Aeroput (
Serbian Cyrillic: Aeропут) was the national airline of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia. The airline changed its name after
World War II to
Jugoslovenski Aero Transport (Yugoslav Aero Transport - JAT) and still flies today under the name
Jat Airways (now being the national air carrier of the
Republic of Serbia).
End of Aeroput
Unlike other airlines, Aeroput did not go bankrupt.
World War II interrupted the impressive development of the company and of the newest transport sector. Exhibits from this period can be found in the in the
Museum of Aviation in Belgrade (with a collection of over 200 planes, gliders and helicopters). Thanks to the enormous efforts made by pre-war Aeroput flight staff and technicians, the company begun flying again on
April 1,
1947 under its new name "Jugoslovenski Aero Transport" (JAT). Jugoslovenski Aero Transport became the national air carrier of the
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and later
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia as JAT Yugoslav Airlines. The airline changed its name to
Jat Airways in
2003 and it became the flag carrier of
Serbia and Montenegro and in
2006 the flag carrier of the
Republic of Serbia.
Fleet
The airline had a fleet of the following aircraft:
See also
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