Special livery for Air Serbia’s new A330-200

Air Serbia will soon take delivery of a new A330-200. The aircraft, former Aeroflot and currently registered VP-BLY (973), has been painted at Shannon and will become YU-ARB once delivered. It features a picture of Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla on its tail. We initially thought, however, it was more looking like Freddy Mercury... ????

The A330 will replace Air Serbia's current A330-200 YU-ARA (885), which is due to return to owner Etihad Airways. Earlier this year, both companies announced that their partnership has ended and that the Serbian government bought back the shares owned by Etihad. As a result, Air Serbia is now 82% state-owned. 

Next to the A330-200, the airline operates a fleet of five ATR72s, eleven A319s and one A320.

Photo by Oisín Tierney via Twitter.