Air Serbia seeks product commonality across fleet
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Air Serbia plans to offer passengers the same product across its two wide-body Airbus A330-200 aircraft and is in discussions over a cabin reconfiguration for its short-haul Airbus fleet. According to the “TangoSix” portal, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, attended the recent Farnborough Airshow where he held talks with both Airbus and ATR over the reconfiguration of the carrier’s passenger cabins, as well as cabin commonality for the airline’s second A330-200. The company recently inked an agreement with AJW Technique Interiors to replace seat coverings across its narrow-body Airbus fleet with its sustainable, manmade material offering “significant weight savings” over natural leather. The covers will be produced in Serbia. “This innovative product will bring significant fuel savings and also contribute to Air Serbia’s commitment to introduce sustainable products wherever possible across the organisation”, Mr Marek said.
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| Air Serbia's A330 business class seat |
Air Serbia will take delivery of its second A330-200 soon. The jet previously operated for South African Airways which features 222 seats, with 36 in business class and the remaining 186 seats in economy. On the other hand, Air Serbia’s A330 is fitted with 257 seats, with 21 in business and 236 in economy class. Unlike its South African counterpart, Air Serbia’s business class cabin offers a more generous layout of mostly 1-2-1 seating, compared to the classic 2-2-2 configuration. Air Serbia has inherited the cabin on its wide-body aircraft from Aeroflot, which was the previous operator of the jet, replacing only the seat coverings.
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| Air Serbia's new ATR72-600 seats |
Air Serbia has opted to install the slim leather Privilege Class seats on its incoming ATR72-600 fleet, which provide baseline features such as recline, a high literature pocket and eighteen inches in width. In 2017, the airline installed Recaro seats across its narrow-body Airbus fleet and removed its dedicated business class cabin, opting instead for the eurobusiness class. The Recaro BL3520 seats increased capacity on the A319 aircraft from 128 to 144 seats and on the A320s from 155 to 174 seats, growing by more than 12% in total across the narrow-body fleet. Despite the capacity increase, the seats offer passengers more space by having a leaner backrest and a higher literature pocket. Recaro has since rolled out newer seats that are even slimmer and weigh less.
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| Air Serbia's short-lived dedicated business class on A320-family fleet, 2013 - 2017 |
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