Aeroput was the national airline of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

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, which was founded on 17 June 1927 in the palace of the Adriatic and the Danube bank in Belgrade

Belgrade

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 as Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput

The airline ceased to exist during World War II

World War II

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, but was renewed after the war under the new name Jugoslovenski Aero Transport (Yugoslav Airlines - JAT) and still flies today under the name Jat Airways

Jat Airways

Jat Airways is the national airline of Serbia and the former national airline of Yugoslavia, and has its head office in the Jat Airways Business Center in Belgrade. It was established in 1927 as Aeroput, making it currently one of the world's oldest airlines still in operation...

 (now being the national air carrier of Serbia

Serbia

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).

History

Aeroput did not go bankrupt. With the German invasion and the capitulation of the country in 1941, the airline was forced out of operation. 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

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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 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

Serbia and Montenegro

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 and in 2006 the flag carrier of Serbia

Serbia

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.

Fleet

Over the airline's history the fleet included:

• 8 Lockheed Model 10A Electra
  Lockheed Model 10 Electra
  The Lockheed Model 10 Electra was a twin-engine, all-metal monoplane airliner developed by the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation in the 1930s to compete with the Boeing 247 and Douglas DC-2...
  
  
• 6 Potez 29/2
  Potez 29
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• 3 Spartan Cruiser II
  Spartan Cruiser
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   - In 1935 one Cruiser II (reg. as YU-SAP) was built under Spartan's licence for Aeroput by Zmaj aircraft company in Zemun
  Zemun
  Zemun is a historical town and one of the 17 municipalities which constitute the City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia...
  
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• 2 Caudron C.449 Goéland
• 1 Caudron C.441 Goéland
• 1 Farman F.306
  Farman F.300
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• 1 Farman F.190
  Farman F.190
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• 1 de Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth
  De Havilland Puss Moth
  |-See also:-References:* Jackson, A.J. British Civil Aircraft since 1919 . London, Putnam, 1974. ISBN 0-370-10010-7-External links:*...
  
  
• 1 de Havilland DH.60M Moth
  De Havilland Moth
  The de Havilland Moths were a series of light aircraft, sports planes and military trainers designed by Geoffrey de Havilland. In the late 1920s and 1930s they were the most common civil aircraft flying in Britain and during that time every light aircraft flying in the UK was commonly referred to...
  
  
• 1 de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth
  De Havilland Fox Moth
  |-References:NotesBibliography* Hotson, Fred W. The de Havilland Canada Story. Toronto: CANAV Books, 1983. ISBN 0-07-549483-3.* Jackson, A. J. British Civil Aircraft 1919-1972: Volume II. London: Putnam , 1988. ISBN 0-85177-813-5....
  
  
• 1 de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide
  De Havilland Dragon Rapide
  The de Havilland DH.89 Dragon Rapide was a British short-haul passenger airliner of the 1930s.-Design and development:Designed by the de Havilland company in late 1933 as a faster and more comfortable successor to the DH.84 Dragon, it was in effect a twin-engined, scaled-down version of the...
  
  
• 1 Aeroput MMS-3 (reg. as YU-SAR) - The first passenger aircraft made in Serbia in 1934 year under Aeroput's brand name.

In 1938, its flying personnel numbered 17: 6 pilots, 5 copilots and 6 wireless operators.

Exhibits from this period can be found in the Museum of Aviation in Belgrade (with a collection of over 200 planes, gliders and helicopters).

External links

• Drustvo za Vazdusni Saobracaj A D – Aeroput (1927-1948)
• Aeroput timetable
• Civil Aircraft Register - Yugoslavia
• The history of JAT
• Jat Airways