Prosečna starost letelica u regionalnoj floti sada je devet godina, što je čini najmlađom u širem regionu zapadnog Balkana Air Serbia’s regional fleet now has an average aircraft age of nine years, making it the youngest fleet in the broader Western Balkan region
TENTH ATR 72-600 AIRCRAFT ARRIVES
WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A 10 TH ATR 72-600 AIRCRAFT , sporting registration code YU-ASC, the Serbian natio- nal airline has completed the process of modernising and expanding its regional fleet that was launched in Ja- nuary 2022. “The renewal of the turbo-prop fleet was one of the key strategic objectives of our company. Previously AIR SERBIA COMPLETES REGIONAL FLEET RENEWAL
used ATR 72-200 and ATR 72- 500 aircraft have been gradu- ally replaced by more modern ATR 72-600 aircraft. Despite challenging market conditions, we have managed to acquire as many as ten aircraft of the sa- me type, thus standardising our fleet. The average age of the air- craft in our regional fleet is now nine years, making it the youn- gest fleet in the broader Western Balkan region. We are extremely pleased with the choice of air- craft and the pace of their entry
ssaloniki, Split, Rijeka, Varna, Pula, Za- dar and Ohrid. Aircraft of this same type are also used for flights from in- ternational airports in Niš and Kraljevo. Air Serbia with ATR type aircraft ope- rates flights from Kraljevo to Istanbul, Thessaloniki and Tivat, and from Niš to Belgrade, Ljubljana and Athens. The latest addition to the Air Ser- bia fleet, an ATR 72-600 aircraft wi- th registration code YU-ASC, is nine
into service. Thanks to them, we have improved our ope- rational efficiency significantly,” said Air Serbia CEO Ji- ri Marek. The ATR 72-600 aircraft comprising Air Serbia’s re- gional fleet operate flights along routes of the Serbian national airline between Belgrade and Bologna, Bari, Bu- dapest, Krakow, Ljubljana, Prague, Sarajevo, Skopje, Sofia, Venice, Vienna, Zagreb, Banja Luka, Bucharest, Podgorica, Tirana, Niš, Tivat, Salzburg, Dubrovnik, The-
years old and has a configuration of 72 Geven Presti- ge seats, providing passengers with greater comfort and pleasure. Powered by two PW127M turboprop en- gines, it has a body length of 27.17 metres and a win- gspan of 27.05 metres. It can reach a maximum crui- sing speed of approximately 500 km/h, while it has a maximum full capacity range of around 1,500 km. The aircraft was painted in the livery of the Serbian national airline in Toulouse.
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