Bulgaria Air continues its ACMI partnership with Air Serbia

At an official meeting in Belgrade, representatives of the two airlines marked the start of the winter season by signing a new ACMI aircraft leasing agreement. Bulgaria Air will once again provide Air Serbia with four Embraer 190 aircraft on a wet lease basis. The new agreement covers the next two years and a total of four flying seasons. The new agreement covers the next two years and a total of four flying seasons.

This is the third ACMI agreement that the two airlines have signed since 2024. The meeting was attended by Hristo Todorov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bulgaria Air, and Maria Stoyanova, General Manager of Charter Operations and Aircraft Leasing at the airline. The official meeting was hosted on the Serbian side by Jiri Marek, CEO of Air Serbia, Bosko Rupic, General Manager Commercial and Strategy, and Bojan Arandjelovic, Head of Network Planning and Scheduling

The aircraft with registrations LZ-SOF, LZ-PLO, LZ-VAR, and LZ-BUR will continue to operate flights as part of Air Serbia's regular routes with flight code JU. The configuration of 8 seats in business class and 100 in economy class ensures sufficient capacity for short and medium-haul flights, as well as comfort and space for passengers on board.

The cabin crew uniforms will continue to bear the colours of the Bulgarian national flag and aircraft maintenance will continue to be carried out in Sofia.

The successful continuation of the partnership confirms the close cooperation between the national carriers of Bulgaria and Serbia, established more than 10 years ago. In 2014, the two airlines signed a codeshare agreement for the Belgrade-Sofia-Belgrade route, ensuring air connectivity between the two capitals.