A n Embraer E-195 aircraft, successfully in Belgrade. Manufactured in 2015, this aircraft has 118 seats and – following of all necessary procedures – was deployed to the Serbian national airline’s European destinations. This plane is powered by General Electric engines and flies at a maximum altitude of 12,500 metres. It received the new Air Serbia livery in San Jose, Costa Rica, from where it began the demanding journey to Serbia that lasted three days and followed a route over North America and the Atlantic. The flight started in San Jose, continued to New York (JFK airport), then to Canada, making a technical stop in Goose Bay, before proceeding via Greenland with a stop in Keflavik, Iceland, before the final leg of the journey to Belgrade. The aircraft covered more than 12,000 kilometres during the ferry flight, with the most registration YU-ATD, has joined the Air Serbia fleet after arriving challenging part of the route (in terms of meteorological and operational conditions) being the crossing of the Atlantic. Captain Damir Maršić, an Air Serbia technical pilot on the Embraer E-195 aircraft who has amassed nearly 5,000 flight hours, highlighted the reliability and modern features of this aircraft type: “Although I have flown this type of aircraft to different continents and in very diverse weather conditions, the Embraer E-195 has always proven to be an extremely reliable plane. As one of the most modern aircraft
today, it offers a high level of comfort both in the cockpit and in the passenger cabin. The cabin layout, with two seats per row, is particularly popular among passengers, which is one of the reasons Air Serbia chose this type of aircraft.” The Embraer E-195 is most commonly used for regional and European routes, where it provides an optimal combination of speed, efficiency and passenger
comfort. Air Serbia’s fleet has been further strengthened with the arrival of this aircraft and now includes a total of thirty aircraft of various types. Continuous fleet improvement is part of the company’s long-term strategy aimed at developing its destination network, increasing flight frequency and further improving service quality for passengers.
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