Air Serbia handled more than 3.5 million passengers from January to October this year. In October alone, the airline hosted 367,146 travelers on scheduled and charter flights, a 43% increase compared to the same month last year and a 38% increase compared to pre-pandemic 2019. The national carrier operated a total of 3,970 flights during the period. In October 2022 and he increased by 50% and 45% in October 2019, respectively. Regionally, the most popular destinations in October 2023 were Podgorica and Tivat. In Western Europe, the most popular flights were to Zurich, followed by Paris, Rome and Amsterdam, while in the European Mediterranean region, the most popular Air Serbia flights were to Istanbul, Larnaca, Athens and Barcelona.
Air Serbia’s most frequent and busiest routes, October 2023
Commenting on this result, Air Serbia CEO Jiri Marek said: “October was our birthday month. In addition to the many activities we have undertaken to celebrate our anniversary, we have also opened a new retail store.” With the opening of a shop in the Galeria Shopping Center, the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the British company Menzies Aviation and the arrival of another Embraer E195 in the colors of Air Serbia in Belgrade, the result is that the company has set a new record. It shows that it has been broken. “This year has been our most successful October since we operated under the name Air Serbia. We are approaching 4 million passengers in 2023 and if we can approach or exceed that number, it will be important. and will be an important achievement” for the Serbian national airline. ”
The Serbian airline is scheduled to start operating between Belgrade and Porto tomorrow, its 23rd new route this year. During November, the airline offered 428.996 seats on scheduled flights to the market and maintained a total of 3.606 flights. The airline had the most scheduled flights to and from Podgorica during the month, followed by Istanbul, Ljubljana, Vienna and Zagreb. The route with the most available seats is Istanbul (13.288 seats to/from Belgrade, Nis and Kraljevo), followed by Zurich (10.352 seats), Moscow (9.414 seats), Paris (8.958 seats), Podgorica (8.458 seats), It is followed by Athens (6.960 seats). ) However, the capacity level may change due to last-minute equipment replacement. ATR is the busiest aircraft this month, with 1.371 flights, followed by Airbus A319s with 818 flights and Embraer flights with 604 flights.
