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|TAP cancels Belgrade flights from mid January
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:09
In other news, Belavia is sending its E-195 to Belgrade today. Nice to see an exotic airline doing well in Belgrade.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:32
A320 is also going to Warsaw this evening. Does anyone have the loads? I guess there is a large group onboard.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:23
Does anyone know why the morning flight to Podgorica was delayed by two and a half hours?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:25
Shame about TAP. Always nice to see variety in BEG. I think part of being a real hub means attracting other good airlines to your hub as well and building those connections. JU can't make a hub out of BEG by itself.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:27
Well, they are not. They are cooperating with Etihad, Aegean, Alitalia, Aeroflot, Tarom and until recently with Lot.Delete
From what I remember, Aeroflot is one of the biggest winners here because of the JU code-share. Lots of JU connecting passengers are booked on those flights.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:32
Yeah, definitely the cooperation and code-shares that they have established so far have been bearing a lot of fruit for both JU and BEG, but at the same time, when you think of any global hub, its not just the home airline and its code-share partners you know? Its an actual hub fed by many different airlines from different corners of the globe, and BEG is still missing a lot of that. I mean not even all regions of Europe are covered, let alone other parts of the world.Delete
There is still a lot of work to be done, but definitely the progress being made currently is very promising.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:45
I agree and just like you I would love to see a lot of diversity in Belgrade, however, let's not forget that Air Serbia is still a small airline and it's rather insignificant on the European level.Delete
I think their best shot would be to increase their regional frequencies which would inevitably make Belgrade the most attractive connecting airport for the Balkans. Then, they can take it from there.
If we look at their fleet, they really have 15 aircraft which is nothing.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:14
I think variety of destinations rather than what you said, is what makes an airport significant or insignificant...Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 09:57
Still have no idea is it good or bad for Serbia that airlines are leaving or reducing flights to Belgrade. It is always good to have some kind of competition for national airline.ReplyDeleteReplies
Depends who you ask! If you are a regular passenger out of BEG who i spaying for your own ticket it's not such a good thing because less competition means higher cost. Otherwise, if you work for JU it's definitly a good thing. Overall, as far as economical impact is concerned it's very hard to answer this and depends on the number of tourists, There are some existing studies in this field but it's very hard to make conclusion based on those examples.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:59
Serbia will never have the number of incoming tourists that would require year-round service from carriers such as BA, AF or KLM. We can like it or not but LCCs and charters are more than enough to cover any foreign demand for visits to Serbia. Diaspora and local population simply cannot create the demand that is required in order to attract all major European carriers. If there was no national carrier then - just maybe - BA, AF and KLM would return. But I am not even sure of that.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:08
@Anon at 3:59Delete
Every now and then this blog is blessed with a post like this one. It really made me laugh, so I suggest reposting it on April 1 where it belongs.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:15
Anonymous at 3:59 PMDelete
Zato zag ima duplo manje putnika nego BEG i ako ima neznam ni ja koliko milliona koreanskih turista.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:18
Hahahaha exactly, especially since AF flies to smaller markets like LJU or ZAG. Poor Belgrade, it can't sustain BA or AF flights.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:23
AF ima kode share sa Air Serbijom na letovima za Pariz koju su dvaput dnevno, zato ne dolazi u BEG. Please no shit man. I nikako ne mozes da znas ta ce Srbija biti a sta nece. Molim te da zacepis pre nego sto se ovako sramotis..
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:40
Anonymous at 4:18 PMDelete
HAHAHAHA ZAG nema 3 kompanije sa Bliskog istoka a o mogucnosti da EY dodje u ZAG su 0 kao i da se CTN proda.
- Purger8 December 2014 at 16:50
Tri su razloga:Delete
1. Zagreb ima manje putnika od BEG (no ne duplo manje) zato što je jedan od 10 međunarodnih aerodroma u Hrvatskoj, koja ima bitno više putnika nego Srbija.
2. Uz to u krugu od 3 sata vožnje od Zagreba nalazi se 11 aerodroma koji preuzimaju putnike kao što su Beč, Bratislava, Budimpešta, Beograd, Ljubljana, Graz, Trst, Venecija, Rijeka, Zadar, Split. Beograd u istom tom krugu ima samo dva aerodroma (Budimpeštu i Zagreb)
3. 99% chartera iz mikroregije ide iz Ljubljane jer Slovenci imaju više odlaznih turista nego mi (naši više-manje idu na Jadran). Tako da iz Zagreba ide tek 4-5 letova prema charter destinacijama tjedno, dok iz Ljubljane toliko ide svaki dan. Na tim letovima oko 25% putnika je iz Zagreba i okolice. No, oni ne putuju iz Zagreba. Jednostavno agencijama je povoljnije nuditi let iz Ljubljane i za Slovence, i za Hrvate i za Talijane.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:55
INN, Zagreb ima 2 kompanije s Bliskog istoka, upola manje stanovnika od Beograda, veći standard od Beograda, Hrvatska kao država više aerodroma od Srbije i last but not least (hvala bogu) nema idiota Vučića kao premijera!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:07
Ja koliko znam nema jos 2 aviokompanije sa bliskog istoka . Za standard nemoze niko da tvrdi posto mozemo samo da nagadjamo oko togaDelete
Vucici je legenda nije Idiot neznam sto ga vredjate.A Dane legenda ako najavi letove ASL za USA/ Kinu u ZAG neznam ima da dozivite slog ;)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:13
Јој тај чувени аргумент о хрватским аеродромима. Да Хрватска има један аеродром као Србија не би било много више путника него што то Загреб данас има. То је зато што онда нико не би ни летовао у Хрватској. Дакле, ти аеродроми имају толико путника због развијене туристичке индустрије.Delete
А то да Хрватска има знатно више путника од Београда и није баш истина. Цена ваша лијепа има 1.5 милион путника више од Београда. Гледајући каква ће ситуација бити следећег лета, мислим да ћемо спасти на свега 500.000 што је ништа.
На крају крајева, ако ћемо тако да посматрамо ствари, онда Београд конкурише и са Тузлом и Темишварем.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:14
Jedini koji se ovde sramote ste ti i ovo austrijsko derište kome krene da se priviđa Zagreb čim mu neko ne promeni pelene na vreme.
Šta misliš, zašto AF i KLM imaju codeshare sa ASL a ne lete samostalno? Misliš da ne bi više voleli da mogu da napune svoj avion na BEG? Naravno da bi više voleli ali šta da rade kad ne mogu da ga napune. Zato se i oslanjaju na codeshare, dok recimo BA niti leti za BEG niti ima codeshare sa ASL. I šta misliš, šta je tome razlog? Fenomenalna potražnja za Srbijom kao destinacijom? Probajte bre jednom u životu da mislite glavom i da shvatite da nije svrha postojanja BEG da svakog dana ponižava i pobeđuje ZAG (to samo austrijska derišta sanjaju kada im se ne dopadne crtani film uveče), nego mu je svrha da izvuče iz sebe maksimum, pokupi sve putnike koje može da ima i zaboravi na one koje ne može da ima.
