Montenegro Airlines aims for modest fleet renewal

Despite a record-breaking year in terms of passenger numbers, Montenegro Airlines foresees another challenging year, president Nikola Vukićević said Wednesday. Vukićević said that after a period in 2017 when it looked as though the small national carrier might fail, it had bounced back in 2018. “2017 was a really tough year. We hardly survived at the beginning of that year.” The airline carried 580,000 passengers in 2017 and a bump to 645,000 in 2018 had proved vital, giving the airline the best passenger totals in its 24-year history. “Demand for our services is growing,” Vukićević said. Montenegro Airlines dipped into the wet-lease market in 2018 to supplement its fleet of 3 Embraer E195s and 2 Fokker F100s. It will follow the same pattern this year, with a single Boeing 737-300 or -400 likely being brought in to bolster its own aircraft. <br/>