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„Er Srbija“ nastavlja sa obnavljanjem flote /Air Serbia continues to renew its fleet

Avion nazvan po Mihajlu Pupinu stigao u Srbiju Drugi širokotrupni avion „erbas A330“ pojačaće dugolinijski saobraćaj srpske nacionalne avio- kompanije / A second wide-body Airbus A330 joins the Serbian national airline’s long-haul fleet Aircraft named after Mihajlo Pupin arrives in Serbia

The new wide-body Airbus A330-200 in Air Serbia's fleet, a long-haul aircraft registe- red as YU-ARC, bears the image of Mihajlo Pupin (1854- 1935), with which the national airline wants to honour this famous Serbian scientist, inventor and professor of physics at New York’s Columbia University, who was also among the founders of NASA and the winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography. “Enhancing our fleet is one of the strategically most important goals in our company’s develop- ment plan. In order to develop our network furt- her, it is necessary to have an adequate fleet and the required capacity. Our plan is for Pu- pin to get a cabin that will be similar to the one in the current A330-200 “Tesla” in terms of quality. This will be done during the regu- lar 12-year aircraft maintenance procedu- re to be carried out at the start of next year. We are continuing to renew our fleet in order to offer even more network flexibility and comfort to our pa- ssengers,” says Air Serbia CEO Jiri Marek. This new Air Serbia aircraft received its unique livery in Marana, Arizona, United States. The painting process, which included the use of 20 different colours and 400 litres of paint, took 18 days of constant work in two shifts, with teams of approximately 10 people per shift. The la- test addition to the national airline’s fleet will have an 18-seat configuration in business class, with 250 seats in economy class. The plane, manufactured in 2011, has Rolls-Royce engines and thrust of 71100 N, a wingspan of 60 metres and is close to 59 metres in length. It can fly at a maximum altitude of approximately 12,600 me- tres. Prior to its arrival at Air Serbia, it was used by South African flag carrier South African Airways (SAA).

Novi širokotrupni avion u floti "Er Srbije" za dugolinijski saobraćaj, " erbas A330-200", re- gistarske oznake YU-ARC, nosi lik Mihajla Pupina (1854– 1935), čime nacionalna avio-kompanija želi da oda za- služeno priznanje slavnom naučniku srpskog porekla, pronalazaču, profesoru fizike na Kolumbija univerzitetu u Njujorku, jednom od osnivača NASA i dobitniku Pulicero- ve nagrade za autobiografiju. – Unapređenje flote spada u strateški najvažnije ci- ljeve u razvojnom planu naše kompanije. Da bismo mogli dalje da razvijamo mrežu, neophodno je da imamo odgovarajuću flotu i potrebne kapacite- te. Željno iščekujemo trenutak kada će se naš novi „erbas A330“ naći u saobraćaju. Planira- no je da, početkom sledeće godine, prilikom re- dovnog 12-godišnjeg servisa aviona, „Pupin“ dobije kabinu koja će po kvalitetu biti slična onoj kod postojećeg A330-200 „Tesle“. Nastavljamo dalje sa obnavljanjem flote kako bismo putnicima omogućili još veću fleksibilnost mreže i udobnost – re- kao je Jirži Marek, generalni direktor „Er Srbije“. Novi avion „Er Srbije“ je svoj jedinstveni izgled do- bio u Marani, Arizona, u SAD. Za proces farbanja, to- kom kojeg je upotrebljeno 20 različitih boja i oko 400 li- tara farbe, bilo je potrebno 18 dana neprekidnog rada u dve smene, s timovima od oko 10 ljudi po smeni. Najno- vije pojačanje u floti nacionalnog avio-prevoznika ima- će konfiguraciju sa 18 sedišta u biznis-klasi i 250 sedišta u ekonomskoj klasi. Avion je proizveden 2011. godine, ima „Rols-Rojs“ motore, jačina motora je 71100 N, raspon kri- la 60 m, a dužina približno 59 m. Može da leti na maksi- malnoj visini od 41450 stopa. Pre dolaska u „Er Srbiju“ ko- ristila ga je južnoafrička avio-kompanija „South Africans Airways“ (SAA).

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