Jat Airways (Belgrade Nikola Tesla) has again not been privatized after another attempt to sell a major stake in the ailing Serbian national carrier has failed. The only remaining bidder Baltic Aviation Systems, the previous part owner of Air Baltic (BT/Riga), has withdrawn its bid after its owner has been arrested in the UK being accused of alleged fraud and money laundering. The Serbian government is now working on a new restructuring plan to either reorganize Jat Airways itself or to set up a new airline that will only take over certain assets from Jat. The plan foresees that Jat’s workforce would be reduced from around 1200 to 700 staff and a fleet renewal programme. Jat Airways has given up its routes from Belgrade to Paphos on October 30 and its twice weekly Tel Aviv Ben Gurion flights now again operate via Larnaca in both directions. It has also temporarily suspended its Belgrade-Larnaca-Dubai route between October 30 and March 26 and only serves Stuttgart between December 19 and January 16 this winter and then again from March. It has announced other new routes: Belgrade-Amsterdam: daily B737-300 service starting on March 25 (replaces triangular flights via Brussels Ntl) Belgrade-Brussels Ntl: 6x weekly B737-300 service starting on March 25 (replaces triangular flights via Amsterdam) Belgrade-London Gatwick: 2x weekly B737-300 service starting on March 29 (in addition to nine weekly services to Heathrow) Belgrade-Malta-Tripoli Intl-Belgrade: 2x weekly B737-300 service resuming on March 26 Belgrade-Pula: 2x weekly seasonal ATR 72-200 service between July 2 and September 5 Belgrade-Split: 2x weekly seasonal ATR 72-200 service between July 3 and September 27 Jat is reportedly considering launching St. Petersburg as a new destination from Belgrade. It will very likely launch flights from Belgrade via Banja Luka to Vienna next summer in cooperation with the regional government of Republika Srpska.