Inače, tvoja codeshare logika govori da bi, na primer, čitava Star Alijansa trebalo da se povuče sa ZAG i ostavi da OU pokriva linije. Mislim, koji će im sopstvene linije kada imaju codeshare. Kad vidi čuda, oni to rade. Zapitaj se zašto.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:25
Anonymous at 5:14 PMDelete
Ja nisam Austriski drzavljanin tako da i nemate potrebe da mi govorite deriste ili da nosim pelene.Nego je ovde zabranjeno braniti ASL ili LYBE od napada . BA AF-KLM leti za ZAG iz prostog razloga zato sto je CTN preskup i zbog Turista leti.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:28
Једина мана у твом коментару је та што је АФ имао солидну попуњеност на летовима за Београд. Проблем је био yield те им се није исплатило да и даље лете.Delete
Неки од вас причају као да је Београд провинцијски аеродром са три авио компаније. Па шта ако нема КЛ, БА или АФ? Зато имамо Виз за Бове, Ајндховен и Лутон. Ер Србију за Хитроу као и 10 пута недељно за Амстердам и два пута на дан за Париз. Тржиште је већ засићено.
Разлог зашто лете за Загреб а не за Београд је зато што је ОУ знатно слабији играч ког могу лако да потамане. То није случај у Београду јер знају да иза ЈУ стоји Етихад.
- Anonymous9 December 2014 at 10:23
Air France se sam ubio izmedju ostalog pokusavajuci da zaebava JAT cestim kontrolama u Parizu i sl. To ste mogli i na ovom blogu da citate.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:01
Totally silly schedules doomed TAP from the start.......even holiday makers dont tolerate such silly arrival and departure times. Another failure, not for Beg, but for bad airline management, just like the silly prices to Berne....ReplyDeleteReplies
- Pera Kojot8 December 2014 at 13:32
it was horror... I flew once, it is really hard to spend 3 hours in the middle of the night.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:36
some interesting facts in regards to ExYu aviationReplyDelete
(this is just to spike up some healthy rivalry)... :)
ExYu market seems to be polarized more than ever (east vs. west) in regards to the choice of airlines found in different regions. Let's compare the 2 geographically opposite poles: Zag & Beg (west & east).
What BEG has, and ZAG doesn't:
- Alitalia, Aegan, easyJet, Etihad, Belavia, Montenegro, Pegasus, Tarom, Wizz Air, Air Cairo, BH Airlines
Shared airlines:
- aeroflot, swiss (well zag will soon have), lufthansa, austrian, air serbia, eurolot/LOT (essentially too similar), Turkish, FlyDubai, Qatar, Norwegian, Tunis, Vueling
What ZAG has, and BEG doesn't:
- British Airways, Air France, KLM, Iberia, TAP, Germanwings, seasonal (Air Europa, Korean, Trade Air)
2 smaller hubs by 2020 ? 7 mil pax vs. 5 mil pax...
Somehow I can't imagine neither to independenlty position themselves as absolute and only hub... with the other in the background... just can't see it... they are both "incomplete" or partially complete :) in certain areas: tourism, population, gravitational area, diaspora, economic power, overall infrastructure etc.Replies
Can you define 'hub' because it seems we seem to have a different understanding of the word.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:49
Well, BEG currently handles 100% pax more than Zagreb so in 2020 it'll rather be 5 vs. 1O million, if the gap won't be larger.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:39
10? No, I think around 20 million.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:42
Doubt so, in six years. I also doubt Zagreb will break the 3 million mark any time soon.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:07
Belgrade airport fail!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:54
No, this is TAP fail much more than for BEG, BEG did not have something significant in with 3 flights per week, and bad number of passengers. So please, go get a life!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:41
how comes that ZAG airport fail in case of uniportant easyJet flights with 4 rotation in route where we have 2 other carriers, and BEG airport did not fail in route with same number of rotations and where you have no other carriers not even 1.000 km arount (nearest flights to Iberia is Milano or Paris)Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:03
Because you can not compare easyJet and TAP and the markets they serve.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:53
Really? So fail for airport is if ti is LCC, but it is not if it is legacy carrier (than it is fail of legacy carrier). That is at least stupid! But as we know how there are double standart criteria in this blog compare from where writer is...Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:08
Tell me, from what market did easyJet withdraw? Then, feel free to tell me what's the market potential of that market and then compare it to the one between Serbia and Portugal.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:07
TAP is gone airline as many others in Europe. And this is news recycling. Now we can start reading about flights of Santa Claus it is right time of the year. Can you give us a story about some exyu companies destinations?ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:13
How is it recycling? Don't remember ex-Yu ever writing about this.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:23
We are all aware that TAP is going from BEG. they have similar problem with too big fleet and small number od passengers. They need reconstruction of their business not a new airplanes. Iberia - Balkan can go seasonal for that there is enough passengers for rest of the year they can go BEG BCN LIS 3 times pw.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:55
Why than you have TAP Lisabon-Zagreb all year flights for 8 years now? In same time you have 3 Croatia Airlines flights per week from Zagreb to Barcelona all year.Delete
That is not Iberia-Balkan?
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:05
And you have two companies in big debt. They need to change operating mode.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:56
And how many companiers today are not in big debt in Europe?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:12
Thank you ex-Yu for actually investigating this and not just writing poor loads like some other site. TAP is obviously a mess at the moment but I'm sad to see them goReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:54
"It comes as a result of poor loads." Have you read the article at all?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:12
Well competition is always good for customers, and I think it is not a good thing for BEG.ReplyDelete
Then TAP has its own problems, and reasons for this.
I took flight from BEG to LIS this July, load was between 75-80% on that flight, but on the way back they rerouted me via ZRH stating shortage of planes as the reason.
Plus they had really terrible schedule at 4 am...
Anyway, I really hope TAP will return next summer, and continue flying the route on seasonal basis.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:27
O.T. AirSerbia increase Tirana to 7 p/w.ReplyDelete
4 JU212 (3 with A319) (mon,tue,thu,sun)
3 JU216 (wed,fri,sat)
source AS reservation system
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:33
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:36
When do these flights start?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:07
From 29th MarchDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:08
Looks like from the 2015 summer season.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:45
Germanwings returns in summer 2015 to BEG. News in German.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:50
From where? STR?Delete
I would love to see them launch flights from Berlin.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:52
Lies, this can not be. No airline can return to Belgrade because of subsidies given to Air Serbia!Delete
(Sarcasm: off)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:56
Here it says fromBaden-Württemberg o.ODelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 10:59
Stuttgart-Belgrade, 2 weeklyDelete
Seems like flights will operate on Mondays and Fridays, one way ticket starts from €70.
Looks like Air Serbia got some competition.
Germanwings will have really good times, in the afternoon.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:52
Belgrade airport is not good for low cost airlines bla bla blaDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:10
How is the situation going at BEG?ReplyDelete
Are there still delays? And Beirut, do people still lose their baggage?Replies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:15
Delays are minimal and the situation seems to be under control.Delete
Bags are still a bit of a problem but nothing like before. The situation with the luggage became bearable the moment JU took over the luggage sorting facility from BEG.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:46
There are no delays actually, no more than at any other major airport.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:12
Looks like Air Serbia finally managed to get good slots in Amsterdam for its three afternoon flights.ReplyDelete
Three weekly flights arrive at 22.30 which should enable connections onto the midnight wave of departures.Replies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:18
Daily night flights to Athens have been pushed to mid-June. I guess they can no longer afford to fill their planes with dirt cheap fares.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:07
Aegean is sending its A320 to Belgrade today, again!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:20
According to Air Serbia's website, Banja Luka seem to be operated nine times per week!ReplyDelete
Daily departure at 13.55 and then once a week at 07.55 and 16.55.
