Review: Air Serbia Business Class A330 Belgrade To New York

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Lucky,

I have noticed that A340 a few times at JFK ( you can see it from the Skydeck of the Delta lounge at T4). Any idea who it belongs too? No markings on it other then the tail number.

Thanks,
Sam

Most of the eastern European airlines seem much better than the American ones. It's only the American smugness that keeps them from explorING other cultures and products.

I cannot fathom how any seat designer ever thought having window seats that face away from the window was a good idea.

Other than seat orientation, this seems like a near perfect setup.

FYI you can search Air Serbia availability on AZ.com and even book with AZ miles.
No AZ account needed

"Also, for anyone who is curious, here’s what the menu looks like in the other direction, from New York to Belgrade"

No breakfast options? What time does the flight operate?

@SKF

Owned by Hi-Fly Malta which is a subsidiary of Portugal's Hi-Fly. Rather like Titan in the U.K., Omni in the US or Jet time in Denmark or Hi-Fly in Portugal they specialise in charters for military and schedule carriers when for when carriers are an aircraft down (normally maintenance reason or delivery delays).

This actual aircraft is formerly of Sri Lankan and I believed she's operating for AY currnelty.

Star Trek - The Original Series! SO COOL! The last time I had that was in 1988 on BA. Want some of that on Cathay (although right now Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)) is fine by me.

@Will

Thanks! I have been wondering about this bird for some time!

Benjamin: congratulations, you've done it again! I'm so very pleased with your report. A definite A+ in my book and I will make certain to share it at the next Western Estates World Travelers Club gathering. I'm the Club President, of course, given how well traveled my family and I are. It's really caused a lot of envy from our neighbors who might not be as fortunate or as wealthy as we are to be able to travel all around the world, tasting various cheeses and drinking expensive rosé wine. I'm so glad you're able to enjoy yourself, dear and we look forward to seeing you join one of our meetings. We will be serving Oriental imitation crab sushi, which is seaweed and rice with crab, at our next meeting.

It feels.... like Etihad. Like the whole experience feels like you're on an Etihad plane with a really good crew. I get that their owned by Etihad (in a minority stake) but surely, they would want to keep Air Serbia (and their other partners, Air Seychelles, etc) with a separate identity from the main Etihad brand.

Great review and I have wanted to try out the product from JFK on my way to VIE. Flight schedule was good but the price was ridiculous at over $7.5k RT for the first week in December. Ended up booking a combination of Austrian and LH at a lower price.

thanks for this review!
I just booked JFK-TLV with AirSerbia for $1700! short and easy layover on the way there and one night in Belgrade on the way back, which I am actually pretty excited for! it's a city that otherwise I would have never visited.

I was wondering if you would know how I can add my TSA Pre into the reservation? I tried calling but the agents had zero knowledge on what TSA Pre means. It was pretty comical trying to explain to them.
Any advice?

@ IM -- That's an amazing fare? May I asked where you found it/for what time period, since I can't find such a good fare? Unfortunately there's no way to add a Pre-Check number to an Air Serbia booking, since they don't participate in the program. Sorry!

it's a fare sale through CheapOair.com I'm flying to TLV 12/19-26 they have two dates in December for these prices. I actually paid a bit more, than saw the price went down and they refunded me the difference. And yea, incredible deal considering that on their website AS sells the seat for $4.5K!

Apologies Lucky - I of course mean I booked the $1700 in business class RT

Recently flew Air Serbia from Kotor to Belgrade and then the next day onwards to Warsaw.

Overall, not a bad experience. Serbia itself is a great country with friendly people. Definitely enjoyed my experience there. Albeit it is definitely a different story once you leave the very center of Belgrade.