2011 in review

The year that was … 2011
Historic passenger and traffic growth, a new airport, bankruptcies, government bailouts, failed privatisation and a bag of corporate corruption insured 2011 to be one of the more eventful years in commercial aviation in the former Yugoslavia. Read below for the most important Source : EXYU aviation news : http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com of 2011 by month.

~ JANUARY ~

New CEO for Adria Airways chosen in face of financial trouble
New terminal plans revealed for Priština Airport
Tunisia flights suspended due to revolution

~ FEBRUARY ~

Skywings International based in Skopje declares bankruptcy
Wizz Air announces flights to Skopje
Construction of Kraljevo’s Morava Airport begins
B&H Airlines and Jat Airways begin evacuation flights from Tripoli
Montenegro Airlines suspends Priština and Skopje due to unpaid debt

~ MARCH ~

Tender for the construction of Zagreb’s new terminal begins
Jat announces return to Spain after fourteen years
Adria Airways expands Priština base operations
Flights to Tripoli suspended as no fly zone introduced
Iran Air begins refuelling stops at Belgrade Airport
Wizz Air opens Belgrade base

~ APRIL ~

Banja Luka Airport faces closure
Montenegrin government bails out national carrier
Overhaul of Ohrid Airport completed
Chicago - Zagreb - Belgrade flights announced for summer months
Air Arabia launches Tuzla flights

~ MAY ~

Croatia Airlines turns twenty
Ten companies in Zagreb terminal bid
Montenegro Airlines orders new jet
B&H Airlines suspends Vienna and Frankfurt flights
Eagle flies into Montenegro Airlines Fokker nose cone

~ JUNE ~

Adria celebrates fifty years
Adria requests 50 million Euro bailout
Jat Airways resumes Dubrovnik service after two decades
Chicago - Zagreb - Belgrade flights cancelled hours before inauguration
Croatia Airlines launches Belgrade service

~ JULY ~

Mat Airways ceases operations
Record year for Croatia Airlines
Construction begins on new Priština Airport terminal
B&H suspends Stockholm and Gothenburg

~ AUGUST ~

The tender to find a partner for Serbia’s “new Jat” begins
Flydubai announces Belgrade flights

~ SEPTEMBER ~

A new era for Skopje Airport as new terminal opens
Adria announces network suspensions
B&H Airlines launches Pescara flights
airBaltic expresses interest for the “new Jat”
Croatia Airlines and Adria join forces
Adria saved from bankruptcy

~ OCTOBER ~

First flight to Kraljevo Airport
New Maribor based airline Golden Air launches flights
Source : EXYU aviation news : http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com reveals party politics at Jat Airways
Golden Air grounded
Dubrovnik Airline grounded
Baltic Aviation System buys Jat tender documents

~ NOVEMBER ~

Family rules at Montenegro’s airports
Qatar Airways announces Zagreb flights in 2012
Jat Airways announces Croatia expansion in 2012
Qatar Airways announces Belgrade flights in 2012
US blocks Adria jet sale to Iran

~ DECEMBER ~

Baltic Aviation System looses Jat interest
Single offer for Zagreb’s new terminal
Record year for Tivat Airport
Belgrade Airport tops three million passengers
Belgrade Airport expansion begins

With 370.000 visits in 2011 and 365 news items, thank you for visiting, reading, contributing and interacting with Source : EXYU aviation news : http://exyuaviation.blogspot.com.
See you in 2012!

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