Elevate February 2023 | Air Serbia

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Previous year’s operating results revealed

Over the course of the previous year, Air Serbia flew a total of 87 ro- utes across Europe, North America, Asia and Africa, via scheduled, sea- sonal and charter flights. Compared to 2021, direct flights were launched to 15 new destinations, including Va- lencia, Malaga, Malta, Lyon, Bologna, Hanover, Nuremberg and others. As of 9 th December, the national airline resumed flights to the People’s Re- public of China after a 22-year hiatus. The first destination in this Asian co- untry is Tianjin, China’s fourth largest city and the largest port in the north of the country. This resulted in Air Ser- bia managing to position itself on the market as one of the few European airlines to offer direct flights to the Pe- ople’s Republic of China. “In 2023, we will celebrate the 10 th anniversary of operations as Air Serbia. We have great plans ahead. Air Serbia will introduce more than 20 new destinations, including Chica- go, our second destination in North America. Our airline is continuously renewing and expanding the fleet. We are aware that passenger expe- ctations are high, and we are ready to continue developing and changing for the better,” said Air Serbia CEO Jiří Marek. One interesting fact is that, over the 365 days of 2022, the aircraft of the Serbian national airline flew a combined distance equivalent to cir- cumnavigating the globe a total of 754 times, or as far as 30.2 million ki- lometres. Total flight duration was 3,468,850 hours.

nova aviona tipa ATR 72-600. Er Srbija je u prethodnoj godi- ni u redovnom, sezonskom i čarter saobraćaju letela na ukupno 87 ru- ta ka Evropi, Severnoj Americi, Azi- ji i Africi. U odnosu na 2021. godi- nu, uspostavljeni su direktni letovi ka 15 novih destinacija, među koji- ma su Valensija, Malaga, Malta, Li- on, Bolonja, Hanover, Nirnberg i druge. Od 9. decembra nacionalna avio-kompanija je posle 22 godine pauze ponovo počela da leti do Na- rodne Republike Kine. Prva desti- nacija u toj azijskoj zemlji je Tjenđin, četvrti najveći grad i najveća luka u severnom delu Kine. Na taj način Er Srbija je uspela da se pozicionira na tržištu kao jedna od samo nekoliko evropskih avio-kompanija koje ima- ju direktne letove do NR Kine. – U 2023. godini obeležavamo 10 godina poslovanja pod imenom Er Srbija. Imamo velike planove. Uvodimo više od 20 novih destina- cija, među kojima je i Čikago, naša druga destinacija u Severnoj Ame- rici. Nastavljamo sa podmlađiva- njem i proširivanjem flote. Svesni smo da su očekivanja putnika veli- ka i spremni smo da dalje napredu- jemo i da se menjamo nabolje – re- kao je Jirži Marek, generalni direktor Er Srbije. Zanimljiv je podatak da su avi- oni srpske nacionalne avio-kompa- nije tokom 365 dana u 2022. godi- ni planetu Zemlju obišli ukupno 754 puta, tom prilikom preletevši čak 30,2 miliona kilometara. Letelo se ukupno 3.468.850 sati.

Operativni rezultati za prošlu godinu

Air Serbia carried 73% more passengers in 2022 compared to 2021

U 2022. godini ER Srbija prevezla 73 odsto putnika više nego u 2021.

Posle dve teške godine za putničku avijaciju srpska na- cionalna avio-kompanija je tokom prethodne godine zabeležila zna- čajan napredak u poslovanju. Er Srbija je u 2022. godini prevezla ukupno 2,76 miliona putnika u re- dovnom i čarter saobraćaju, što je za 73 odsto više u odnosu na 2021. Od jula do decembra kompanija je beležila rekordne mesečne rezulta- te u broju prevezenih putnika. Nacionalna avio-kompanija je realizovala ukupno 31.420 letova sa tri međunarodna aerodroma u Sr- biji – matičnog beogradskog, kao i niškog i kraljevačkog. To je poveća- nje saobraćaja od 60 odsto u od-

