Air Serbia handled 439.051 passengers last month, marking its busiest June since launching operations under its new brand name in 2013. The figure represents an increase of 4% on the same month last year, accompanied by a 3% increase in the number of operated flights, which totalled 4.466. The airline’s busiest routes in June were Zurich, Paris, Barcelona, Amsterdam, and Frankfurt in Western Europe, as well as Podgorica and Tivat in the region. Its busiest destinations in the broader Euro Mediterranean zone were Larnaca, Istanbul, and Athens. Flights to New York also saw strong demand during the month.Over the first half of the year, Air Serbia handled close to two million passengers. Commenting on the result, the carrier’s General Manager for Commercial and Strategy, Boško Rupić, said, “Air Serbia has been operating under its current name and brand since 2013. Since then, we achieved numerous successes, and, more importantly, we constantly push our boundaries, achieving even better results. In line with that, this June was our most successful in the past eleven years based on the number of handled passengers and operated flights. Since the start of 2024, we carried over 1.8 million passengers on scheduled, seasonal, and charter services to over ninety destinations. We are in the midst of the summer season, and we are seeing high load factors on a daily basis, so even better results are expected in the coming months”.The Serbian airline anticipates breaking JAT Yugoslav Airlines’ annual passenger record set in 1987, when it handled 4.531.000 travellers, either this year or in 2025. During the first half of the year, the market with the most capacity in Air Serbia’s network was Germany. It was followed by Montenegro, Russia, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Spain, France, Switzerland and the United States. The biggest year-on-year increase in available capacity was recorded on flights to Madrid, Thessaloniki, Varna, and Palma de Mallorca. Air Serbia is expected to have a dynamic remainder of the year. It is due to put into service two Embraer E195 aircraft, as well as two Airbus A330-200 jets. Furthermore, it has scheduled the launch of its fourth long-haul service, to Guangzhou, for September 30.