Currently the morning flight departs at 06.50 but I guess it was moved for later due to a lack of gate space.Replies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:31
Copenhagen is increased from 7 to 9 frequencies, two flights will operate on Sunday and Tuesday.Delete
Departures from Belgrade at 06.40 and 17.55.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:33
Evening flight to Ljubljana will be exclusively operated by the B737-300 as well as three morning flights. Good for JU and LJU!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:38
ARN goes from 7 to 10 weekly!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:40
WAW from 7 to 8!Delete
- Aэrologic8 December 2014 at 14:19
Great news, i'm especially glad about Warsaw, seems as they're determined to kill LOT on the route. I believe LOT will be the next airline to leave Belgrade. On the other hand Air Serbia is not planning any new route for the next year, with even plans to PRN apparently being cancelled.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:29
How do you know that ASL is not planning new routs?
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:31
I don't see Lot leaving Belgrade because they have an interline agreement with Air Serbia which was recently expanded. Their overall loads are not bad, especially not in summer. A good proof of this is that they have recently upgraded their Belgrade route to an E175.Delete
Pristina was only evaluated as a potential destination, it was never seriously considered by the airline. There are a few more destinations to come before Pristina. Stay tuned. ;)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:32
Not true, they will add JFK, ORD in late 2015, how can you know that at all?
- Aэrologic8 December 2014 at 16:59
Don't get me wrong, i would love LOT to stay, but taking into account:Delete
- the current price war between LO and JU (unsustainable on the long-run)
- the fact that LOT has ridiculously high prices to places where Air Serbia can't compete and where they could eventually get some passengers
- the overall financial state of LOT
- the cutting of many high-profile routes this season
- the Air Serbia's more than double capacity on the route
- the fact that we were like 10-20 on the plane to WAW a month ago
All that gives you a quite pessimistic outlook for the route and makes you see them as the next carrier to leave Belgrade, or the most likely.
- Aэrologic8 December 2014 at 16:59
You can also add to that their crappy service which makes you feel like never wanting to use them again, not more than Wizz Air.Delete
- Aэrologic8 December 2014 at 17:02
There are NO official plans to fly to North America for the time being.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:03
Lot is planning to make a major narrowbody order next year and once the ban on expansion expires they will spread their wings once again.Delete
As for their presence in Belgrade, it's unfortunate that they had such light load when you flew. For example today there were 44 passengers departing Belgrade with them and that's quite solid for this time of the year.
Shame Lufthansa forced them to suspend the code-share. I am sure it will be back soon.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:06
Wrong. There ARE official plans for north American flights. Current plan is to launch them by Q1 2016. Please, do not spread misinformation.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:28
I da se leti pred leto za PEK-PVGDelete
- Aэrologic9 December 2014 at 15:20
No and no. There is nothing certain yet. No more than flights to CAI, KBP or Amman. Sure, they're analyzing, sure they're in works but no definitive decision has been taken yet. On the contrary please provide us with a certain launch date or please - shut up.Delete
Thank you.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:24
Kao sto sam rekao u jednom od prethodnih obracanja, tap nije mogao da ocekuje veliku popunjenost sa jednim ili dva od ukupno tri leta iz Beograda koji su bili u 04:05h. Cak im je cena karte za taj ranojutarnji let kostala na njihovom sajtu bas kao i cena leta na OS preko VIE u podne. Znam kad se putnicima kaze da je let negde ka Evropi u 4 ujutru kakve su reakcije. Taj let jeste bio postavljen pre svega za destinacije za Juznu Ameriku, ali eto, saznali smo da je bila slaba traznja za tim kontinentom preko TAP-a. I dalje vecina 'hvata' lufthansu ili klm za Brazil, Argentinu, Peru. Oni koji su hteli da putuju u Lisabon kao turisti opet nisu imali sta da traze na tako ranom letu, a sto se tice poslovnih putnika, pa mi i nemamo bogzna kakvu ekonomsku saradnju sa Portugalom da bi avion punili poslovni putnici. Znao sam jos od trenutka kada je TAP dosao na srpsko trziste da to nece moci bas tako lako da funkcionise, a opet me je iznenadila vest da je menadzment TAP-a analizirao srpsko trziste pune tri godine. Slaba ekonomija. Bilo bi dobro da bude sezonska bar na 3 meseca leti, ali videcemo sta ce odluciti tapovci. Ista prica bi bila i sa Madridom kada bi asl odlucio da ga podigne. BCN je druga prica, mnogo je nasih tamo, o turizmu necu da pricam, a opet nesto vise i onih poslovnih. Moramo imati celogodisnju vezu sa Iberisjkim poluostrvom. Dokle ga god budemo ignorisali, nema jake air serbie, niti aerodroma Beograd. Prosto ne mozes da nemas direktan let ka trzistu koje broji preko 70 mil ljudi, a nalazi se u Evropi. PozzReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:27
Pa to tI je kad vrlo malo naših radi tamo... Ja mislim da i danas više njih radi po severnoafričkim zemljama nego po Iberijskom poluostrvu. Tek kada Beograd postane hub, moći će da sebi priušti letove do Madrida, jer će ih i tad koristiti najviše tranzitni putnici, a ne O&D.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:39
Evo jednog zanimljivog podatka kog sam se setio. Kada su bili parlamentarni izbori u Srbiji (ne secam se da li je to bilo 2008. ili 2012, moguce ovo prvo), nasi u Portugalu su se obratili ambasadi da bi im ovi organizovali glasanje.Delete
Odgovor je bio da se to nece desiti jer na teritoriji CITAVOG Portugala ima manje od 100 nasih drzavljana u tom trenutku, tako da im se ne isplati da odrze glasanje.
Eto, koliko nasih ima tamo...
Jeste to trziste od 50 miliona ljudi, i nalazi se u Evropi, ali ti da bi mogao da organizujes usred novembra ili februara bar 5 nedeljnih letova ka Madridu ili Lisabonu, moras da imas dovoljan broj tranzitnih putnika, jer ukoliko se oslanjas na ove nase potrebe, neces dogurati ni do 50% LF jednog a319.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:02
Ne secam se tacno koliko je dugo spanair leteo iz beg-a za bcn, ali sigurno duze od godinu ipo dana. Leteo sam 7 puta spanairom ka Barseloni. Avioni su im uvek bili puni, mozda do 20ak slobodnih sedista na svakom od 14 letova, dakle tamo i nazad. Jednom sam verovali ili ne leteo sa Vucicem. Novembar 2010. I tada se pravio vazan, secam se dok smo cekali na gejtu da udjemo u avion. Ok, nije on mnogo bitan, samo hocu da kazem da je spanairova linija za mad bila kanselovana vrlo brzo posle uspostavljanja, mislim da je mad poleteo u aprilu, kad i bcn, a ugasen vec posle 4 meseca. Ne pamtim, medjutim bcn je bila jako dobra sa ta 3-4 nedeljna leta. Postoji ogromna razlika izmedju lis, mad i bcn, bar za letove iz beg-a. Ne znam da li se vueling uplasio pa nije zeleo celogodisnju liniju. Ali eto vidimo da se vraca za novu godinu. Nije to tek tako odluceno. Zao mi je sto na exyu blogu retko kada dobijamo izvestaje o lf nekih kompanija koji bi nam mnogo znacio da razmisljamo ispravno po pitanju nekih linija iz beg-a. Lf je veoma znacajan u aviosvetu, ako ne i osnova za plan i analizu. Nadam se da ce neko iz asl-a poceti da razmislja o el pratu kao isplativom aerodromu za asl. U redu je i dva dnevna za ams, cph, arn itd, ali moramo biti direktno povezani sa Barselonom, za razliku od Madrida i Lisabona ili pak Mancestera, st.Petersburga itd..Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:42
In summer, 5/14 JU flights to Zagreb will get the B737-300!!ReplyDelete
Additional frequencies to both Dubrovnik and Split have been added!!Replies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 11:59
Wow, ASL is on fire!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:09
ASL is on fire!ReplyDelete
Tirana--- from 3 to 7 times per week!
