Air Serbia Plans Belgrade To Chicago Route In 2023

Air Serbia is planning on launching a new route to Chicago. There is an official press release about this after the company's CEO first revealed it in an interview.

Air Serbia to add Chicago flights in spring 2023

Air Serbia plans to use the second A330 to expand. There will be nonstop flights between Belgrade and Chicago in April of 2023. We will have to wait for more information, as the flight isn't yet on sale, but the airline says it will offer service in this market twice weekly initially.

The last nonstop flight between the two cities was in 1982. A large number of residents from other countries of former Yugoslavia and neighboring Balkans reside in Chicago.

Air Serbia has been operating the New York route for around six years now. The airline plans to increase frequencies to New York from Chicago when they get a second A330.

In order to establish long-term stable delivery of postal items from China, Air Serbia was planning to launch a route to Beijing. The route was supposed to be launched in January of 2022. When Air Serbia gets its second A330, the airline will be able to start flights to China.

Air Serbia had been rumored to expand its long haul service. There were rumors that Air Serbia could start flights to Toronto. Air Serbia has been in a transition period as the Serbian government has become the majority shareholder.

What we know about Air Serbia’s second Airbus A330

The CEO of Air Serbia claims that the airline is in the process of negotiating a lease for a second A330 and that it will join the fleet as of October 2022. We don't have a lot of information beyond that.

Air Serbia recently switched up its fleet of A330s.

• In 2016, Air Serbia got its first Airbus A330-200, which was a former Jet Airways plane; this was acquired as part of Etihad’s ownership stake in Air Serbia, since Etihad also had a stake in Jet Airways
• In April 2021, Air Serbia got rid of its previous Airbus A330-200 (presumably it was on a five year lease), and picked up a former Aeroflot Airbus A330-200; Air Serbia got much better lease terms on this plane, so it has proven much more economical

Air Serbia is looking for a new plane.

Air Serbia is expanding due to the fact that it adds global connections from Belgrade and Serbia is a good gateway for the region. Air Canada Aeroplan points can be redeemed for flights on Air Serbia. Air Serbia has cut back on its soft product, which left me somewhat dissatisfied with my recent experience.

Bottom line

Air Serbia will be increasing its service. The airline plans to launch flights between Belgrade and Chicago as of April 23, 2023, with flights initially being twice weekly.

Air Serbia has talked about expanding its fleet in the past, so we should see if this becomes a reality.

Air Serbia is adding Chicago flights.