Air Serbia has concluded a wet-lease association with airBaltic for 2 of its Airbus A220-300 plane over the upcoming winter season, changing two GetJet Airways A320s. In consequence, Air Serbia will finish its wet-leasing association with Lithuania’s GetJet, which has been ongoing for a number of years. The 148-seat airBaltic A220s are set to start operations on Air Serbia’s behalf from November 1. The variety of airBaltic plane working for Air Serbia might be doubled to 4 over the 2026 summer time season. A wet-lease is a leasing association whereby the lessor supplies an plane, full crew, upkeep and insurance coverage (ACMI) to a different airline.
Air Serbia’s CEO, Jiri Marek, mentioned, “We’re more than happy to proceed creating our cooperation with airBaltic, one of the vital progressive airways in Europe and our long-time codeshare companion. This partnership is of explicit significance for Air Serbia, as on our flights, passengers may have the chance to journey comfortably and rapidly to their locations aboard fashionable Airbus A220-300 plane”. He added, “We stay dedicated to innovation and technological growth, all with the goal of strengthening our competitiveness within the European market. This sort of plane might be an necessary mannequin and reference level for future selections relating to the composition of Air Serbia’s fleet, all according to the continued growth and implementation of the corporate’s strategic plans”.
Thomas Ramdahl, airBaltic’s Chief Industrial Officer added, “With Air Serbia, we now have maintained a long-standing cooperation for greater than ten years, making certain good connectivity between the Baltic area and the Balkans. Increasing this cooperation by means of the ACMI settlement helps environment friendly fleet use and dependable operations for each airways. The ACMI mannequin allows airBaltic to supply versatile capability to companion airways throughout Europe whereas sustaining constant product high quality and operational reliability with our fashionable Airbus A220-300 fleet and skilled crews”.