Amsterdam--- from 7 to 10 times per week!
Copenhagen--- from 7 to 9 times pr week!
Stockholm--- from 7 to 10 times per week!
Banja Luka-- from 7 to 9 times per week!
Warsaw--- from 7 to 8 times per week
Ljubljana--- evening flight operated by 737, and 3 morning flights with 737!
Zagreb-- from summer season 5 flights per week will be operated by 737!
Split--- some additional frequencies during the summer!
Dubrovnik--- some additional frequencies during the summer!
Btw GWI is returning to BEG! Flights Stutgart- Belgrade 2 timnes per week, from summer 2015!
You can check this additional frequencies on airserbia.com!Replies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:21
Why Banja Luka? I think it won't pay off. The rest is spot on.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:26
Well there are some transfer pax from Banja Luka, they wouldn't increase capacity if it would not pay off.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:35
Getting more BL passengers from ZAG.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:44
Well now people from ZAG will be able to fly from ZAG insted of BNX. Will be interesting to see flight loadings to BNX after launching ZAG flights.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:45
That more than compensates the Tap's departure.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:48
" they wouldn't increase capacity if it would not pay off."Delete
What kind of reverse logic is that? Like the airline cant make wrong calculations? We have seen what TAP did with their prices and flights at 4 AM.
Also, Air Serbia flies to Zagreb as well. Those people from BL who are taken by ZAG would fly with Air Serbia also, especially now when Air Serbia still dumps prices.That small residual (those taken by ZAG that wont fly with Air Serbia from ZAG but with some other airline) still does not justify increase to 9 frequences .
I mean hello, the same number of flights per week to Copenhagen and to Banja Luka!
So basically you have two Air Serbia lines (BNX and ZAG competing
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:49
competing with each otherDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:55
The thing with Banja Luka is that thanks to convenient times the flight has become extremely popular with O&D passengers, that's why JU is not losing money on this route.Delete
Now, since the afternoon flight is sustained by large number of local passengers, the airline can afford to introduce other departures which are more convenient for transfer passengers.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:58
By the way, two things worth mentioning is that the night flight to Thessaloniki is operated by Atr, while last summer it was an A319 or B737-300.Delete
Afternoon flight to Skopje is operated by the Atr unlike with a jet aircraft as was the case last summer.
Of course, if bookings are solid then I am sure they will upgauge/upgrade both of these routes.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:07
For example http://www.rome2rio.com/s/Copenhagen-Airport-CPH-Denmark/Banja-LukaDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:19
@ 12:48:Delete
ASL has very low costs on the BNX route because the government of Srpska pays for airport fees and the plances take all fuel from BEG.
In addition, CPH is operated by A319 and BNX by ATR, so there are lot more seats in offer on CPH even though the number of weekly flights is the same.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:26
Plus Serbia and Srpska have abolished some government taxes which has enabled the airline to reduce its fares to €54.Delete
- Purger8 December 2014 at 12:37
Evo jednog primjera kako razmišlja normalni kupac.ReplyDelete
Znao sam da je za božićno vrijeme žetva, ali da je toliko, to nisam vjerovao. Poslovna partnerica mi dolazi u Zagreb preko Božića iz Berlina i kaže da su cijene abnormalne.
Ponedjeljak 22.12. TXL - ZAG +/- 2 dana
Utorak 30.12. ZAG-TXL +/- 3 dana
Znači fleksibilna je bila i u dolasku i u odlasku, nije baš dan prije Božića, 2 karte kupljene mjesec dana prije leta!
524 EUR Germanwings nonstop
389 Croatia via MUC
382 Air France via CDG
359 EUR Lufthansa via MUC ili FRA
337 EUR Austrian via VIE
261 EUR Air Serbia via BEG (stajanju u BEG oko 7 sati)
145 EUR KLM via AMS - KUPLJENOReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:42
I ja bi na njenom mestu izabrao KLM ili ASL. Samo da je sto jeftinije, verujem da bi i drugi. GWI je sa svojim cenama daleko od low cost aviokompanije.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:47
I posle kukaju kako samo ASL dampinguje.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:48
Purgeru, zasto ste morali da naglasite da se u BEG-u ceka 7 sati? Jel na drugim aerodromima drugi let vec sat vremena posle prvog?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:52
Normalni putnici ce izabrati ono sto je najjeftinije i u isto vreme nije neko mucenje. A ovi sto pricaju o tome kako ASL duminguje cene a koriste to kao njihovu manu su dno dna, njima bi trebalo kao putnicima da bude drago sto mogu sa ASLom da putuju mnogo jeftinije a da ih neka druga aviokompanija ne odere, a ne da pljuju po ASL samo jer "nije uporedljiva sa konkurecijom". Mozda bi trebalo da promenimo stavke pa da kazemo da "konkurencija nije uporedljiva sa ASL"?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 12:55
AnonymousDecember 8, 2014 at 12:48 PMDelete
Ne lupaj i ostavi Purgera na miru, nije nista lose mislio.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:10
verujem da je na asl-u jos jeftinija karta sa nocenjem u bg-u, i onda jutarnjim letom za zag :D Beograd je lep i zagrepcani vole da dodju kod nas. Malo u skadarliju, malo do savamale na picence i djusku, odes da dremnes i ujutru si u zagrebu fino :)Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:11
Nisi mu ti advokat, niti ga ja optuzujem. Samo pitam zasto je naglasio koliko se ceka u BEG-u, a za ostalih 5 konekcija nije pomenuo, to me zanima. To da ga ja optuzujem si ti sam pronasao, to dosta govori.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:13
KLM je očigledno najbolja opcija. Nego, Purger, kada kažeš "žetva" da li misliš na putnike (u smislu da mogu požnjeti dobar deal) ili na prevoznike (u smislu da podignu cene do neba i požanju profit)? Zar nije uvek tako u vreme Božića?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:33
Lijepo je napisao da mu cijene izgledaju previse visoke.Delete
Zakon ponude i potraznje vlada, good bless internet sto je sve to lako provjeriti za 5 minuta. kad vidim ove cjene stvarno sam ljubomoran na vas koji zivite u Evropi. YYZ-SJJ na istim datumima sa jednim stopom najjeftinija karta $2500 sa TK ili $3300 sa LH i mora se spavati u MUC u povratku.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:05
ovo što ASL radi nije zakon slobodnog tržišta, već umjetno kreirano stanje s dumpingiranim cijenama (ne kažem da je u redu da monopolisti TK i LH imaju previsoke cijene) koje će da se vrati kao bumerang, kad tad. svi koji (pre)visoko lete, nisko padaju... :)Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:11
A cek? Kako se zove to sto KLM radi?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:14
Očito su več gotovi samo što toga nisu svjesni. No, tu su posjetitelji ovog bloga da im otvore oči. Niti sam ne razumijem kako to da Hogan več nije naredio svojim ljudima da se hitno vrate u Abu Dhabi prije nego dumpingiranje uništi čitav Etihad a ne samo njihovu podružnicu u Srbiji.Delete
Kompanije se koriste raznim nacinima da popune svoja sjedista i u tome nema nista lose. Na kraju ce trziste sve korigovati. Ako su im cjene preniske pravice gubitke koje niko na ovom svjetu nemoze dovjeka izdrzati. AKo su previsoke niko nece sa njima letjeti i gotovo.Delete
U citavoj ovoj prici jedina stvar koja je umjetna to je price fixing sve ostalo je fair game imo
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:16
Sve kompanije smeju primati Subvencije i CTN a ASL ne sme ni dumping ni niske cene to je protiv trzista ;) KLM sme on nije ASL.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:26
