Kuwait Airways has said it plans to start flights to Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is interesting because this would be the third Middle East-based airline to start flights to Sarajevo this year (the second from Kuwait) and Qatar Airways is also going to start this year. There is more about...
Jump to postAir Serbia has started operations with its first twin aisle aircraft today. It will fly around the Balkans until 21 June and will be used exclusively on the <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BEG / LYBE), Serbia">BEG</acronym> - <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/aircanadaa330" class="quote" target="_blank">aircanadaa330</a> (<a href="#1" class="quote">Reply 1</a>):<br/><i>what are these restrictions? I w...
Jump to postCroatia Airlines is planning to open bases in the region in Sarajevo, Pristina, Tirana and Skopje next summer. It will also purchase (or lease) 4 - 6 100 seaters, most likely CRJ900s, which would join the existing fleet of Airbuses and Dash 8s.OU has been unable to expand over the past few years bec...
Jump to postApparently Qatar Airways plans to open flights to Skopje and Sarajevo in 2016. They already fly to Belgrade and Zagreb in the region. The Bosnian Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed the flights to <acronym title="Sarajevo - Butmir (SJJ / LQSA), Bosnia and Herzegovina">SJJ</acronym> while a <acronym t...
Jump to postHere is an update: According to the minister of Transport flights will begin in late March 2016 (so we can presume the start of the summer season). What I don't get is how will they be able to get a license, get a plane and start ticket sales in the next six months. Interestingly, Air Serbia is adve...
Jump to postAccording to the Serbian <acronym title="Tropic Air (Belize)">PM</acronym>, Air Serbia will be flying between Belgrade and New York 5 times per week starting in 2016. A330-200 has previously been mentioned for the route. Serbia was recently granted CAT 1 by US FAA. They have applied for a permit to ...
Jump to postAccording to Croatian press Korean Air and Eva Air have expressed interest to buy a stake in Croatia Airlines. No one has actually confirmed the reports but all the press has picked up on it. The Croatian government has not decided the amount of shares its selling but its the second time its attempt...
Jump to postBosnia and Herzegovina seems to have lost another carrier. B&H Airlines, which operated flights since 2005 with 2 ATR 72's and was owned for a short while by Turkish Airlines has officially gone bust and lost its <acronym title="Altenburg - Nobitz (AOC / EDAC), Germany">AOC</acronym>. It's not s...
Jump to postThere have been some new developments. Serbian <acronym title="Tropic Air (Belize)">PM</acronym> says Air Serbia flights will start late 2015/early 2016 to New York! Air Serbia says it is still doing feasibility studies and would lease A330-200 from Etihad. Source: <a href="http://www.exyuaviation.c...
Jump to postThere has been some development to this
Air Serbia CEO: No decision on US flights - http://www.exyuaviation.com/2015/05/...ceo-no-decision-on-us-flights.html
Macedonia wants to set up a new national airline since its last one - MAT Macedonian - declared bankruptcy in 2009. They want to do this with another "reputable" foreign carrier and will make a decision in August. Wizz Air completely dominates in Macedonia handling something over 500000 passengers f...
Jump to postInteresting news coming from Croatia. Hainan Airlines will start one weekly flight from Chongqing to Zadar from May 1 as a charter which will operate through the whole year. They are considering adding <acronym title="Zadar (- Zemunik) (ZAD / LDZD), Croatia">ZAD</acronym> as a stop to their new 2 we...
Jump to postI thought about Ankara being a stop as well for the Sarajevo flights but I really doubt Turkey would allow it (or should I say <acronym title="Turkish Airlines">TK</acronym>). <acronym title="Qatar Airways">QR</acronym> flies to <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BEG / LYBE), Serbia">...
Jump to postIt seems like Qatar Airways will start flights from Doha to Sarajevo this year. It already flies to Belgrade and Zagreb nearby. It will apparently operate with a stop in another city. Any guesses where that could be? Flydubai started flying to <acronym title="Sarajevo - Butmir (SJJ / LQSA), Bosnia a...
