Toronto Pearson Airport “targeting Serbia flights”
The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA), which manages Toronto’s Pearson Airport, has told EX-YU Aviation News it is working on establishing flights to Belgrade. It comes after Air Serbia said it was evaluating potential operations to Canada’s largest city. “Serbia continues to be a target for Toronto Pearson to expand our global reach, and we are working closely with new and existing partners on how we can better serve both Serbia and Canada”, the GTAA said. It is understood that Air Serbia recently inquired over the airport’s terms and conditions for the potential introduction of flights. Nonstop services between Belgrade and Toronto were last operated in 1992.
Air Serbia said last month it was in the process of evaluating both Toronto and Miami of becoming its third destination in North America. The airline had previously noted that Toronto has very strong demand in the summer but is very seasonal. Despite this, it said the Canadian city is on its “priority list”. The Serbian carrier will introduce a three weekly service to Chicago on May 17 and will boost operations on its New York route to daily from June 18. The airline’s primary goal in the development of its long haul network remains the addition of flights to Beijing and Shanghai.
Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said last year that he could imagine Air Serbia operating a fleet of around five wide-body aircraft. However, Mr Marek now says, “As we're seeing at the moment, long haul is doing relatively well, so maybe more jets could be considered”. Air Serbia has short-listed a third A330 aircraft for its fleet. “For us, I call the A330 the ATR of the wide-bodies. It is the perfect aircraft for an airline of our size. It is a very profitable machine, especially with the lease rates we have since Covid”, Mr Marek said earlier this year.
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