Sa LOT-om ima i za 1100 eur YYZ-BEG-YYZ ako se putuje 20 DEC. :)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:49
A preko INN-a? =DDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:53
Sa kim hocete da putujete OS-LH-BA-KLM(Transavia)- S7 =DDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:59
I SAS ili AY je jos jedna mogucnost.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:15
Sta mi vredi sve to kada nema ASL-a =(Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:21
Pa oni radije lete za VAR nego za INN i ako bi zimi svaki dan imali pun A320 i INN je slabo povezan sa bliskim Istokom.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:32
Oni ne lete ni za MUC tako da INN i nije neko iznenadjenje.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:36
MUC je druga stvar to je logicno oni su povezani sa celim svetom a INN nije u opste povezan Bliskim istokom gde mnogo Austrijanaca putuje.Ali njima je bitnija jedna VAR.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:00
MUC ima ogroman potencijal te je logicnije da tamo prvo lete nego za INN.Delete
Sto se tice VAR, ona je vazna u sklopu regionalne strategije. INN spada u drugu kategoriju.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:11
Da ali mogli su makar zimi da lete tu je preogroman potencijal ja bi im bio putnik svaki ili svaki drugi vikend . I kao sto sam napisao slabo je povezan sa balkanom - Bliskim istokom.Delete
- Purger8 December 2014 at 17:11
Spomenuo sam vrijeme konekcije od 7 sati, upravo zato što je to velika mana. Germanwings leti direktno (za sati i 15 si u Zagrebu), a ostali imaju od 45 do 60 minuta vrijeme konekcije. U Beogradu ili treba ostati preko noći ili čekati nekih 7 sati. To je putniku demotivirajuće. Upravo mi je kolegica nalgasila da bi cijena morala biti bar 100-150 EUR jeftinija da ona na zemlji provede 7 sati čekajući konektiran let. OK, govorimo o vrhunskoj svijetskoj znanstvenici koja nema mnogo vremena, ali u svakom slučaju i takvi ozbiljno gledaju na cijenu i svakako na vrijeme konekcije.Delete
Pod žetvom sam mislio na jedini dio zime u kojem su prihodi veliki i letovi profitabilni, no svakako nisam očekivao da Germanwings ima cijene 3 puta skuplje nego početkom prosinca, a ostali nekih 50-70% skuplje cijene. Malo previše, poglavito kod Germanwingsa.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:01
Belgrade airport handled 576.000 passengers in August 2014. With these announcement I am sure they will not only pass the 600.000 mark but will come close to 700.000!ReplyDelete
Belgrade will definitely pass the 5.5 million mark next summer, if not get close to 5.7!
Maybe, but there'll come a time when it'll slow down, stagnate, if not decline. There's simply no rationale that can keep this growth rate sustainable for a long time (looking at factors of: population, city break destination, tourism, economy). I am not saying that it's not standing well... it actually is and Belgrade has all of this, to some extent... but for instance no more than other cities of similar and/or greater size.ReplyDelete
In a long run, things will level out. For a while, Beg was underserved, and there'll also be a moment when it'll be overserved. In my opinion, it'll reach that point around 6 to 7 mil... (considering all of the mentioned factors and the competing airports that also have similar if not better economy, tourism etc.)Replies
You are just forgetting one important thing, this phenomenal growth at BEG is mostly because of transfer passengers, not so much because of O&D. So any future growth at the airport will be linked to Air Serbia.Delete
right. and you are forgetting that all those "transfer" pax will level off once the prices return to normal (dumping by ASL levels off - as it's unsustainable in a long run).Delete
A city would need to be a super big destination by itself to sustain large numbers...
Notice how large Euro hubs are hubs for a reason: capital cities of larger nations (economically strong mostly) and have great historical, thus touristic value...
The growth at the moment is not congruent with economic and/or any other type of developments...
Not to sound mean, pessimistic, vile or whatever, I am just saying that every growth has to be sustainable and has to be justified.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:04
Riga has a population of 700.000 yet its airport handles 4.7 million.Delete
Helsinki has a population of 620.000, HEL serves 15.200.000.
Copenhagen has 579,000 inhabitants, CPH handles 24.000.000 passengers.
Just to name a few. All of these cities/airports are home to a carrier operating a hub system.
So Belgrade with its 1,700,000 inhabitants could very well grow much more.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:37
Belgrade has only 1.4 M. With second runway and flights to USA and China it can grow around 10 M and that will be the maximum.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:40
Passenger numbers will grow as long as Air Serbia keeps on growing. Simple as that.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:51
Well, you cannot compare Riga, Copenhagen, Helsinki with Belgrade, simply because those countries are far more developed than Serbia. They are bigger not in terms of demography, but economically.Delete
They have a lot of companies, infrastructure, their population has bigger purchasing power, visa free regime with most of the countries. Some of them (Denmark) have immigrants...
Finland has domestic traffic, along with Thessaloniki, that can be also added to the list...
I think Belgrade is quite fine, and I think 6 million pax in couple of years would be just fine, even if it can't go more than that.
We need to know that economic situation here is catastrophic, and it will stagnate, thus not keep up with Air Serbia's faith.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:55
And I know that Air Serbia could contribute significantly to Serbia's national budget, but the thing is: thieves aka politicians could steal even more.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:56
Riga and Latvia are not that better than Serbia. Also both HEL and CPH are important hubs for transit passengers.Delete
Just btw, Finland has the geographical advantage. About 60% of Finair's business are Asian flights. Island is similar when it comes to NA.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:12
GDP nominal per capita in Serbia: 5924 $Delete
GDP nominal per capita in Latvia: 16145$.
In Finland, the main question after graduation is: should I travel a year or two.
If you guys seriously believe that standard and quality of Air Serbia doesn't have to follow standard of Serbia, and that those countries mentioned above are not much better than Serbia economically, then I am sorry, I think I can't argue with you.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:13
Exactly, that's why Belgrade airport can grow and it will grow as long as Air Serbia does it.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:31
If an airline bases its growth primarily on transfer passengers then the height of the local GDP is of little relevance.Delete
Everything Air Serbia does seems to indicate that it will rely more and more on connecting passengers in stead of local ones. Best proof, the immediate launch of double daily flights to Zagreb.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:35
I hope I am wrong, but did you just say that ASL has to be on the brink of bankruptcy, giving shit to the passengers on board like that shit which are eating people in Serbia just to follow standard of Serbia? Omg you are something special.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:37
So Shanghai, Karachi, Bejing, Delhi, they all have idiotic authorities, since according to your calculations, they should have overtaken Atlanta airport, and have something like 200 - 300 milion pax per year?Delete
Since those cities are almost 30 times more populated than Copenhagen, but have only maybe 4 or 6 times more passengers...
Economy is not a simple equation.
