Wednesday, June 17, 2015
Today marks 88 years since the formation of Yugoslavia’s first national carrier, the Aeroput Society for Civil Aviation. Aeroput was only the tenth airline to be founded in Europe at the time and the 21st in the world. In 1927, Aeroput became a member of IATA - the International Air Traffic Association. However, its first commercial flight, between Belgrade and Zagreb, operated a year later due to the late arrival of its first aircraft from France. The airline later connected other Yugoslav cities including Skopje, Ljubljana, Podgorica, Sarajevo, Rijeka and Dubrovnik and maintained international services to Austria, Greece, Albania and Czechoslovakia. Following a tumultuous run, the airline suspended all operations on September 1, 1939 due to the outbreak of the Second World War. Aeroput aircraft were passed on to the Royal Air Force and used during the war. The airline was liquidated following the war as most of its fleet was destroyed while enemy forces confiscated 500 tonnes of fuel that Aeroput imported from Romania, as well as spare engines, materials and tools from the company’s warehouse at Belgrade Airport. Aeroput was succeeded by Jugoslovenski Aerotransport - JAT - in 1946, which would later be renamed to Jat Airways and then Air Serbia in 2013.
I really wish JAT had gone back to Aeroput instead of Air Serbia. They have such rich history and should've embraced the name.
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Deletesto im je dobar broj teleforna bio : 32 :D
ReplyDeleteAsk anyone at FRA, LHR and JFK if they know where Aeroput airline is from. Then ask them where Air Serbia is from. Game over.
ReplyDeleteAeroput is an important piece of airline history and should stay there. Air Serbia is instantly recognizable and, if service levels remain high, will be a valuable promoter for Serbia as a brand.
I have to agree with CEO.
DeleteNothing wrong with acknowledging the history of Aeroput but you have to move on with current times.
I think bringing back Aeroput would have been a nice move. They could have painted their Atrs into a special Aeroput livery just like Aegean kept the Olympic brand.
DeleteWell, how about KLM, airBaltic, SAS, Iberia, MEA, Gulf Air, Cathay Pacific, CSA, Tarom, Lufthansa, ANA, Aeroflot, Aer Lingus, Olympic, Virgin Atlantic, LOT....
Even though some of these are acronyms or they are named after a certain geographic region, none of them are directly implying where the airline is actually from (as in from which country). In the end it really does not matter if the airline has its name in the title as it was proven by these airlines.
JU could have done what KLM did and have: Aeroput Serbian Airlines (the last two words could be smaller and stylized).
If there is a will, there is a way.
Air Serbia wanted to sever all ties with the past and they seem to be quite successful at it.
Uz duzno postovanje prema rodonacelniku putnicke avijacije u bivsim drzavama koje su bile izmedju Grcke i Austrije , drugo ime nije ni bilo prihvatljivo prvo za ''trojedini narod'', a zatim za ideoloske diktatore ''bratstva i jedinstva''. Sve se zavrsilo bez bratstva, bez jedinstva, vec tragedijom sa mnogo ubistva. Posle celog galamatijasa ostade Srbija na cedilu. Niko sa njom nije hteo u jednu drzavu. 2006 i Srbiji ostade ime. Za cudo kako ''mudraci'' nisu uspeli ime da joj promene! Eto opstankom Srbije i drzavna, vlada je odlucila da njena nacionalna avio kompanija nosi njeno ime. ER SRBIJA. Pun pogodak za sve ljude koji nemaju oci na potiljku... Velika kampanja je se vodila sa ronjenjem ''krokodilskih suza''. zasto takav naziv, zasto takve boje, insignia''... Oni koji nevole naziv Air Serbia, mogu da zive sa svojom frustracijom... ✈ER SRBIJA✈ je sa onima koji lete sa njom. Ona ostaje to sto jeste sve dok se drzava Srbija naziva SRBIJA. Ime Aero put bi trebalo da nose
ReplyDeleteobjekti u infra strukturi civilne aviacije. Kao i ime prvog coveka kompanije Tadija Sondenmajer. Naziv prilaznog puta aerodromima Nikola Tesla, ili aerodromu Kraljevacke Morave. Mogao bi se dati takav naziv I nekom od putnickih terminal u zemlji Srbiji... Aero put jeste uzor privatne inicijative . A Er Srbija jeste uzor i vizija buduce prvatne avio kompanije Srbije. ✈Rodney & Son✈, .Sydney✈✈✈Kraljevo.
Molim da mi se prevede Air Serbia na srpski. Hvala.
ReplyDeleteНебеска Србија... duuuh
DeleteDragi moj Anon at 8:13 AM,
DeleteMoj prevod Air Serbia jeste, ''Avio linije Srbije''. Tako bih Vam preveo I Air Balric, Malta,America,,Canada, New Guini, Mauricius... mnogo, mnogo jos. Vas bih molio da ne branite Srpski od mene. Nemate potrebe, ukoliko niste zalutali o razgovorima o putnickoj aviaciji. Vi ste dobronamerno ljudsko bice. Eto da se i ja potrrudim, Svako Vam dobro u predsposstavljam u letnjoj Srbiji. Sa zimovanja u lepom Sidneju. ✈Radovan Sin & Co✈. Wenworthwille. NSW.
Ne želim da branim srpski od Vas, ali Vas prevod nije tačan. I ja bih mogao nekako da prevedem, pa da ispadne rogobatno, kao što ga je preveo jedan "Nebeska Srbija"...
DeleteI ja vama želim sve najbolje u zimskoj Australiji, i da sledeće godine dolazite sa "Er Srbijom" u Srbiju, ali i dalje nisam dobio adekvatan prevod.
Postovani Anon at: 7:23. Ako nije Vas zadovoljio moj odgovor, jer nije egzatan ili tacan, nemogu pomoci. Odratite se institutu za jezike Beogradskog univerziteta. Mozda vam moze neko biti u pomoci u Otadzbini Srbiji. Ostajem u nadi dace Vam neko pomoci?. Sidnej je malo dalje. Ipak uspevam da zivim na dva kontinenta u toku godine, od kada sam u penziji. Pa tako neka i ostane, dok budem sposoban leteti. Bar jos 15 godina.Nepoznati su putevi GOSPODNJI. Kao i ljudskih bica. Jesen me ceka u mojoj Otadzbini Srbiji. Kada Vaskrs dodje, vracambse u moju Domovinu Australiju. Avio kompaniju Srbije neizmerno volim. Dali se zvala Er Srbija, Srbija Ervejs, bilo kako, meni bar uvek podjednako je draga. Drugi ljudi, druge cudu. Vise od toga nisam dospeo. i Moj odnos prema aerodromima Srbije su na istom nivou. Tkodj su deo mene u zadnjih gotovo pedeset godina. Dali je Er Srbija, ili Er India, who care! Nisam im kumovao. Ponovo, pozdrav iz Sidneja. ✈Rodney✈.
DeleteJes' al ne liči...
ReplyDeleteDa ste vi Anon veseli. A ti sto lice ili ne lice... Postarajte se da se rasteretite. Ako vam je stalo. Uzivajte nepoznati. Priatno leto i letovi ako negde letite. Bilo sa kim...✈ sa postovanjem Rodney✈Sydney.
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