tourism and business cooperation between the region of South-eastern Europe and the United States”, the company said. Air Serbia was the first Belgrade-based carrier to restore flights between the city and the United States in 2016 after almost a quarter of a century. In 1990, its final full year of uninterrupted operations, JAT Yugoslav Airlines, whose passenger numbers were already being impacted by a severe economic crisis and spiralling inflation at home, handled 201.292 passengers between Yugoslavia and the United States.
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