Air Serbia has put into service the second Embraer E195 (pictured) operated by Greece’s Marathon Airlines. The jet, which wears the livery of the Serbian airline, arrived in Belgrade last Friday afternoon and flew its first revenue service to Frankfurt later that day. This OY-GDC registered aircraft is 15 years old. This is his second E195 in operation on behalf of an airline alongside another his E190 and an E175. However, the latter is being used temporarily by the airline and is scheduled to be withdrawn from the fleet next month. His two E195s, operated by Air Serbia, have 118 seats in an all-economy class layout.
Another E195 aircraft operated by Marathon Airlines is scheduled to arrive in Belgrade next month. The jet, registered OY-GDA, is currently in Warsaw and is scheduled to begin operations on behalf of the Serbian airline in November. Based on the current availability of the Global Distribution System (GDS), this jet is scheduled to debut on the morning of November 9th on behalf of Air Serbia. However, this is a tentative schedule and is subject to change. As EX-YU Aviation News knows, Marathon Airlines has also signed an agreement to take over another OY-GDB registered E195, which could also be handed over to Air Serbia. All his E195s above with ‘ÖY’ registration are dry-leased from their owners by Marathon Airlines.
Air Serbia CEO Jiri Marek recently commented on the expanding Embraer business, saying: It is much closer to the capacity provider model used in the United States. The aircraft is in the Air Serbia livery and is currently working on dump-lease options. So the flight attendants will come from Air Serbia, but we are looking at other features that can be synchronized to make it as seamless as our product. ”. During the coming November, Air Serbia is currently deploying Embraer aircraft on 440 flights (this figure also includes round-trip flights). Next month, this type of aircraft will most likely be deployed on operations between Belgrade and Frankfurt, with a total of 29 out of 58 flights scheduled on the Frankfurt route using this jet.