INSPIRATION IS STILL DRAWN FROM THE COURAGE of the pi- oneers of domestic aviation, who had to face many difficulties back in 1927. It was on 17 th June of that year that Air Transport Company AD Aeroput was founded as the first Yugoslav joint-stock company for civil aviation, only to formally ce- ase operations on 24 th December 1948. It was among the world’s first civilian airlines, representing on- ly the 10 th such company in Euro- pe and the 21 st worldwide. At its pe- ak, Aeroput flew to all four corners of the world. During the company’s heyday, it connected all of Yugo- slavia’s larger cities to Belgrade, as well as some of its smaller ones. Prior to the outbreak of World War II, Aeroput had a modern fleet of 14 planes (with seven Lockheed aircraft forming the spine), opera- ted by a dozen pilots and five ra- dio-telegraphists. Aeroput’s inau- gural and only director was Tadija Sondermejer, thanks to whom the company managed to come to life immediately, despite a very difficult start, and who also piloted the first official flight, together with Capta- in Vladimir Striževski, between Bel- grade and Zagreb. Taking up the mantle was new national airline JAT, but Air Serbia is not far behind its great predece- ssors. The modern company has record-breaking results in the num- ber of transported passengers this year, is constantly expanding its fleet and increasing the number of destinations. It was eight years ago, on 23 rd June 2016, that the Air Serbia pla- ne with the famous name of Niko- la Tesla arrived in New York to a wa- ter cannon salute welcome, while it was also greeted with an electro- nic billboard that read “JFK Airport welcomes Air Serbia”. So, Air Ser- bia restored long-haul transport and to this day remains the on- ly airline from Southeast Europe to offer direct transatlantic flights to the U.S. (Chicago was added to the network a year ago), carrying tens of thousands of satisfied pa- ssengers.
SREĆAN 97. ROĐENDAN / HAPPY 97 TH BIRTHDAY
SLAVNI PRETHODNICI, FANTASTIČNI NASLEDNICI / GLORIOUS PREDECESSORS, FANTASTIC SUCCESSORS Prošao je skoro ceo vek od osnivanja Aeroputa, što Er Srbiju čini osmom najstarijom avio-kompanijom na svetu koja još posluje / Almost a century has passed since Aeroput was established, making Air Serbia the world’s eighth oldest airline that remains operational
INSPIRACIJA JOŠ UVEK DOLA- ZI OD HRABROSTI pionira doma- će avijacije, koji su te davne 1927. go- dine morali da se suoče sa brojnim teškoćama. Društvo za vazdušni sa- obraćaj AD Aeroput bilo je prvo jugo- slovensko akcionarsko preduzeće za civilni vazdušni saobraćaj, osnovano 17. juna te godine, a formalno je pre- stalo sa radom 24. decembra 1948. godine. Bilo je među prvim civilnim avio-prevoznicima, kao 10. kompani- ja u Evropi i 21. u svetu. Aeroput je leteo na sve četi- ri strane sveta, a sa Beogradom su u najbolje doba ove kompanije po- vezani gotovo svi veći jugoslovenski gradovi, pa i neki manji. Pred Dru- gi svetski rat Aeroput je imao mo- dernu flotu od 14 aviona (sa se- dam lokida kao okosnicom) koju je opsluživalo desetak pilota i pet ra- dio-telegrafista. Prvi direktor Aero- puta bio je Tadija Sondermajer, za- hvaljujući kome je kompanija uspela da zaživi, a koji je obavio i prvi zva- nični let s kapetanom Striževskim na relaciji Beograd–Zagreb. Slavu je nastavio da širi JAT, ali za svojim sjajnim prethodnicima ne zaostaje ni Er Srbija, koja i ove godi- ne beleži rekordne rezultate u broju
prevezenih putnika, stalno širi svoju flotu i povećava broj destinacija. Tako je 23. juna pre čak osam godina avion pod slavnim ime- nom „Nikola Tesla“ dočekan na nju- jorškom aerodromu vodenim to- povima u znak dobrodošlice, a pozdravio ga je elektronski bilbord na kojem je pisalo: „JFK aerodrom pozdravlja Er Srbiju“. Kompanija je tako ponovo uspostavila dugolinij- ski saobraćaj i do danas je jedina u jugoistočnoj Evropi koja nudi preko- okeanske letove za SAD (pre godi- nu dana u mrežu je dodat i Čikago), prevozeći desetine hiljada zado- voljnih putnika...
Er Srbija 23. juna obeležava osam godina od prvog leta za Njujork 2016. godine Air Serbia on 23 rd June marks eight years since its first flight to New York in 2016
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