Prince Aviation

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Prince Aviation
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IATA ICAO Callsign
PNCPRINCE
Founded1990 (as Prince Air)
Hubs Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
Fleet size11
Headquarters Belgrade, Serbia
Key peopleÐorđe Jovanović (President)
Slobodan Stričević (CEO)
Website www.princeaviation.com

Prince Aviation is a private charter operator and air taxi in Serbia. It was founded in 1990, and its hub is the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade. It is best known as the firstVIP airline in the Balkans. Besides operating air taxi services, the company has a well-renowned flight school and a Part 145 maintenance center, primarily servicing its own aircraft.

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History

Prince Aviation was founded in 1989 as Prince Air. It is the oldest private airline in Serbia. It made its first commercial flight in 1991. On New Year's Eve of 1993, Prince Air made its first flight from Belgrade Nikola Tesla International Airport using its first airplane, a Cessna 421.[ citation needed ]

Destinations

Prince Aviation can fly to any destination within Europe, and select destinations in Northern Africa and Asia upon request.

Fleet

Air Taxi
Prince Aviation Cessna 560 Citation XLS on display at Batajnica Air Base in 2012 Cessna 560XL Citation XLS YU-SPB, Prince aviation, september 02, 2012.jpg
Prince Aviation Cessna 560 Citation XLS on display at Batajnica Air Base in 2012
AircraftIn service [1] OrdersNotes
Cessna 560XL Citation XLS 40
Dassault Falcon 2000LXS 10 [2]
50
Flight Academy
AircraftIn serviceOrdersNotes
Cessna 172N/R 40
Piper PA-44 Seminole 10 [3]
50
Former fleet

Incidents and accidents

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References

  1. https://www.princeaviation.com/air-transport/aircraft-we-fly/
  2. "[EKSKLUZIVNO] Air Serbia A330 neće biti jedini novi long range avion danas u Beogradu". 11 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  3. "First G1000 Piper Seminole delivered to Prince aviation". piper.com. 23 April 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  4. "Prince aviation penzionisao svoju najstariju Cessnu Citation" (in Serbian). TangoSix.rs. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  5. "Sažetak završnog izvješća o nesreći vazduhoplova Cessna Citation Bravo C550B" (PDF) (in Croatian). Agencija za istraživanje nesreća u zračnom, pomorskom i željezničkom prometu. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2014.