Air Serbia’s Second Regional Jet – A Small Step Forward for the Fleet

Air Serbia Embraer E195 nell'aeroporto di Belgrado - il nuovo aerea ha registrazione YU-ATC.

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Air Serbia is a very peculiar airline. Despite Serbia being geographically situated in Europe it isn’t part of the European Union, meaning it doesn’t face many of the limitations its EU counterparts have been suffering since the start of the Russo-Ukranian conflict. The airline has been trying to affirm itself as a travel option for the Balkan region towards the US and China. It has also been expanding its fleet on the short range side of operations to feed traffic to Belgrade and those long range services. The airline has now added a further aircraft to its fleet. Let’s get into it.

Another Embraer Joins the Air Serbia Fleet – The Second Fully Owned

The new addition is a 118-seater Embraer E-195, of the older generation (not an E2). It is a used plane, which therefore hasn’t come straight from the manufacturer. It was previously owned and operated by Aurigny Air Services, carrier based in the island of Guernsey in the English channel.

It now has moved on, joining the fleet of the Serbian national carrier. This is the second regional aircraft the airline takes on as a fully owned plane. I say that as the airline has been wet-leasing the same aircraft type from Bulgaria Air to cover an operational void. The acquisition of this E-195, registered as YU-ATC, might mean the end of the wet lease agreement with Bulgaria Air. But we’ll have to wait and see if that is actually the case or Air Serbia choses to maintain both.

New Air Serbia Embraer E195 in Belgrade Airport

A Further Step To Grow The Airline’s Fleet

The addition of YU-ATC further enhances the capability of the airline to serve short and medium haul routes. Realistically the aircraft with its range can cover all of western Europe, including the new soon-to-come flight to Geneva.

The fleet now consists of 29 aircraft which includes:

  • 4 Airbus A330-200 (the only wide body and long range planes of the fleet)
  • 3 Airbus A320-200
  • 10 Airbus A319-100
  • 2 Embraer E195
  • 10 ATR 72-600

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Alex Achille

Ex Emirates Cabin Crew and long time aviation enthusiast. I can remember loving aviation and planes since I was a very little boy. I have developed my passion into a deep knowledge of the sector and industry to offer on my sites in depth and precise analyses of what is going on. I also completed cabin crew training with Ryanair, however, I never worked for the company (more on that another time). Finally I also have taken flying lessons completing my first solo flights.