Our national airline began its life on 17th June 1927 as the first Yugoslav joint stock company for civil and air traffic, AD Aeroput. It was the tenth airline to be established in Europe and the 21st in the world. The company’s first commercial route was Belgrade – Zagreb.
Following the resumption of air traffic after the Second World War, on 1st April 1947, Yugoslav Air Transport (JAT) was created in the newly formed Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia, which then changed its name to Jat Airways in 2003.
A new chapter in the history of the national airline began in 2013 when the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the national flag carriers of the United Arab Emirates and the Republic of Serbia, Etihad Airways and Jat Airways, signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement. In the last four years of the strategic partnership with Etihad Airways, the national airline of the Republic of Serbia, Air Serbia, has recorded many important achievements, including re-launching flights to New York after 24 years, the introduction of a wide-body Airbus A330 aircraft to the fleet, the upgrade of its IT systems to Sabre - the most innovative platform for sales, check-in and boarding, the introduction of in-flight wireless internet through Wi-Fly, as well as the Elevate Play wireless streaming entertainment service.
Air Transport World (ATW), the leading media brand serving the information needs of the global airline and commercial air transport communities, named Air Serbia the 2017 Airline Market Leader. From its hub at Belgrade’s Nikola Tesla Airport, Air Serbia flies to a total of 42 destinations in Europe, the Mediterranean, Middle East and North America. Air Serbia also offers connections to destinations as far-off as Asia, Australia, North America and Africa in cooperation with its code share partners including Etihad Airways, its strategic partner which has a 49% ownership share. Today, the fleet of this airline consists of one wide-body, 14 narrow-body and six turboprop aircraft.
