Long Haul with Air Serbia | Belgrade to New York in Economy | Should you be worried?
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- Опубликовано: 31 мар 2023
- Airline: Air Serbia
Plane: A330-200
Seat: 23K
Flight # JU500
Ever wonder what it's like to fly long haul with Air Serbia in economy? For awhile this airline was known for having only one long haul route, but recently the Serbian flag carrier has been expanding its network and adding additional trans-continental services with their growing fleet of Airbus A330-200s. So, I decided to book a flight between Belgrade (BEG0 and New York (JFK) with them to experience what Air Serbia has to offer economy passengers on these longer flights.
#belgrade #airserbia
I trust them more than Ryanair. A lot of pilots from Serbia fly for WizzAir and their landings are always nice and smooth. It's JAT school legacy 👍
Ryanair has not lost a single passenger since it began. Rough landings maybe, chaotic flights maybe , terrible crowd of drunk UK stag dos yes but when it comes to flight safety they are one of the safest in the world.
Air Serbia has a long history going back to JAT and beyond. It is underrated and a good value. Glad you enjoyed your trip.
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I hope Air Serbia get a new Airbus A-330 for Canada flights !!!!
@@thejoker2214 I agree 👍
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@@thejoker2214 why? I'm Serb and im curious why so many people from canada type this same thing?
I love Air Serbia... been flying with them for the last 32 years from the days when it was JAT. I can't remember any of the tens of flights I've flown were ever late... always on time. Great pilot skills and friendly and polite cabin crews... I highly recommend Air Serbia to anyone.
Thanks for sharing
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Air Serbia is really great company!I can’t say enough good things about them!I flew from NYC Belgrade in January 2023!I will definitely use them again!
Great to hear! Thanks for the comment 👍🏻
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I used to fly Lufthansa from Dallas to Frankfurt and then to Belgrade, never again. Lufthansa is terrible and their staff is not friendly at all.
Traveling to NY and flying with Air Serbia is a much better option for me. Thank you for your review, well done.
Hopefully you can try them out soon!
My doughter flow today from Vienna to Leipzig with Lufthansa he phoned me back as she landed , she sayd to me Paps this Pilot is insane he landed like he was carriering potatos !!!!
Heheheh i just LOL 😂!
Lufthansa living today from it haritage from yesterday !
Air France and KLM are far more better !
I had the same experience with lufthansa, incredible unfriendly staff.
Yes they kicked me out of my seat because a princess didn't get the seat she wanted I'll never fly with them again
@@friendofvinnie that‘s „Lufthansa“!
I'm a Serb living abroad. I very much miss cured meats from Serbia and it physically pained me when you passed on those precious morsels!
Haha maybe I’ll develop a taste for it one day!
@@nycflyertravel Its entirely possible. I never used to like cured meats but over the years I've developed a taste for them. Its important that they are contrasted with something non salty, although hardcore meat lovers would eat on its own!
@@nycflyertravel Man how can you not like that kind of meat? it's very good, serbian food is one of the best in Europe, especially meat
Cured meat? isnt that dry smoked meat :D
@@dushan04 Yes and gibanica-pie, too.
undervalued company....i can only recommend to use AIR Serbia !!
Flying Air Serbia in June from Chicago to Belgrade (nonstop). Excited.
Nice! Enjoy your trip
Lucky
SERVICE ON AIR SERBIA IS WORLD CLASS, simply amazing...
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Food is the best definitely out of all airline companies I was ever flying with.
Air Serbia (formerly JAT) have one of the best safety records.
I flew with JAT back then and with Air Serbia recently. Great company! I was using the company's services only on flights that lasted hour or two.
Definitely the best option! Precisely because all european cities can be reached from belgrade.
Loved my experience with Air Serbia.
I love air serbia when I connect from Canada in Europe..can't wait for their Toronto flights!!
Hopefully they start soon
@@nycflyertravel It`ll take some time because of Toronto Airport Authority and Canada it Politics!
Permission is granted, air serbia must decide now..
@@alohallo2879 hmmm i did‘nt read anywhere in newspapers or tango six site about this . This information is new for me !
Maybe Air Serbia want to open first flights to O‘Hare Airport Chikago and after promotion flights to spreed information about flights to Canada or maybe thay looking for good slots!
We’ll see!
@The Joker i read that during covid which is why air Serbia was hesitant, because was not feasible then..
