Air Serbia to grow fleet, hires 120 new crew members

Air Serbia has hired over 120 new cabin crew members and will take delivery of the first of several aircraft in the coming weeks to support its aggressive expansion plans. An Airbus A320 jet, which will carry the registration YU-APS, is expected to arrive shortly. The aircraft, which is twelve years old, has already been painted in the airline’s livery. It will become the carrier’s third jet of the same type. Furthermore, the airline is expected to take delivery of an ATR72-600 next month, followed by another turboprop in August for a total of seven. Air Serbia had previously said it is also exploring the possibility of leasing an additional A319 jet, while it has short-listed its third Airbus A330-200, which should be arriving this year. Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, recently said, “This summer I would say we will have 28 to 29 aircraft and in terms of wet-leases we would expect four to five A320s or Boeing 737-800s and maybe one A319. We want to grow the airline constantly, adding from two to three aircraft every year. Some years maybe more, some years maybe less. On top of that, we will renew existing aircraft, so this is just growth we are talking about”.<br/>