Air Serbia
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| IATA code : | JU |
| ICAO code : | ASL |
| Call sign : | AIR SERBIA |
| Founding: | 1927 (as Aeroput) |
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Belgrade , Serbia
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| Home airport : | Belgrade airport |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| Management: | Duncan Naysmith ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 1,900 |
| Sales: | € 305 million (2015) |
| Passenger volume: | 2.9 million (2019) |
| Freight volume: | 6158 t (2017) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | Etihad Guest |
| Fleet size: | 19th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.airserbia.com |
Air Serbia (previously Aeroput , JAT - Jugoslovenski Aerotransport and JAT Airways ) is the largest Serbian airline based in Belgrade and based at Belgrade Airport .
history
Foundation and first years
The airline is the successor was founded on 27 June 1927 Aeroput that after the war initially Jugoslovenske Sovjet transport Aviacija - JUSTA was renamed in 1947 in Yugoslav Airlines ( JAT renamed), and since the 1980s up to the dissolution of Yugoslavia in English as Yugoslav Airlines was designated.
Flight operations began in 1947 with two Junkers Ju 52s and two DC-3s . They served the regional lines Belgrade - Zagreb - Ljubljana and Zagreb - Sarajevo . The first international route ran from Belgrade via Prague to Warsaw .
In the 1960s, the first jet planes were added to the fleet, which made travel more economical. When the Boeing 707 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 were introduced in the 1970s , JAT was also able to fly its first intercontinental routes.
JAT Airways was the first European operator of the Boeing 737-300 with delivery on July 31, 1985 .
In its most successful years, JAT carried more than 5 million passengers.
After UN sanctions came into force on May 20, 1992 , JAT was no longer allowed to operate international flights. Before that, on December 21, 1991 and January 10, 1992, respectively, Germany and Italy had blocked the flights to their countries. Most of the former domestic flights were also suspended. In 1994 international flights could be carried out again.
In 1998 JAT planned to procure eight Airbus A319-100s and signed a corresponding contract in April. As of March 31, 1998, however, there was an embargo against Yugoslavia with Resolution 1160 of the World Security Council. On September 7, 1998, the EU put a take-off and landing ban into force, 10 days later the last flights to Great Britain were suspended. In March 1999 each company was closed again until June. One month before the resumption of flights to Europe, Swissair was the first company to fly to Belgrade again in February 2000.
After 2000, JAT wanted to convert to a Boeing 737 , but was bound by the 1998 contract with Airbus, which insisted on a 20% cancellation fee if JAT wanted to withdraw from the contract. Airbus still had the order in the order books as of November 2013 and had meanwhile also transferred it to the successor company Air Serbia. However, in March 2014, almost 16 years after it was announced, that order was finally canceled.
The last McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 long-haul aircraft was sold in mid-2005 due to high maintenance costs.
Development from 2006
In 2006, according to Serbian media reports, a collaboration with Air India was announced. The goal of this partnership would have resulted in the creation of a new society. Air India also planned to use Belgrade Airport for stopovers on flights to North America. In early August 2007, it was announced that JAT was to be privatized by the summer of 2008 after the airline made a profit for the first time in 2006. Air India, Aeroflot , Air One and Icelandair have expressed interest in a takeover . Also Turkish Airlines has announced interest in buying.
In September 2008 it became known that the airline, which was in debt with € 250 million, was examining the suspension of flight operations, but this was ultimately not implemented. At this time, flight operations were maintained with only nine aircraft in the 15-unit fleet for reasons of cost.
In June 2010 negotiations about the takeover of JAT by Turkish Airlines were very advanced and the airline was to be renamed Air Serbia . As of August 2011, however, these discussions had failed. Then JAT was still looking for a new, urgently needed investor to refinance the heavily indebted company.
JAT planned to lease four Airbus A319-100s in spring 2013 . However, recently some existing aircraft had to be parked for economic reasons and routes canceled, so the A319 was not taken over.
