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Jat Airways (IATA designator JU) is the national carrier of Serbia and Montenegro, former national carrier of Yugoslavia, and ranks as the sixteenth oldest airline in Europe.
It was founded on 17 June 1927 as Aeroput, the name changed on 1 April 1947 to Jugoslovenski Aerotransport (JAT), then to JAT Yugoslav Airlines and finally to Jat Airways in January of 2003.
JAT Yugoslav Airlines logo 1994-2003 After World War II Jat resumed its network with DC-3 and JU-52 aircraft. Later DC-6 for long haul and CV-330/440 for short haul routes were bought.
In 1963, the first Caravelle jet aircraft joined the Jat's fleet. In 1969 the first DC-9 (out of 16) and in 1974 the first two Boeing 727-200's arrived (out of 9).
Long-haul routes to America, Australia and Far East were serviced by Boeing 707s, which were introduced in 1970. In 1978 a widebody Douglas DC-10 was purchased to succeed the Boeing 707s on the longer haul routes although the 707s stayed in service into the 1980s on ad-hoc charters and as scheduled-flight replacement aircraft.
In 1985 Jat was the first European airline to purchase Boeing 737-300s. They where famous by its new silver livery.
During those "golden years" the company carried 5 million passengers annually and served 80 destinations on five continents (19 domestic, 45 medium haul and 16 long haul routes). This record still remains unbeaten in Eastern Europe today (with exception of Aeroflot).
But in 1992 Yugoslavia broke up and Jat stopped all international services because UN sanctions. During that time Jat served only domestic lines between Belgrade, Podgorica, Tivat, Nis and Pristina. Finally in 1994 Jat resumed its international services and aircraft had been repainted in a new livery.
In 1998 Jat ordered 8 Airbus A319s. The original delivery date was in June 2000 but it has been postponed indefinitely. Today, Jat is searching the way to cancel that order and to purchase Boeing 737NG aircraft instead.
The company have plans to restart long haul operations to North America (New York, Toronto, Chicago) in June 2005 with two Boeing 767 aircraft it plans to lease. They also have plans to replace aircraft for domestic destinations with Embraer 170s or CRJ-700s.
Scheduled destinations: Domestic: Belgrade, Podgorica, Tivat, Nis; International: Amsterdam, Athens, Banja Luka, Basel, Beirut, Berlin, Brussels, Cairo, Copenhagen, Damascus, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Istanbul, Larnaka, Ljubljana, London, Malta, Milan, Monastir, Moscow, Munich, Ohrid, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Thessaloniki, Tirana, Trieste, Tripoli, Tunis, Vienna and Zürich.
JAT Boeing 737-300, in old colours The fleet: - 4 ATR-72 (YU-ALN, YU-ALO, YU-ALP, YU-ALR)
- 5 DC-9-30 (YU-AJI, YU-AJJ, YU-AJK, YU-AJL, YU-AJM)
- 10 Boeing 737-300 (YU-AND, YU-ANF, YU-ANH, YU-ANI, YU-ANJ, YU-ANK, YU-ANL, YU-ANV, YU-ANW, YU-AON)
- 3 Boeing 737-400 (YU-AOO, YU-AOR, YU-AOS)
- 2 Boeing 727-200 (YU-AKI, YU-AKK)
- 1 DC-10 (YU-AMB)
See also
External links - Official Jat Airways webpage (http://www.jat.co.yu)
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