History
The roots of the airline can be traced back to 1924, when the Bata Shoe Company began building an in-house airline for its corporate travel, operating small aircraft or gyrocopters like the Cierva C.30. Following the establishment of communism in Czechoslovakia in 1948, Bata Shoes was nationalised and the airline was re-organized as Svitlet.
In 1950, ČSA was established as the state airline of Czechoslovakia and Svitlet was transformed into a ČSA department, operating as Agrolet. In 1955, Agrolet once more became an independent entity as a utility airline, principally for agricultural flights. It operated out of Prague Ruzyně Airport, using the following aircraft types:
On 1 January 1969, Agrolet was renamed Slov-Air and moved its headquarters to Bratislava, catering to demand in the Slovak half of the country. Starting in 1972, the helicopter fleet was modernised with the acquisition of Mil Mi-8s.
Following the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, plans were made to make Slov-Air the flag carrier of Slovakia. The plans were dropped when Slovak Airlines, an all-new state airline, was created in 1995. [3] Slov-Air was dismantled over the following years and split into several companies providing agricultural, medical, military and passenger services, most notably Aero Slovakia. But Slov-Air's airline license was only officially revoked in 2001. [4]
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This is a list of aviation-related events from 1968:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1970:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1972. This particular year remains the deadliest year in commercial aviation history since 1942; 2,313 people were killed in aviation accidents.
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1976:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1977, This is the year of the deadliest air disaster in history, the Tenerife airport disaster. Here are the aviation events of 1977:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1978:
This is a list of aviation-related events from 1979:
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