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1% passenger increase

Serbia’s Jat Airways transported 81.985 passengers in May 2010, a 1% increase compared to the same period last year, Jat Media Centre reports. The increase is mainly due to the surge in passengers on flights to Montenegro. In the first 5 months of the year passenger numbers on flights to and from Montenegro increased by 59%. In May 2010, Jat carried 68.891 passengers on Euro-Mediterranean flights (compared to 71.208 last year), 1.405 passengers on charter flights (compared to 3.032) and 11.689 passengers on Montenegro flights (compared to 7.365). The cabin load factor stood at 57%, which is 3% more than in May 2009.

Services to Malta and Tripoli reported the biggest increase in May compared to last year (up by 83%). They are followed by Podgorica (+71%) and Amsterdam (+56%). The biggest decrease is being reported on flights to and from Tunis and Thessaloniki.

In the first 5 months of the year Serbia’s national carrier transported 337.821 passengers.