Jump to postThey have just launched a great new ad which will be shown in several countries. Looks nice, very Etihad-style I would say
http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_0.html
Apparently, Turkish Airlines could become Macedonia's national carrier. Don't know how that would work out... TAV runs Macedonia's airports and there was an attempt a few years ago to also make Turkish Airlines the national airline but back then Turkish owned nearby B&H Airlines from Bosnia. Mac...
Jump to postFraud indeed <table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quote:<br/><i>“My aunt booked tickets to Stuttgart and they cancelled the inaugural flight and now we can’t even contact them”. Another user said, “I was loo...
Jump to postWhat do you guys make of this?
Serbia - Turkey aviation spat deepens - http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/201...-turkey-aviation-spat-deepens.html
Can someone please explain to me how this is in any way profitable? Air Tahiti Nui will operate a charter flight with A340-300 from Zagreb in Europe to Sao Paulo for World Cup fans. The plane will sit in Brazil for 3 days before returning to Zagreb and then return to Papeete. How can an airline prof...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/TripleDelta" class="quote" target="_blank">TripleDelta</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>Those renders are out of date. The c...
Jump to postHere are renders of the new project. Looks good. The last gate is for A380s
http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/p/z...-airport-new-terminal-visuals.html
Finally after years and years <acronym title="Zagreb - Pleso (ZAG / LDZA), Croatia">ZAG</acronym> is getting a new modern air terminal. It will have 8 airbridges (the current terminal has none) and will be able to handle 5 million pax. Construction began yesterday and should be completed in late 201...
Jump to postEtihad will apparently begin screening Montenegro Airlines and possibly purchase a stake. Only last year they bought 49% of Jat Airways (now Air Serbia), from neighbouring Serbia. Montenegro Airlines has been affected by it because its flights to Serbia are its most important and its biggest market....
Jump to postAround 120 crew members have already been trained for the Airbus fleet and Etihad has loaned Serbian speaking cabin crew during the transition process. Three B737s will stay during the summer but will be used only for summer charters which is big business here. Air Serbia will have 700 charters this...
Jump to postPlan is for <acronym title="JAT Yugoslav Airlines">JU</acronym> to become profitable in 2016. Its losses over the past few years amounted to roughly 30 million EUR per year. If it had not found a buyer it would have gone bust late last year. It is already outperforming some of the competition. Adria...
Jump to postEY on Tuesday formally took its 49% stake in Serbia’s <acronym title="JAT Yugoslav Airlines">JU</acronym> (former Jat Airways now Air Serbia) based on an agreement from 1 August 2013 -Since then <acronym title="JAT Yugoslav Airlines">JU</acronym> has launched 5 new routes (Abu Dhabi, Banja Luka, Buc...
Jump to postOn Monday Etihad CEO James Hogan and Jat Airways CEO will hold a press conference in Belgrade. Agenda is unknown. <acronym title="Etihad Airways (United Arab Emirates)">EY</acronym> starts <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BEG / LYBE), Serbia">BEG</acronym> flights this Saturday. Sou...
Jump to postAtlasjet apparently wants create an airline serving Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia and Kosovo with base a in Tirana. <a href="http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/2012/11/atlasjet-in-regional-ex-yu-airline-bid.html" target="_blank">http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com/201...in-regional-ex-yu-airline-bid.html</a...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/strfyr51" class="quote" target="_blank">strfyr51</a> (<a href="#5" class="quote">Reply 5</a>):<br/><i>I'll bet that Once Asaad is removed Syrian...
Jump to postFlights aren’t going to go ahead since <acronym title="Ryanair (Ireland)">FR</acronym> is not happy with the terms of the contract <a href="http://bit.ly/HuUVme" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/HuUVme</a> I still don’t understand why on earth would they fly to Podgorica, a non-tourist town surrounded ...