Etihad has been involved since 2013
In June 2013, Etihad Airways announced that it was considering a large investment in JAT. A memorandum of understanding was signed on June 17, 2013 . On August 1, 2013, Etihad Airways announced the takeover of 49 percent of JAT. The remaining 51 percent stayed with the Serbian state. Etihad also took over the management of the Serbian airline for at least five years. Overall, the company received a loan of 80 million US dollars from both shareholders, initially wanted to renew its fleet with two Airbus A319-100 aircraft and revise its route network on October 1, 2013. In addition, the company was renamed Air Serbia on October 27, 2013 ; all Boeing 737-300s were phased out for the 2013/2014 winter flight schedule and replaced by eight more Airbus A319-100s . A completely new corporate design was also presented at the press conference for Etihad's entry .
In August, further details of the restructuring became known, so the announced new routes were to be gradually started from the end of October to December and existing routes were to be converted to operation with the new Airbus A319-100. In September it was also announced that Air Serbia would discontinue its own frequent flyer program and join Etihad's program, Etihad Guest .
In September 2013, the first A319-100 was prepared for handover to Air Serbia in the USA and already given the company's new corporate design. The first Air Serbia A319 arrived in Belgrade on October 19, 2013.
On October 26, 2013, the former JAT Airways, now Air Serbia, operated its first flight. This led from Belgrade to Abu Dhabi .
Destinations
Air Serbia serves 33 European destinations from its base at Belgrade Airport, including Frankfurt , Berlin-Tegel , Stuttgart , Düsseldorf , Hamburg , Vienna and Zurich in German-speaking countries . From the newly established base at Niš Airport in summer 2019 , Air Serbia will serve 12 European destinations, including Friedrichshafen , Hahn , Hanover , Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden and Nuremberg in Germany .
In addition, there are several codeshare agreements , including with Air China on the Belgrade-Vienna and Beijing-Vienna routes.
Five new goals have been announced for summer 2016. After a break of 24 years, New York has been served five times a week since June 23, 2016 . An Airbus A330-200 , which was added to the fleet in May 2016, is used on the route .
fleet
Current fleet
As of August 2020, the Air Serbia fleet consists of 19 aircraft with an average age of 21.4 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats ( Business / Economy ) |
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| Airbus A319-100 | 9 | 144 (- / 144) | ||
| Airbus A320-200 | 1 | one inactive | 174 (- / 174) | |
| Airbus A330-200 | 1 | YU-ARA in Serbia Creates - special livery | 254 (18/236) | |
| ATR 72-200 | 3 | 66 (- / 66) | ||
| ATR 72-500 | 2 | 70 (- / 70) | ||
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | operated for Aviolet ; | 134 (- / 134) | |
| total | 19th | - | ||
Previously deployed aircraft
JAT previously operated the following types of aircraft:
Incidents
At Aeroput, JUSTA, JAT and Air Serbia there were 17 total aircraft losses by June 2018. 142 people were killed in 9 of them. Extracts:
- On June 8, 1951, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-5-DK of Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) ( aircraft registration YU-ABE ) made an emergency landing on a flight from Frankfurt to Munich near Wittelsbach due to a fire in flight. The machine was destroyed, but all 19 occupants survived.
- On June 29, 1951, an Amiot AAC.1 (Ju 52) of JAT (YU-ACE) crashed near Rijeka , Croatia , killing all three crew members and eleven passengers.
- On October 22, 1951, a Douglas DC-3 / C-47A-20-DK of the JAT (YU-ACC) had an accident on the flight from Belgrade near the destination airport Skopje , Yugoslavia . Twelve people were killed in the accident.
- On October 10, 1955, a JAT Airways (YU-ADC) Convair CV-340 collided with the site in thick fog while approaching Vienna Airport , killing seven of the 29 occupants (see also the 1955 flight accident on Leopoldsberg ) .