But you dont have to use economy knowledge now. Just pure logic.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:39
Not to follow it closely, I never said that.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:47
No one here can know if BEG will handle 10 million pax in 2020 or not. I am saying that it is some kind of impossible, but that does not mean that it won't happen. Also, ASL is focusing on transfer pax, so no one here can know if ASL will be an airline with 10 million pax in 2020. Just look at Qatar Airways, Etihad.. Those carriers are transporting basically only transfer pax. Serbia can have 100 000 inhabitants, but that does not effect on ASL if it depends on transfer pax. Doha has about 2 million inhabitants, still Hamad will handle more than 20 million pax. Dubai has about 3 million inhabitants, still DBX handles more than 60 000 000 passengers. I know that they have a lot of oil and money, but I am not talking here about ASL having those number of passengers. ASL can handle an solid number of passengers in a 3-4 years, maybe it can reach 6-7 million. So why are you people saying bullshit? The only real problem here is that BEG has to be expanded as it's capacity is 5 million/year.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:11
Gulf countries are in the middle between Asia, Europe, Africa...Delete
They have high migrating population. And oil. A lot.
Actually I was the one who was telling from the very beginning that the size of population is not as important as "quality" of population. As one of the arguments I said that it would mean that Bejibg should have 250 millions pax, and Belgrade should have at least 80 millions, which is impossible.
These kind of stuff aren't simple equations.. You can't just say:
500k : 25 millions = 2 millions : x.
We talk about economy, not arithmetics
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 13:55
Belgrade airport has installed new information screens which look fantastic. They feature the new design and will have Serbian Cyrillic and English! Good job BEG!ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:12
Watch and learn Air Serbia, that's how its done! Bravo to BEG management!Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:14
Air Serbia's default Serbian page is in Latin, can you believe that?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:18
Actually, BEG has destroyed any of their anti-Cyrillic arguments.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:54
There is nothing anti-Cyrillic in ASL's policies. It is simply business. B-u-s-i-n-e-s-s. Or to make it more appealing: б-и-з-н-и-с. Neither ASL conspired against the Cyrillic alphabet nor the survival of Cyrillic alphabet depends on ASL.Delete
In fact, if anything would bury Cyrillic alphabet into oblivion it would be its on-duty 'protectors' who keep annoy and irritate even those people who would like to use Cyrillic. And who would turn any goddamn topic in this world into their personal Cyrillic crusade.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:57
Yeah sure, because JU knows better business than BEG. HAHAHAHHAHAHADelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:42
Yeah, besides their air-side signage which is all in Latin.Delete
As for ASL i simply don't get it how it would hurt them to put the Cyrillic version as the one per default for the Serbian-based IP-addresses instead of the Latin one.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:52
Because ASL aims for the entire region and there may be a lot of pax from Croatia and Bosnia who are not familiar with English but could very well use the language they know?Delete
It's a bitter fight for each and every passenger out there, not really a perfect moment to play national pride and patriotism. Yes, perhaps they could introduce Cyrillic website and signs as third language but:
1. If they don't, it does not mean there is a huge conspiracy going on.
2. Number of alphabets in use is fine tuning. Before that, ASL has plenty of much more important things to deal with.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:57
ASL can do what BEG does, have the default one in Cyrillic and then have the option to switch to Latin for those who are not familiar with Cyrillic.Delete
It's not as if BEG is not competing for passengers. Also, those who are not familiar with English or Serbian Cyrillic will have a lot of problems outside of ex-YU. ;)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:59
Vama smeta ASL sto ne koristi Cirilicu a ni jedne dnevne novine nekoriste takodje Cirilicu sto se ne zalite na to ;)Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:04
Why not redirect Croatia and Bosnia to the Latin version and Serbian IP's to the Cyrillic version?Delete
I don't get it.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:16
Numbers have no language. If Croatian pax use other airlines websites in English or get Aeroflot's first page in Cyrillic, then i don't see why they wouldn't use Air Serbia.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:19
Like I said, fine tuning. Nobody will die if ASL is a bit late with the launch of the Cyrillic website. I mean it is an OK thing to do but can we try and not make such a fuss over it?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:21
Sta lupas? Odakle ti to da nema dnevnih novina? Zasto ne zastanes i ne razmislis malo pre nego sto pises ovde?
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:26
TAP Portugal won't leave from BEG, they are changing route to BEG into a seasonal one, as well as Talinn and St. Petersburg.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:35
I am a bit disappointed that there will be no extra frequencies to Germany, especially to Air Berlin hubs Dusseldorf and Berlin.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:50
Air Serbia has also added Varna to its reservation system.ReplyDelete
Flights operate four times per week:
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 14:53
Flights start on June 15.Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:24
Not every day?Delete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 15:50
Dear all. Most of the blogers here understand the growth like linear one. It means each next year will the same procentage. But mother nature shows us a bit different results. Extreme events (like one at BEG airport) push the growth very fast, but soon or later such a rapid growth get slower and slower. Therefore logarithmic growth is much better to predict results. (For those who's statistical knowledge is not familiar- wiki is a great source). It means that at the beginning the growth is extremely fast and then comes to the limit when it becomes more and more flat.ReplyDelete
But still - this is a challenge for those who constantly predicted the PAX numbers for coming years. "How to increase PAX for additional 1.000.000.
1 million mean apx 2.800 new PAX per day.
To carry them with let us aay with A319 (128 seats) and LF cca 70% this simply means at least 30 additional movements.
So how to get this 30 new movements?
1. To increase frequency
2. To inaugurate new destinations by domestic carrier
3. To attract new carriers with new destination
but if we neglect above points the only way is to increase LF
e.g.: let's say that;
1. 1/3 is frequently of actual carries at the airport
2. 1/3 growth of domestic carrier ( 10 moves pr 5 new destinations on daily basis)
3. 1/3 growth of new airlines ( still 5 more new destinatios on daily basis)
I do challenge you to make a math on this issueReplies
Well, as much as I remember the math, even if the passenger numbers growth is linear, then percentages are declining. 10k of 100k is 10%, 10k of 110k is cca 9.1%, 10k of 120k cca 8.3%, etc.Delete
Definitely non-linear prediction models should be utilized, but how precise any model can be without detailed airport and airline passenger plans?
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:13
Just to send larger aircraft challenged. One A320 can carry more than two E175. And new 30 movements is not a big task for BEG airport at present time.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 16:31
BCN nije isplativa za ASL preko cele godine i zato se TAP povukao zato sto nema potraznje za Spaniju Portugal iz Srbije preko zime.ReplyDelete
Najvise bi voleo da vidim AY u BEG .AF nije bitan zato sto ASL ima codeshare sa njima.
Bicete iznenadjeni od ASL sledece godine i koliki ce rast imati LYBE.( Pogotovu u regionalnoj mrezi)
- Anonymous8 December 2014 at 17:29
Hahahaha +1Delete
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Pope John Paul II's motto was "Totus Tuus," the result of a deep, enduring devotion to Mary that grew strong when he was a young man, after reading the writings of St. Louis de Montfort, an 18th-century French priest. He then performed a 33-day consecration to Jesus through Mary. This devotion carried through his ministry as a priest, bishop and pope.
"At first, it had seemed to me that I should distance myself a bit from the Marian devotion of my childhood, in order to focus more on Christ," wrote Pope John Paul II in "Crossing the Threshold of Hope." "Yet thanks to the writings of Saint Louis of Montfort, I came to understand that true devotion to the Mother of God is actually Christocentric, indeed, it is very profoundly rooted in the Mystery of the Blessed Trinity, and the mysteries of the Incarnation and Redemption."