Following two difficult ye- ars for commercial aviati- on , the Serbian national airline ac- hieved significant progress during last year. Air Serbia carried a total of 2.76 million passengers on schedu- led and charter flights in 2022, mar- king a 73% increase compared to the previous year. From July to De- cember, the company achieved re- cord-breaking monthly results in terms of numbers of passengers carried. The Serbian flag carrier opera- ted a total of 31,420 flights from three international airports in Serbia – inc- luding its Belgrade hub and airports in Niš and Kraljevo. This represents

nosu na 2021. godinu. Prosečna popunjenost putničke kabine izno- sila je 72 odsto, što predstavlja po- većanje od osam procentnih poena u poređenju s prethodnom godi- nom. Tokom 2022. godine Er Srbi- ja je uvećala svoju mrežu za 15 de- stinacija, a flotu osnažila sa sedam novih aviona. U flotu za dugolinijski saobra- ćaj u novembru je ušao drugi širo- kotrupni avion „erbas A330-200“, koji nosi lik slavnog naučnika i pro- nalazača srpskog porekla Mihajla Pupina. Pored toga, flota turbomla- znih aviona pojačana je sa po jed- nim avionom „erbas A319“ i „erbas A320“, a regionalna flota sa četiri

a 60% increase compared to 2021. The average load factor stood at 72%, which represents an increase of eight percentage points year-on-year. Air Serbia also expanded its network in 2022, adding 15 new destinations and bolstering its fleet with seven new aircraft. In November, the long-haul fleet welcomed its second wide-body air- craft in the form of an Airbus A330- 200 sporting the image of famous Serbian scientist and inventor Mihaj- lo Pupin. The jet fleet was also enric- hed with the addition of another Air- bus A319 and Airbus A320, while four new ATR 72-600 type aircraft joined the regional fleet.

Profit od 21 miliona evra u 2022. Prema preliminarnim rezultati- ma, Er Srbija je u 2022. godini prvi put od izbijanja pandemi- je korona virusa imala poziti- van neto i operativni rezultat i ostvarila profit od 21 miliona evra, bez ijednog evra državnih subvencija. Dobar preliminarni finansijski rezultat ostvaren je zahvaljujući efikasnom poslovanju i sprove- denim merama konsolidacije

Profits of 21 million euros in 2022

poslovanja tokom pandemije, velikom povećanju mreže de- stinacija i rastu obima saobra- ćaja od oko 60 odsto u odno- su na prethodnu godinu, kao i opštem rastu tražnje, do ko- jeg je došlo počev od prole- ća 2022. godine i popuštanju dotadašnjih mera ograničenja putovanja. – Izuzetno me raduje dobar fi- nansijski rezultat u prošloj go- dini koji se već sada vidi zato što je to pravi pokazatelj spo-

sobnosti kompanije da brzo re- aguje i prepozna prilike za opo- ravak i rast. Taj rezultat dolazi posle dve izuzetno teške go- dine ne samo za našu kompa- niju već i za celokupan putnič- ki avio-saobraćaj na globalnom nivou. Posebno sam zadovo- ljan zbog toga što na najlepši mogući način ulazimo u jubilar- nu, desetu godinu od pokreta- nja Er Srbije, u kojoj imamo izu- zetno ambiciozne planove, od kojih smo jedan deo već najavili

– rekao je Jirži Marek, generalni direktor Er Srbije. On je dodao da Er Srbija na- knadno namerava da objavi operativne rezultate poslova- nja za 2022. godinu, ali da već sada može da se kaže da se srpska nacionalna avio-kom- panija tokom prošle godine po broju putnika približila na sve- ga dva odsto od rekordne pret- pandemijske 2019, što je jedan od najboljih rezultata za taj pa- rametar na evropskom nivou.

business consolidation meas- ures carried out during the pandemic, as well as the major expansion of the airline’s net- work, increases in the volume of traffic by around 60% year- on-year, a general rise in de- mand since the spring of 2022 and the lifting of travel restric- tions that were previously in force. “I am immensely happy with the good financial result achieved last year, which is al-

ready visible, because this is the real indicator of our com- pany’s ability to react quick- ly and recognise opportuni- ties for recovery and growth. This result comes after two ex- tremely difficult years, not on- ly for our company, but for the entire commercial aviation sector globally. I am particular- ly pleased that we are entering our milestone 10 th year since Air Serbia was established in the best possible way, and that

we have ambitious plans for this year, some of which we have already announced,” said Air Serbia CEO Jiri Marek, add- ing that “Air Serbia plans to publish its operating results for 2022, but we can already say that the Serbian national air- line last year came within 2% of the record-setting passen- ger numbers achieved in 2019, which is one of the best results in Europe when it comes to this parameter.”

According to preliminary re- sults, Air Serbia posted a posi- tive net and operating result for 2022, for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavi- rus pandemic, generating prof- its of 21 million euros, without a single euro coming from gov- ernment subsidies. This positive preliminary finan- cial result was achieved thanks to efficient operations and

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