- On January 8, 1968, the pilots of a Douglas DC-3 / C-47B-35-DK of Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) (YU-ABK) on a cargo flight from Munich to Zagreb due to an engine failure and fire in flight near St. Florian (Linz-Land) ( Austria ) made an emergency landing on a snow-covered field. A good 10 kilometers were missing for a successful emergency landing at Linz Airport . The machine was damaged beyond repair, but all four crew members survived unharmed.
- On January 26, 1972, a Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft of the Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT) (YU-AHT) exploded over the village of Srbská Kamenice in what is now the Czech Republic. The plane was supposed to fly from Stockholm via Copenhagen to Zagreb and Belgrade. Of the 28 occupants, all but the stewardess Vesna Vulović were killed (see also Jugoslovenski aerotransport flight 367 ) .
Trivia
- Each Airbus A319 was named after the tennis player Novak Đoković , the football player Dejan Stanković , the actor Miki Manojlović and the musician Goran Bregović .
- An Airbus A320 was named after the basketball player Vlade Divac. (English) ( Memento from November 29, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) - Vlade Divac
- An Airbus A330 was named after the scientist Nikola Tesla. (English) ( Memento from September 13, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) - Nikola Tesla
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ sales (English)
- ↑ a b Air Serbia posts strong operational results , accessed January 30, 2020
- ↑ Accident overview , Aviation Safety Network , accessed on August 3, 2018.
- ↑ Swissaviation Archive ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ airbus.com - Orders & deliveries (English) accessed on November 21, 2013
- ↑ ch-aviation.com - Tigerair Mandala, Air Serbia cancel A320, A319 orders (English) March 11, 2014
- ^ The press: Aviation: Serbia's JAT airline before the sale August 2, 2007
- ↑ airliners.de: Turkish Airlines wants to buy LOT and JAT ( Memento of the original from May 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. May 17, 2010
- ↑ n-tv.de - Serbia's JAT before the end ( memento of October 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) September 17, 2008
- ↑ airliners.de: Turkish Airlines is supposed to swallow Jat Airways ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. July 15, 2010
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - JAT Airways for sale August 3, 2011
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - JAT takes off with the new A319 on January 28, 2013
- ↑ biztravel.fvw.de - Participation in Jat Airways planned June 18, 2013
- ↑ JAT: New start as "Air Serbia" with the help of Etihad in Flug-Revue from August 2, 2013.
- ↑ New name and new look for Serbia's national airline as part of Etihad Airways' investment on Pressebox.de on August 2, 2013.
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - Etihad joined Jat August 1, 2013
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Air Serbia outlines its planned service schedule from late October on August 21, 2013
- ↑ austrianaviation.net - Etihad takes over Jat frequent flyer program September 25, 2013
- ↑ tangosix.rs - EKSKLUZIVNO: Fotografija prvog aviona Air Serbije! (Serbian) September 5, 2013
- ↑ Air Serbia announces codeshare with Air China , accessed June 25, 2016
- ↑ Air Serbia is now able to return long-haul routes , accessed on May 15, 2016
- ↑ From Belgrade to the Big Apple: Air Serbia makes history as first New York service takes off June 23, 2016
- ↑ https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Air-Serbia accessed August 20, 2020
- ↑ Air Serbia - Our Cabin , accessed January 4, 2017
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Zurich Airport 1966 to 2007.
- ^ Ulrich Klee, Frank Bucher et al .: jp airline-fleets international . Sutton, UK, 2008-2013.
- ↑ Accident statistics JUSTA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
- ↑ Accident statistics Jugoslovenski Aerotransport - JAT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 YU-ABE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 4, 2019.
- ^ Accident report Ju 52 YU-ACE , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 15, 2018.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 YU-ACC , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 10, 2019.
- ^ Accident report DC-3 YU-ABK , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on March 4, 2019.
- ^ "Crash of a Douglas C-47B-35-DK in Linz" , Bureau of Accident Archives (English), accessed on March 4, 2019.
- ^ Accident report DC-9-32 YU-AHT , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 3, 2018.
- ^ Aerotelegraph.com , accessed October 31, 2013.
- ↑ Air Serbia named sixth jet. Retrieved March 28, 2017 .
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