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[[File:Aeroput plne.jpg|thumb|right|Six Aeroput [[Potez 29|Potez 29/2]] biplanes at the old [[Airport City Belgrade#Location|Belgrade-Dojno polje Airport]], 1929]] |
[[File:Aeroput plne.jpg|thumb|right|Six Aeroput [[Potez 29|Potez 29/2]] biplanes at the old [[Airport City Belgrade#Location|Belgrade-Dojno polje Airport]], 1929]] |
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'''Aeroput''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Aeропут, English translation: "Airway") was a [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] airline, and [[flag carrier]] of [[Yugoslavia]] from 1927 until |
'''Aeroput''' ([[Serbian Cyrillic]]: Aeропут, English translation: "Airway") was a [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia|Yugoslav]] airline, and [[flag carrier]] of [[Yugoslavia]] from 1927 until 1948. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The airline was founded on 17 June 1927 as Društvo za Vazdušni Saobraćaj "Aeroput" (''Society for Air Transport "Aeroput"'').<ref name="aeroput">{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanairlines.no/drustvo-za-vazdusni-saobracaj-a-d-aeroput-1927-1948/|title=Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927-1948)|publisher=EuropeanAirlines|date=17 June 2010}}</ref> Aeroput suspended all services after the [[April War]] at beginning of the [[World War II]] in Yugislavia in April 1941. After occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the airline effectively ceased to exist, and its aircraft seized by the [[Axis powers]].<ref name="aeroput"/> After the war, a new airline was established in 1947 as [[Jat Airways|JAT Yugoslav Airlines]], continuing the tradition of Aeroput as the beginning of civil aviation in Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jatlondon.com/about/history/history.htm|title=The History of JAT: From Aeroput to JAT Airways}}</ref> JAT was established with the assistant of the Yugoslav transport regiment and former Aeroput pilots and aircraft mechanics.<ref name=history">{{cite web|url=http://www.jat.com/active/en/home/main_menu/about_us/history.html|title=Jat Airways - History|publisher=www.jat.com|accessdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> |
The airline was founded on 17 June 1927 as Društvo za Vazdušni Saobraćaj "Aeroput" (''Society for Air Transport "Aeroput"'').<ref name="aeroput">{{cite web|url=http://www.europeanairlines.no/drustvo-za-vazdusni-saobracaj-a-d-aeroput-1927-1948/|title=Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927-1948)|publisher=EuropeanAirlines|date=17 June 2010}}</ref> Aeroput suspended all services after the [[April War]] at beginning of the [[World War II]] in Yugislavia in April 1941. After occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the airline effectively ceased to exist, and its aircraft seized by the [[Axis powers]].<ref name="aeroput"/> After the war, a new airline was established in 1947 as [[Jat Airways|JAT Yugoslav Airlines]], continuing the tradition of Aeroput as the beginning of civil aviation in Yugoslavia.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jatlondon.com/about/history/history.htm|title=The History of JAT: From Aeroput to JAT Airways}}</ref> JAT was established with the assistant of the Yugoslav transport regiment and former Aeroput pilots and aircraft mechanics.<ref name=history">{{cite web|url=http://www.jat.com/active/en/home/main_menu/about_us/history.html|title=Jat Airways - History|publisher=www.jat.com|accessdate=8 August 2013}}</ref> |
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==World War II and after the war prohibition== |
===World War II and after the war prohibition=== |
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The bombing in 1941 was destroyed almost the entire property of the company. Due to the outbreak of war never come ordered and paid load of 500 tons of fuel. Aeroput submitted to the competent court for punitive damages on 31 October 1941. In 1942 year commissar administration has banned Aeroput to work. German authorities nationalized the property of the Aeroput in Knez Mihailova Street 32, where they moved their national airline D.H.N - [[Lufthansa]]. |
The bombing in 1941 was destroyed almost the entire property of the company. Due to the outbreak of war never come ordered and paid load of 500 tons of fuel. Aeroput submitted to the competent court for punitive damages on 31 October 1941. In 1942 year commissar administration has banned Aeroput to work. German authorities nationalized the property of the Aeroput in Knez Mihailova Street 32, where they moved their national airline D.H.N - [[Lufthansa]]. |
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Revision as of 22:11, 22 August 2013
Aeroput (Serbian Cyrillic: Aeропут, English translation: "Airway") was a Yugoslav airline, and flag carrier of Yugoslavia from 1927 until 1948.
History
The airline was founded on 17 June 1927 as Društvo za Vazdušni Saobraćaj "Aeroput" (Society for Air Transport "Aeroput").[1] Aeroput suspended all services after the April War at beginning of the World War II in Yugislavia in April 1941. After occupation of Yugoslavia in April 1941, the airline effectively ceased to exist, and its aircraft seized by the Axis powers.[1] After the war, a new airline was established in 1947 as JAT Yugoslav Airlines, continuing the tradition of Aeroput as the beginning of civil aviation in Yugoslavia.[2] JAT was established with the assistant of the Yugoslav transport regiment and former Aeroput pilots and aircraft mechanics.[3]
World War II and after the war prohibition
The bombing in 1941 was destroyed almost the entire property of the company. Due to the outbreak of war never come ordered and paid load of 500 tons of fuel. Aeroput submitted to the competent court for punitive damages on 31 October 1941. In 1942 year commissar administration has banned Aeroput to work. German authorities nationalized the property of the Aeroput in Knez Mihailova Street 32, where they moved their national airline D.H.N - Lufthansa.
After the war the Aeroput renewed work on 2 July 1945, when the general meeting of shareholders elected the first post-war management of the company. Meeting was attended by delegates of the new government of DFJ, and with the participation of then the Head of State Ivan Ribar, who was a pre-war shareholder and board member. The work permit was a farce, since April 1947 was created JAT who only started to perform air traffic. Communist government adopted a decree prohibiting private joint-stock companies, pursuant solution on 24 December 1948 the Aeroput was liquidated.
Fleet
Over the airline's history the fleet included:
- 8 Lockheed Model 10A Electra
- 6 Potez 29/2
- 3 Spartan Cruiser II - In 1935 one Cruiser II (reg. as YU-SAP) was built under Spartan's licence for Aeroput by Zmaj aircraft company in Zemun.
- 2 Caudron C.449 Goéland
- 1 Caudron C.441 Goéland
- 1 Farman F.306
- 1 Farman F.190
- 1 de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth
- 1 de Havilland DH.60M Moth
- 1 de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
- 1 de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
- 1 Aeroput MMS-3 (reg. as YU-SAR) - The first passenger aircraft made in Serbia in 1935 year under Aeroput's brand name.
In 1938, its flying personnel numbered 17: 6 pilots, 5 copilots and 6 wireless operators.[4]
Exhibits from this period can be found in the Aeronautical Museum-Belgrade (with a collection of over 200 planes, gliders and helicopters).
See also
References
- ^ a b "Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927-1948)". EuropeanAirlines. 17 June 2010.
- ^ "The History of JAT: From Aeroput to JAT Airways".
- ^ "Jat Airways - History". www.jat.com. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ "Yugoslavia and Aviation". FlightGlobal. Retrieved 27 September 2011.