Slov-Air

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Slov-Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
OI [1] OIR [2]
Founded1924 (as a department of Bata Shoes)
Ceased operations2001 (inactive for some years earlier)
Operating bases Prague Ruzyně Airport
Bratislava Airport
Headquarters Prague
Bratislava (from 1969)

Slov-Air (also styled Slov Air or Slovair) was an airline from Czechoslovakia (Slovakia following the country's dissolution), which provided services for agriculture, civil engineering, helicopter emergency medical service and industry.

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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]

Accidents and incidents

Notes

  1. "Aviation Safety Network Aviation Safety Database: Slov-Air". Aviation Safety Network . Flight Safety Foundation . Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. "Slov Air Fleet Details and History". Planespotters. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  3. "FS ČSFR 1990-1992, tisk 83" . Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. List of defunct airlines at airlinehistory.co.uk Archived 2011-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 2 OK-KHD Drahomysl". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  6. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410A OK-ADN Weiden Airfield". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  7. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410A OK-ADN Latsch". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  8. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 2R OK-KIM Znojmo". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  9. "ASN Aircraft accident Antonov 2R OK-JIK Smedava". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  10. "ASN Incident Mil MI-2 OK-GIT, 26 Aug 1985". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  11. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E OK-PDI Zilina Airport (ILZ)". Aviation Safety Network. Flight Safety Foundation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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