Pope John Paul spread devotion to Mary throughout his pontificate through general audiences, homilies, pastoral letters and encyclicals.
In his encyclical dedicated entirely to Mary, Redemptoris Mater ("On the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Life of the Pilgrim Church"), John Paul declared a Marian Year, performed a scriptural exegesis on Mary, explained her role in the life of Christians and the Church, encouraged devotion to Our Lady and praised the fruits of Marian consecration. (You can read about it here.)
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After 33 days of preparation, consecration typically takes place on a Marian feast. Another option is the feast of St. Louis de Montfort, which is April 28. What is consecration?
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This reflection is from the first day of consecration:
From Blessed John Paul II:"When the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman" (Gal 4:4). The fullness of time coincides with the mystery of the Incarnation of the Word, of the Son who is of one being with the Father, and with the mystery of the Redemption of the world. In this passage, Saint Paul emphasizes that the Son of God was born of woman, born under the Law, and came into the world in order to redeem all who were under the Law, so that they might receive adoption as sons and daughters.
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For split cylindrical roller bearings which are subjected to alternating directions of load and rotation and also relatively heavy loads (P > 0,12 C) it is recommended that the shaft be machined to tolerance h6. For bearings under constant direction loads which are lighter (P < 0,12 C) shaft seats machined to h7 are also acceptable. For light loads and low speeds it is possible to use tolerance h9/IT7, normally recommended for adapter sleeve mounting of bearings.
The tolerance recommended for the housing bore seat is H7.
Split bearings are frequently used as replacements for the original equipment non-split bearings as this is often the only possible way of replacing the bearings in situ. In such cases the shaft should be machined to a tolerance m6 to r7. This gives the desired interference fit for the non-split inner rings. The split inner rings have a correspondingly larger bore to prevent a gap occurring in the join after mounting.


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The WAN Effectiveness Awards, in partnership with global multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Buro Happold, is the first major international competition of its kind, aiming to find the best in architectural design that has profoundly impacted society, transcending the requirements of the client brief and aesthetic appeal. Entrants were asked to demonstrate the ways in which their building has benefited its users, the surrounding community and beyond, in relation to one or more of the following aspects: Social, Technological, Environmental, Economic and Productivity.
While empirical evidence in terms of post-occupancy evaluation surveys proved highly important in the judging session, the panel unanimously agreed that effectiveness of communication is as crucial as that of the building itself. They wanted to see a story unfolding through the entry material, from the initial concept through to completion and beyond.
Environmental factors such as energy consumption were a prominent concern, but the judges were also very attentive to human experience, and were interested in the opinions of the buildings' day-to-day users and members of the local community. Dan Phillips, Group Director for Sustainability at Buro Happold, commented that 'each project attempted to define effectiveness in different ways, which certainly created debate amongst the judges and led to some serious heart searching as we weighed one against the other... The projects that stood out were those that found a balance and harmony between these different issues.'
The insightful interjections of the five experts that constituted the panel emphasised the fact that the issue of effectiveness stands at the forefront of contemporary architecture. While Dan Phillips and Richard Mazuch, Architect and Director of Design Research and Innovation at Nightingale Associates, stressed the importance of factors such as daylight and ventilation on productivity, Jim Coleman, Director of Regeneris Consulting, highlighted the importance of the shape and size of work spaces in terms of staff performance. Considerations such as these underpinned the judging session, leaving no room for subjectivity. However, the shortlisted work seemed to move the judges in a way that surpassed the clearly demonstrated results of its effectiveness.
While SOM's Cathedral of Christ the Light and Alan Dunlop Architects' Hazelwood School left a deep impression of the jury, who often found themselves torn between architects' intentions and measurable outcomes, Clive Wilkinson Architects' One Shelley Street was praised for its 'exciting and original permutation of ever-changing workspaces addressing ever changing needs,' and for 'inspiring productivity through diversity and humour rather than uniform efficiency.'
Ultimately, the panel agreed that two very different buildings were equally entitled to receive this award. The two winners, both located in the United States, are a juvenile detention centre in New Jersey that transcends the usual stereotypes and a major urban park in Houston that both revitalises its neighbourhood and stimulates the local economy.
The Union County Juvenile Detention Centre, designed by Ricci Greene Associates, began with a comprehensive analysis of the Juvenile Justice System conducted by the planning and design team. This resulted in recommendations that included a reduced number of beds, leading to a smaller building footprint and reduced energy consumption. Above this, the facility combines research into sociology, demographics, technology and design to elevate and develop those who must spend time there, which has created a positive atmosphere and produced a measurable change in staff demeanour and residents' behaviour.
Along with many other positive features, the building design allows light into classrooms and living units from both the exterior and the corridors. As a result, the building invigorates its occupants; indeed these positive physiological effects of daylight have been documented. As evidence-based design proponent Richard Mazuch stated during the session, full-spectrum lighting directly affects examination results, and hence is proven to be a positive behaviour-inducing stimulus. The building has been described as 'optimism that belies the building type' and its ambitions and achievements make it a truly exceptional candidate and deserved winner of this award.
Discovery Green in Houston and the buildings within it, designed by Hargreaves Associates (landscape architects and lead consultants) and PageSoutherlandPage (architects and engineers), opened in April 2008. This major urban park has embraced the trend of increasing populations in America's residential areas. By overlaying an extremely high density of programming in creative ways, it allows the park to perform as a living fabric of activities and experiences, as diverse as Houston's population itself. The twelve-acre park has transformed the perception and experience of downtown Houston for its residents and visitors while seeding the revitalisation of the surrounding urban district. As Donald Hyslop, Director of Regeneration and Community Partnerships at Tate Galleries, observed, its design is 'as much about the spaces between buildings as the buildings themselves'. The park and its three buildings have already proven to be an extremely effective catalyst for redevelopment and has achieved a Gold LEED certification. Demonstrating such measurable success against the economic, social and environmental criteria, Discovery Green was selected by the WAN judges to share this coveted award.
Richard Mazuch said 'it was wonderful to ultimately see two inseparable winning projects that were the antithesis of each other...' and Dan Phillips emphasised the surprising, paradoxical harmony of these two seemingly disparate projects: 'a detention centre designed to assume innocence rather than guilt; a park that brought trees and energy efficient buildings to a city dominated by cars and air-conditioning.'
PageSoutherlandPage and Ricci Greene Associates received their awards last night at MIPIM. As the first ever winners of the award, these two vastly different schemes have set the benchmark very high. The WAN Effectiveness Awards will doubtlessly continue to challenge and showcase buildings that excel in their successes beyond those of aesthetics and form.
The leading International Engineering consultancy Buro Happold have not only given their support to these awards but, aligned as they are to delivering only the most effective buildings, they have also brought their proven methodologies and analysis tools to the initiative. Working with many of the world's most renowned architects and clients, Buro Happold are always striving to take engineering excellence to ever higher levels as they challenge convention and find better, more elegant ways to tackle the challenges faced in today's built environment. Their appreciation of a client's social, political and economic issues and of architectural and aesthetic qualities makes Buro Happold the ideal partner for the WAN Effectiveness Awards.
