Aeroput
Aeroput (Serbian Cyrillic: Aeропут, English translation: "Airway") was a Yugoslav airline, and flag carrier of Yugoslavia from 1927 until April 1941.
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]
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.