To be honest, the airplane and the food looks much better than the trip i recently made with Lufthansa.
Yes, they are very good! At the time I couldnt believe our region had direct flights to North America, later I learned that was completely normal thing during Yugoslavia, that is mind blowing to me! Im from Croatia, growing up after the 1990, I knew nothing about JAT or anything, everything was taboo from before. I love history so I found out myself, our aviation has been brilliant and very very long which is something to be proud of! Good luck to Air Serbia and hope to fly again, to New York this time
JAZ and after him AIRSERBIA is one of rare companies without accidents during flights.
JAT flight 367 from 1972., their DC9 was a target of a terrorist attack. The bomb went of over then Checzoslovakia and the plane broke into 3 parts. The flight attendant Vesna Vulović was the lone survivor and till this day holds the official record in the Guinness Book of Records for the highest fall survived without a parachute.
@@aleksajankovic626 thats the true but thats is not mistake of pilot or airplane is broken,...
@@aleksajankovic626 Yes, she was in the tail section of the plane and survived the fall from ten thousand meters (10km), which was a real miracle. It is said that the tail section of the plane was essentially gliding through the air like a glider due to the tail wings that did not disintegrate, slowing the fall. The girl was incredibly lucky.
@@zoranmarkovic1123 She passed away I believe last year.
@@GeroNimo-pk1fb Yes, I caught this sad news in the media, may her rest in peace.
I remember first seeing that "Flight" painting at 1:01 back in the early 70s as a little kid. I last saw it in 2005. Glad the airport kept it.
Air Serbia ( EX JAT ) is one of the oldest air companies in the world.
Jat is retired my friend
Air serbia is 15 years old airline not even that
Jat was one of the oldest
Air Serbia is a same company as Jat! Thas a fact! And is the 3 oldest air company in the world after Lufthansa and Twa.
@@Pajtim2023 they have been flying for 95 years it’s says on all the seats
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@@Pajtim2023 Jat never retired it was renamed and rebranded as air Serbia 🇷🇸 all their call signs and aircraft idenfiers are the same as during JAT days
That meat is dried beef, great quality and super expensive, higher price than Italian prosciutto.
Smoked beef
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Great review 👍. Been flying with Air Serbia and can recommend them with high grades!
Thank you!
To the author of the video: Try flying with Lufthansa. After half an hour, you would start complaining about how uncomfortable the seats are, and after the first hour, you wouldn't be sure if you would make it because of the space between the seats. Sardines in cans have more space.
I flew and I like them they have fair prices and 2 bags included in the price which is great, not greedy and shows some respect towards passengers and shows common sense to have bags included when you fly over atlantic ocean! When I fly with other “fancy” airlines I pay tickets over $1000 and I do not have one single bag included in the price! BTW I love that meat that you did not like it.:)
Najjaca avio linija!!! Jako udoban let,profesionalco osoblje,sto strujardese sto piloti sve je 1/1 Radujem se svakom letu za i iz Ny za BG
Fun video! And regarding Noel Philips, take everything he says with a few pinches of salt as he is very melodramatic (especially since he became popular and only flies business class).
I've flown twice this month on Air Serbia in Europe and the service was good. No complaints.
Great report! Goes to show how one must not believe everything one hears on YT, particularly from some of these "star" trip reporters. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Luis!
Great report!
Glad you enjoyed!
Greetings from Belgrade!
Thank you Nikola!
Nice concise review. Thanks for making and sharing.
Thanks for the comment
05:53 That ham is called pršut, its an Italian prosciutto dry ham but different style here in Balkan, its quite luxury and expensive and really tasty unless you're a vegan I suppose.
This long haul flight minght seem new, but JAT (predicessor to AirSerbia) also had flights to NYC. They even had an office in the World Trade Center
JAT je imo dva puta nedeljno let za Toronto (Dc10) takodje let za Njujork i za Sidnej
JAT je bio kompanija sa najlepsim I najbolje obucenim stjuardesama. Vidjala sam ih na mnogim svetskim aerodromima I te devojke su prednjacile u eleganciji I lepoti. Kad one izadju citav aerodrome se okretao za njima. Divna, davna vremena.
Pršuta is so delicious, try it again sometimes, perhaps youll change your mind!
I’ll give it another try, I promise
Fantastic flight experience friend
Thank you
I remember on JAT when ppl smoke on the plane.
