Air Montenegro will add a fourth Embraer E195 plane to its fleet after concluding an settlement with Dutch lessor TrueNoord. The jet, at present registered OY-NZO, is fourteen years previous and can develop into the youngest in Air Montenegro’s fleet. It beforehand operated for Brazil’s Azul Airways and has been saved in Saarbrucken in Germany since August final yr. The airplane is anticipated to hitch the Air Montenegro fleet by mid-Might, with a month-to-month leasing price of 115.000 US {dollars}. The 118-seat plane, which is able to carry the Montenegrin registration 4O-AOI, is at present present process upkeep forward of its return to service, after which it is going to be repainted into the airline’s livery.
The Montenegrin flag service owns two E195s and final yr concluded a long-term dry lease for a 3rd, which it’s now negotiating to amass. “By 2028, the introduction of one other Embraer plane is feasible, and we won’t cease at 4 plane. We’ll increase our fleet with no less than yet another”, Air Montenegro’s CEO, Vukadin Stojanović, stated. He added, “Looking forward to 2026, our objectives embrace passenger development and the continuation of our digital transformation. We face vital challenges when it comes to market competitors, gas prices and more and more stringent rules, however now we have the instruments, the crew, and the monetary basis to efficiently deal with them”.
Air Montenegro expects the upcoming Public Service Obligation (PSO) flights to help one other document yr for the airline. The Montenegrin authorities has adopted a choice to designate six PSO routes from Podgorica Airport. PSOs allow the allocation of state funds to help unprofitable air providers deemed important for regional connectivity and financial growth. The year-round routes embrace Brussels, Amsterdam, Zagreb and Bari, whereas providers to Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt will function on a seasonal winter foundation. A public tender for the collection of working service(s) is anticipated to be launched shortly. The PSO providers are scheduled to start on June 1 this yr and can run for a four-year interval, till Might 31, 2030. Air Montenegro, which is anticipated to safe most, if not all, of the contracts, has confirmed it should take part within the tender and believes the brand new routes will assist drive one other document yr for the airline.
