List of airlines of Yugoslavia

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This is a list of airlines that were active in Yugoslavia. [1]

Yugoslavia was a country that existed between 1918 and 1992 (this article excludes data of the FR Yugoslavia that existed between 1992 and 2003 when it was renamed to Serbia and Montenegro). Created at the end of First World War in 1918 when Kingdom of Serbia absorbed South-Slav inhabited territories of Austro-Hungary, Yugoslavia existed as a monarchy until the start of Second World War, which for Yugoslavia was in 1941. In 1927 the first airline was created, Aeroput, which became the flag carrier and the 10th airline company founded in Europe and the 21st in the world. It operated all domestic and international flights to Central and South-Eastern Europe.

In 1945, at the end of Second World War, the monarchy was abolished and a communist regime came to power. In 1948, after Tito-Stalin split, Yugoslavia exited Eastern bloc, and, initiated a policy of world neutrality which later materialised in Yugoslavia becoming one of the founders and a leading force of the Non-Aligned Movement. [2] This made Yugoslavia to be open and have access to both, Western and Eastern markets. Yugoslav companies operated both and also domestic-built aircraft, and were for decades the only ones from communist countries to operate Western-built aircraft. In 1947, Aeroput was reactivated and renamed to JAT Yugoslav Airlines becoming the flag carrier. Until early 1990s, JAT operated destinations to Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and North America. In the 1970s more companies were created, mostly for charter flights, namely Belgrade-based Aviogenex, Ljubljana-based Adria Airways (known until 1988 as Inex-Adria), and Zagreb-based Pan Adria (renamed in 1978 to Trans Adria).

The late 1980s and early 1990s saw a boom of creation of regional companies, some of them later becoming the flag carriers of the newly formed countries after the dissolution of Yugoslavia in 1992. However, the entire airline industry, which was well developed and in continuous expansion, suffered a huge setback in the 1990s with the Yugoslav Wars and UN imposed sanctions.


AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations		Ceased
operations		Notes
Aeroput Avion aeroput mms-3.jpg 19271948Absorbed by JAT Yugoslav Airlines
Air Commerce Boeing 727-2H9-Adv, Air Commerce (JAT - Yugoslav Airlines) AN0200672.jpg 1991Ceased operations by late 1990s
Air Yugoslavia JRYRGYugair19692005Charter
Aviogenex Aviogenex Boeing 727-243; YU-AKM@ZRH;08.04.1995 (6470865867).jpg JJAGXGENEX19682015
Inex-Adria Adria Airways Caravelle Manteufel.jpg JPADRADRIA19612019Became Adria Airways, the flag carrier of Slovenia. Ceased operations on 30 September, 2019
JAT Yugoslav Airlines JAT DC-10-30 (6068614970).jpg JUJATJAT19472003Yugoslav flag carrier. Rebranded as Jat Airways, became Air Serbia in 2014, flag carrier of Serbia
JUSTA JUSTA19461949Yugoslav/Soviet company [3]
Pan Adria Airways 19711982Renamed in 1978 to Trans Adria [4] absorbed by JAT [3]
Zagal Croatia Airlines MD-82; YU-ANO, June 1991 DTV (5164294148).jpg OUCTNCROATIA1989presentRenamed Croatia Airlines in 1992, becoming the Croatian flag carrier

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References

  1. ↑ Operators - Yugoslavia at rzjets.net
  2. ↑ "World Airlines Directory". Flight International . 28 May 1988. p. 33.
  3. 1 2 Yugoslavia at airlinehistory.co.uk
  4. ↑ Trans Adria at rzjets.net
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