Jump to postIt's also an intersting note that flights from Belgrade to Split (Croatia) resume this summer after 20 years.
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/s4popo" class="quote" target="_blank">s4popo</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>What is <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesl...
Jump to postLooks like Ryanair is starting flights to a new market - Montenegro this summer. Apparently the routes are Brussels, Milan and London. I assume they will fly to Tivat on the Montenegrin coast but I remember the Montenegrin government wanted them to fly to Podgorica last year so we will see when the ...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ju068" class="quote" target="_blank">ju068</a> (<a href="#25" class="quote">Reply 25</a>):<br/><i>CEO of Jat Airways was shot and killed in fron...
Jump to postBesides Tivat-<acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>, Montenegro Airlines will also start Podgorica-<acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acronym>. Also another new airline to <acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Ki...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/ju068" class="quote" target="_blank">ju068</a> (<a href="#20" class="quote">Reply 20</a>):<br/><i>Yes, especially since Wizz Air started flying ...
Jump to postGreat pics. We Serbs complain about <acronym title="JAT Yugoslav Airlines">JU</acronym> a lot but it’s just like any other average European airline (with the fleet being an exception). They have refurbished most of the seats on the Boeings and started refurbishing the ATRs. I’m disappointed that the...
Jump to postAdria (JP) has finally announced the list of routes it will suspend this winter after a government bailout of 49 million EUR. The suspended routes are: <acronym title="Ljubljana (- Brnik) (LJU / LJLJ), Slovenia">LJU</acronym>-<acronym title="London - Gatwick (LGW / EGKK), United Kingdom">LGW</acrony...
Jump to postJat Airways went from a great livery to a circus one <br/><table align="center" border="0" width="500"><tr><td><center><font color="#EEEEEE" size="1" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva"><a href="/open.file/1781868/L/" target="_blank">View Large</a> <a href="/open.file/1781868/M/" target="_blank">View Me...
Jump to postGreat report. I really like Qantas. I’ve flown with them a few times and they really are the spirit of Australia. Crew always smiling, friendly, chatty. It can easily put all European airlines to shame, whether you get the robotic and cold service of Lufthansa or the “do it yourself” ‘service’ provi...
Jump to postWow what a great report and so uncommon to get a special sports charter reported here. Great pics as well. Pity YU-AON still doesn’t have the new seats in economy which I find much nicer than this disgusting blue-brown combination. And offcourse good luck to our team. It was great watching them beat...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/lychemsa" class="quote" target="_blank">lychemsa</a> (<a href="#6" class="quote">Reply 6</a>):<br/><i>How long is the flight? Loads look weak. D...
Jump to post<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/debonair" class="quote" target="_blank">debonair</a> (<a href="#2" class="quote">Reply 2</a>):<br/><i>I heard rumors, that a new airline will st...
Jump to post<a href="http://i35.tinypic.com/vhutxj.jpg" target="_blank"/><a href="http://i35.tinypic.com/vhutxj.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i35.tinypic.com/vhutxj.jpg" width="650" height="488" alt="http://i35.tinypic.com/vhutxj.jpg" border="0"/></a> Just recently I flew with Tunisair for the first tim...
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Jump to post<a href="http://i48.tinypic.com/a4nek1.jpg" target=_blank><img src="http://i48.tinypic.com/a4nek1.jpg" width=650 height=488 alt="http://i48.tinypic.com/a4nek1.jpg" border=0></a> Note: In advanced sorry for the poor quality of some images. On Friday I flew with Jat Airways to Athens. In the morning I...
Jump to postFrom <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BEG / LYBE), Serbia">BEG</acronym> Jat flies to Malta but there is no return flight. Instead it goes to Tripoli and then straight to Belgrade, so if you want to go from Malta to <acronym title="Belgrade - Nikola Tesla (Surcin) (BEG / LYBE), Serb...
Jump to postGreat report once again. Looking forward to your next trip.
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