I used Air Serbia many times, never a single issue with them!
It had house md! Can't have been too bad a selection! Great review as always :)
Thanks
I always find it interesting to see foreign travelers rating our flag carrier, you certainly did well here and i very much enjoyed this report! Air Serbia was fantastic in the beginning years, some situations led to another and they were forced to generally downgrade the service on intra-European routes. Before they had nice sandwiches and beverages for free and now they only offer that chips you had and a bottle of water. Still better than nothing, but it is kind of weird to see that now if you want a sandwich you have to pay for it! I am glad though that the long haul experience is still very good. We will see what future brings for them, looks promising so far...
Greetings from Belgrade!
Thank you! It was great fun to fly with Air Serbia. Too bad they’ve scaled back their local flights
For flights from Canada to a Caribbean destination, which is about a 4-5 hours flight, you don't get served anything, unless you pay.
Nowadays, you have to pay for everything everywhere. On some flights, I even had to pay for the ear buds.
Tickets are much cheaper today than they used to be decades ago. Those sandwiches and hot meals were actually quite expensive. I like to pay Ryanair extra for that burger or Coke because I know I don't pay for fat management bonuses and spoiled unionized staff.
I've actually flown on this particular aircraft when it was still with Aeroflot from Moscow to Miami some years ago. I have booked Air Serbia from Moscow to New York in July, and the Belgrade-JFK leg is scheduled to be the a330. Hopefully it'll be this same aircraft.
That’s cool that you flew on it while it was still with Aeroflot. Enjoy your trip to New York!
@@nycflyertravel The software isn't kept from Aeroflot. It's in Serbian (Serbian uses Cyrillic) and the woman in the picture is an Air Serbia air hostess.
Very interesting route!
i fly before and tonight again with them for the price that i am paying its a great airline. nice treatment and good flight i recommend it to all for all in the furfure flyers good trip be safe
Thanks for the comment Danny
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I will be flying first time in my life in June from Belgrade to NYC with Air Serbia, so I find this video very helpful in a way to know what to expect. Seems pretty conveniant, and as a very tall guy I appreciate leg room :) Thanks for the vid.
Thank you! I’m sure you’ll have a great flight!
Noel is such an overly dramatic strange guy. I used to like his reviews but they have become somewhat unwatchable with those clickbaiting titles and fake drama. Please don't take him as an example and keep your reviews down to earth
yeah, I agree. In particular his more recent trip reports when he was in India, that was almost unbearable. I always had the feeling of a brit visiting and judging a colony… well….
@@marcd6897Brits like to pretend they are high culture, well spoken, flawless and unique... until you find them laying beside the road in their own vomit and piss after a night of drinking.
Excellent flight report...
Thank you 🙏
That meat you are not a fan of is one of the most expensive dried meat in serbia, also a major delicacy
Another good Review 🏴👍
Nicely done video with a good insight into this popular and expanding airline
Thanks for watching 👍🏻
I have traveled for 30+yes form usa to Europe.Just recently founded out they have Chicago Bg flights. Finally I can go straight to BG.The food is the best when you compare other airline's .Other airline's food like bread or pastry is very bad and always those cheap salamis and cheese and with bad service.
I am happy that Air Serbia started to fly from Chicago!❤🎉
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Strong JAT legacy is still there, AirSerbia very underrated budget choice for transatlantic if you are going to central or Eastern Europe.
Thank you!!! I checked Noel Philips but found his comments very bizarre. He didn’t know they serve a 3-course meal in business class… He overheard something from economy class and made his own conclusions, not knowing anything about the circumstances... I’m planning to take Air Serbia from NYC to Tel Aviv with 2 nights stop in Belgrade. Some of my relatives from Israel visited Belgrade and they really enjoyed the nightlife and friendly people.
Great ❤
Thanks for a nice report. Still looks better than connecting via big hubs.
Thanks for watching. Yeah, it’s definitely a great option if you’re looking to go to Serbia.
Love it.
For that ammount of money they are rhe best choice..❤
Druze, pa to ti je suva junetina, pa nema ti boljeg mesa 😊 Moras cesce da obilazis Srbiju kako bi razvio ukus za prave stvari 😅 Hvala za pozitivan utisak o nasoj avio kompaniji. Pozdrav!!! Ps. Use google translate or chat gpt 😅
The amount of comments I've been getting about that meat 😂. Thanks for watching!