In response to WAN's ground-breaking new award initiative, judge Jim Coleman stated: 'I think the Effectiveness awards are a fantastic innovation - key measures of the success of new architecture really must include consideration of economic, social and environmental impacts.' Buro Happold representative Dan Phillips added: 'The idea that we should judge our built environment by its real effectiveness is not new but, until now, we have had few architectural competitions that attempted to do this in a formal way. We hope this competition will inspire professionals and clients alike to measure performance in a new way - using more rigorous feedback mechanisms but also integrating multiple criteria... We look forward to seeing this award evolve over time.'
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text: As Alex Altman reports, Mitt Romney's bad week just got worse. And the worst of the worse is Romney's contention that the 47% of the country who support Obama are just looking for handouts. This from a man who pays 14% in taxes–a multi-million dollar handout that Romney receives because he makes his money via a financial scheme that enjoys a major tax break from the government. As Michael Grunwald pointed out last week in his memorable Time cover story, we're all getting goodies from the government in one way or another. And yes, it might be a good idea to review all these subsidies–sugar? cotton? oil?–but it is sheer…I guess you'd have to call it class warfare to say that only the 47% voting for Obama are on the dole. How embarrassing: Romney keeps on kicking himself in the face.


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It's always sad to see science perverted to serve hatred, and here's an awful example: two KKK members have been arrested in a plot to kill Muslims en masse.
A plot to design a radiation weapon that could fit in a small van and be used to silently kill humans was unraveled by an FBI task force that charged two men — a General Electric Co. industrial mechanic from Saratoga County and a computer software expert from Columbia County -— with conspiring to sell the weapon to Jewish groups or a southern branch of the Ku Klux Klan.
A federal complaint unsealed Wednesday in Albany said the vehicle-mounted radiation gear was intended to be remotely controlled and capable of aiming a high-energy lethal beam of radioactivity at human targets. The concept was that victims would mysteriously die from radiation poisoning within days.
The FBI on Tuesday arrested Glendon Scott Crawford, 49, of Providence, Saratoga County, and Eric J. Feight, 54, of Stockport, who are accused of developing "a radiation emitting device that could be placed in the back of a van to covertly emit ionizing radiation strong enough to bring about radiation sickness or death against Crawford's enemies," according to an FBI agent's sworn complaint.
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Unless you have worked for all of the nationals out there, how could you possibly know that SoftScript is the worst? Perhaps in your experience it was the worst. How many nationals have you worked for?
Anytime a company changes the way they count lines, complaints end up on this board regarding that company. As far as stealing lines....I would imagine they changed the way they count their lines and this is not okay with you. By all means, you have a right to feel that way.
I have worked for SoftScript and as with every company, there are problems but I have also had a lot of positives come from working with SoftScript. I have been doing transcription for 25 years and in my own personal experience, they are no where near "the worst" to work for.
I think they start QA out at 5 cpl now, but it could be 4 cpl. They do pay for spaces. They do not pay for headers. There is always plenty of work (I have never ran out in nearly a year). Unfortunately, I do not know anything about their benefits. I know they are currently looking at some better plans. There is no dental plan as of right now. I know they have medical but unsure of rates. They have paid holidays. They do require you to work a schedule which must include 4 hours on on the weekend but also with a schedule you must do X number of lines per day, usually not too hard to reach either. I like their software as it uses Word. You can check your line count in Word by dividing characters with spaces to get your line count for each document. There does seem to be several accounts with heavy ESL, but only 1 or 2 that I have found that I would like to shoot if I had the opportunity.
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I agree with FelloMT. It is very rare that I run out of work. I have NEVER had a late paycheck. Sometimes there is a lack of communication, but for the most part, I have enjoyed working for them. I also agree that their platform is very easy to use. They also try to be accommodating with the accounts that they assign you.
I never quite understood all the negativity about them. I have been with them for a year and really don't have any complaints.
Anyone know anything new about softscript? I have seen all the old stuff and just wondering if there was anything new going on. Thanx
Does anyone know if SoftScript sends work offshore?
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When I worked there I always had plenty of work. I left due to management a few years ago but management has all changed now.
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Associate Professor Sonja R. West has published "Smile for the Camera: The long lost photos of the Supreme Court at work—and what they reveal" in Slate regarding the debate of allowing cameras into the Supreme Court courtroom. The article appeared on 10/1/12. Read the full article


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With its mountainous geography and turbulent history Montenegro is a microcosm of the Balkans. Throughout its history Montenegro was known in Europe for its fierce tribes and blood feuds. For centuries, it has been the meeting point and battleground of Muslim (Ottoman) and Catholic (Venetian and Austrian) empires. In recent years, however, Montenegro has surprised those who expected it to be torn apart by internal conflict.
Montenegro is Europe's youngest state, having achieved independence in the summer of 2006. It hasn't made much news since. For a country which was once feared to turn into a failed state in a troubled region, this, in itself, is remarkable.
Of the six former Yugoslav republics, Montenegro was the only one (since 1989) to have avoided violent conflict on its territory. It is a country without an ethnic majority; it is home to two Orthodox churches; and its national currency is the euro. Its 620,000 citizens include Orthodox Montenegrins and Orthodox Serbs, Muslim Bosniaks, Catholic and Muslim Albanians, as well as some Croats and other minorities.
In his 1993 essay on the "clash of civilisations" Samuel Huntington sought to explain, among other things, the roots of violent conflict in the Balkans:
"The great historical fault line that has existed for centuries separating Western Christian peoples from Muslim and Orthodox people… has been in roughly its current place for at least five hundred years… In the Balkans, of course, this line coincides with the historical division between the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires. It is the cultural border of Europe."
When, in the fourth century AD, the Roman Empire fragmented into western and eastern parts, centred on Rome and Constantinople, the new border ran through the lands of what is today Montenegro. The ecclesiastical schism of 1054 also put Montenegro on the border line between Orthodox and Catholic Christendom. With the Ottomans came Islam.
Such a storyline is, of course, typical of the Balkan states. What is less typical is that Montenegro – despite numerous wars and ethnic cleansing campaigns from the early 18th century until the 1990s – has managed to remain an extremely diverse society to this day. In recent years it has become even more diverse, as the number of Serbs has increased. And yet, contrary to Huntington's prognosis, its mixed society has succeeded in avoiding internal clashes.
Upon re-establishing statehood, Montenegro drastically downsized the armed forces it inherited from the joint state with Serbia (to 2,500 men) and destroyed all except one of its 62 tanks. The adjective "wild" is no longer used to scare away potential invaders, but to attract tourists.
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The U.S. and Israel initiated a series of cyberattacks against Iranian program.
In an attempt to disrupt Iran's nuclear program, the U.S. and Israel initiated a series of cyberattacks against an Iranian enrichment plant, according to The New York Times.
The U.S. has recently acknowledged developing cyberweapons but to this point has not admitted using them. Suspicions were raised with the discovery of the "Stuxnet" worm in 2010. The Times reports that the worm was part of a program, begun under President George W. Bush, that aimed to disrupt the centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility in Iran. It was released onto the web due to a programmer's error.
A new cyberweapon called Flame was recently discovered to have attacked Iranian computers, and while The Times says that Flame was not part of the program used against Iran, officials declined to say whether the U.S. was responsible for it.
It is not clear how effective the attacks had been. Administration officials say Iran's efforts have been set back by 18 months to two years, but other outside experts are more skeptical.
Israel's involvement in the attack was crucial, according to The Times. A secret Israeli unit aided the Americans in developing the worm that would attack Iran's computers. The Times reports that the U.S. also had a second motive in employing the Israelis: to forestall a military strike against Iran's nuclear capabilities.