Air Serbia plans third E195 jet by year’s end
Air Serbia is expected to take on a third Embraer E195 aircraft, to be operated by Greece’s Marathon Airlines, by the end of the year based on data from the Global Distribution System (GDS). It would become the fourth Embraer overall operating on behalf of Air Serbia, in addition to one E190 jet. The Serbian carrier is first set to welcome a second Embraer, which was recently painted in its colourshceme in the United Kingdom and flown to Athens, where it is to be added to the Greek registry following the jet’s acquisition by Marathon Airlines. The 118-seat aircraft is now tentatively scheduled to begin operating on behalf of Air Serbia this Friday, October 20, on either the morning Vienna or Milan service, however, changes remain possible.
The third Embraer E195 to operate on behalf of Air Serbia could enter the fleet on the morning of November 9. The airline has tentatively scheduled the aircraft type to operate on three morning flights from Belgrade, including to Frankfurt, Vienna and Gothenburg. The Serbian carrier has so far not confirmed the arrival of a third Embraer E195 jet. The airline plans to continue utilising the 100=seat Embraer E190 jet, while an 88-seat E175, which is on a temporary short-term wet-lease from Marathon Airlines, is now expected to stay as part of the fleet until November 8, before the expected entry of the third E195.
All Embraer jets operating for Air Serbia are wet-leased, meaning the Greek carrier is responsible for providing the aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance. Marathon Airlines recently hired a number of Belgrade-based cabin crew members, which are working on flights operating for Air Serbia. Air Serbia’s growing Embraer operations are in line with its plans to bridge the gap between its ATR72-600 and Airbus A320-family fleet. “We'll see how these planes perform. If it turns out that they perfectly fill the gap between ATRs and Airbuses, we will keep them”, Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, said recently.
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