@@nycflyertravel hahahaha, it was just a joke of course. Great you spent two days in Bgd, but you should just take some more time to check everything that Bgd offers together with it’s warm and hospitable people. Grat video!
@@MisAnkic thanks! I’m already looking for an excuse to come back!
@@nycflyertravelWell because it's special meat but when somebody dont know they think its ordinary🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄
Very nice job,my friend
Thank you 🙏
Good Airline
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That livery is very beautiful ngl..
Great airliner!
JAT Airways was been an old airline before air Serbia JAT on the year 1972 crashed from 10,000 meters and one flight attendant survived
It was a terrorist attack from Croatian fascists from the USA who planted a bomb on the plane to tarnish the JAT name
Crashed because of terrorists not pilots fault
Thank you for this video, it's great!!! I'm flying for the first time with Air Serbia in July, 2024 and am a bit nervous 😅
Question, do you recall if the meat served was pork or beef?
Have a great trip! Sorry, I’m not sure what the meat was
Great report!
P.S. I’m the 2,000th viewer 😂
Awesome! Thanks for watching
I flew to Belgrade several times last year but have only really flown with them when traveling from Belgrade to other destinations in Europe not to the US. I stick with Air France or klm when purchasing tickets for miles and such. Klm has a flight from jfk to BEG with connection in AMS. Prices are cheaper than Air Serbia. Hopefully their prices become more competitive and maybe have more than one flight a day.
Yeah, I’ve noticed that sometimes this flight can get pricy. Thanks for sharing Mike.
I do agree with Mike, yes prices can get sometimes expensive for this route.
YES but this flight is one leg only, there is not changing aircrafts and walking thru huge airports, buy the way guys!
Legroom is great. I remember 30 years ago seeing a JAT DC-10 in New York. LOL I love this meat. It's dried beef very common in Switzerland and Italy. LOL they don't give a lot of food. Small breakfast, chips and a sandwich on a long flight.
That’s not all food they serving , you have lunch too, and dessert, plus sandwich. Later …. So enough food …
Service is light years ahead of the service aboard US airlines. The only issues I have with them is their in flight entertainment system is very laggy, and there aren’t that many options on it. If they could improve the hardware on their refresh there really would be no reason to fly to that part of Europe with anyone else.
Hi I’m glad you visited Serbia I’m just curious the price $532 was that return or one way?
Cheers
Thanks for the comment! The price was one way.
That's either smoked pork or smoked beef, which is one of the favorite cuts for breakfast in Serbia. Too bad you didn't enjoy it :/
I promise I’ll try it again next time I visit!
Was there full (and complimentary) bar service during the flight?
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Last summer in Bodrum Turkey on way back from vacation I watched plane landings of different air companies. ALL of them burn the rubber/tires in contact with the ground, and some smoke occur, but AIR Serbia - no way, smooth, gentle.
Nice!
6:52 Verujem da je ovo prvi čovek na svetu koji je jeo čačanski čips iznad Islanda... 😄
I flew on this plane before and its AWESOME, watching this video is giving me less anxiety going on this plane on June 8
I hope you enjoy your flight ✈️
@@nycflyertravel I will, thanks!
That meat is actually with very high qualitty. Traditional pršut.
Hopefully I can learn to appreciate it one day.
@@nycflyertravel The best way is to try it with some good company in Serbian or Montenegro, Bosnian mountain. Try to find some videos like it and you will se how much is that amazing and respectfull here.
- Zlatibor pršuta, Njeguš pršuta...
I hope that air serbia starts flying to Los Angeles (i want to go to LA)
That would be awesome
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You had me at Tesla. ❤
Love AirSerbia and NYC-BG route!
Does anyone one what is Air Baltic airplane doing in BEG now? They are planning to connect Riga to Serbian capitol, but not before May this year.
Swiss Air charters them for Zurich route
Man that is most expensive type of meat :)
How tall are you?Asking because of the seats :)
Is your flight to JFK 50 to 60% full and did you sleep on the plane?
Hey, I am interested in flying to Uzbekistan, Tashkent from Serbia, Belgrade and I am a bit worried since I could not really find any experiences. I see you mentioned that your journey started from Uzbekistan in the beginning of your video, can you give me an advice/recommendation which company is considered good to travel to Uzbekistan with?
Check out some of my earlier videos
What's the link for the video of the person who flew business class? I have always loved air Serbia and LOVe those meats
The video should be on Noel Philip’s RUclips page
Hopefully one day we will see Air Serbia (EX Jat) fly again to Sydney Australia ❤
That would be really cool!
ja i kčer letimo za Zagreb iduči mjesec Air Srbijom , iz Chicaga preko Beograda , imamo samo sat i 5 minuta za presjedanje , nadam se da čemo stići , ako ne onda ima da se ubijemo hranom dok čekamo drugi let hehe
Prijatno u svakom slučaju.😁
Napišite utiske o letu i srećan put
Is it possible to charge the phone in economy class?
I flew Air Serbia last year on short-haul ( A319 ) and I wouldn’t say that they were that awful but they could serve food like Turkish Airlines on their short haul ( A330-300 )
I live in Serbia and I fly with it 2014 to Turkey
Belgrade to new york is under 9 hours
Who is that other guy who recorded flight with AirSerbia? Can someone post a link to his video?
Noel Philips
Try 18 hours in economy ORD->DEL.
What airline? I see Air India has an ORD to DEL flight that’s 14 hrs
Thinking about going to Belgrade next year. My father who is 90 is from a small town 1.5 hours to the north. My one big concern with this carrier is they have 2 A330 planes. What happens when the departing Chicago plane has issues and is grounded. They can't exactly just send another one like a larger carrier could. That worries me some.
I think that in this period after the covid-19 pandemic, i.e. in situations where all planes are 100% full, no company has the ability to send a replacement aircraft in a short time frame.
AirSerbia (Serbia) is same as JatAirways (Yugoslavian Air & Transport Airways), including airport, just changed names and upgraded over time (and still is), is there since 1927 and world known for least flight accidents. There was one accident in 1950 when Croatian Ustasha terrorists activated a bomb on plane, but still a flight attendant Vesna Vulovic survived a free fall from 10km/33.000ft, holding still a Guinness book of records.
Back in Yugoslav times, there were direct flights also to Cleveland and Toronto and as far as Melbourne in Australia, with stops. Things changed during 90's, but things are getting back regarding routes and prices.
One thing JAT/AirSerbia is not famous of is new models of comfy jet planes. It's mostly well maintained old good Falkner's, DC's and 737s. And advantage is that Serbian pilots are great pilots and those aircraft have less automatic and computer things, so when you bump up and down in your seat, you are much safer than if auto-pilot is smoothing it in turbulence.
Anyway, besides AirSerbia, I could recommend same school of piloting and mechanic maintenance perfection with BelAvia, Aeroflot and AirBaltic (there was one in your video!). BelAvia takes the lead for prices, best service, cleanest planes ever, great food, nicest staff and on-minute timings. BelAvia is daughter of Aeroflot, so it inherited everything from them, just Aeroflot has much more to cover. AirBaltic also inherited all standards from Aeroflot, but they cover mostly north and Scandinavian regions - they are full EU super-class (in economy) airline that I bow to, but you can't get that salty beef perchdtta like you can get in AirSerbia, just some vegan ewww's, so meals suck, but everything else is great.
Vracamo se Srpskom Jorku!
I know Air Serbia is great airline company. Only think I hate when they forsing to cover window during the flight, in day light.
Why they do that?
I can confirm this is true as a Serbian. I've flown couple of times with Air Serbia as well as other smaller charter airlines and one time I asked stewardess why do they always do this and the answer is quite simple, apparently many passengers are more comfortable by not being able to see the sky or clouds as this gives them anxiety, however airline doesn't want to cause problems to other passengers who seat at aisle to make a switch to window seats so what they do is simply roll down all covers and call it a day.
I don't usually like Noel Philips' videos because they are a whine-whine-whine and repetition galore. I like watching airline reviews that are factual and objective so good job on this one!
Air Serbia is one of the rare companies in Serbia that are government controled and function well at the same time...
Very nice trip report! You sure do pick some interesting places to visit. I’m with you on that meat though, I don’t think it looked very edible ❤️✈️
Thanks for watching! Yeah, I don’t think I’ll ever develop a taste for that meat.
Prosciutto doesn't look edible? It is like saying French Cognac doesn't look drinkable.
@@nycflyertravel There are some specific meets that dont need to be coocked to be edible. I am not sure if that is one of them. But we serbians eat A LOT of meat. And so we always have a lot of wide range of meets
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