44 Facts About Adria Airways

Adria Airways carried out its first flight with a domestic crew in December 1961.

Adria Airways carried out a considerable number of flights for the United Nations.

Adria Airways fell into a serious crisis in 1967, which ended with a bankruptcy procedure at 1968.

In December 1968, Adria merged with the Serbian company InterExport based in Belgrade and changed its name from Adria Aviopromet to Inex-Adria Aviopromet.

In May 1981 Adria Airways purchased three new McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft.

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In 1982, Adria Airways got a new leadership which focused on the education of the flight crews, technical staff and other professional personnel as well as on ensuring safety.

Prospects for the development of air traffic were very good, so in 1984, Adria Airways signed a contract for the purchase of 5 Airbus A320 aircraft.

On 28 June 1991, Yugoslav Federal Air Force attacked Adria Airways's hangar, causing serious damage to four aircraft, the building, and vehicles.

Adria Airways was very handicapped that year because of the insurance and registration issues.

Flights began in 1992, when Adria Airways re-established its activities on a truncated market.

Adria Airways became Slovenia's national air carrier and its operational structure changed.

Adria Airways began to set up a network of scheduled flights around Europe to serve the needs of an independent Slovenia.

In 1999, Adria Airways's fleet consisted of three Airbus A320, which were now operating back home, and three CRJ200LR.

Adria Airways started to connect the Balkan cities with the western Europe via its hub Ljubljana in the late 1990s.

In 2001, Adria Airways recorded a large decrease in the number of annual passengers as a result of the September 11,2001 attacks.

Adria Airways ended with a loss of around €10 million and a new CEO was announced later in 2005.

In November 2007 Adria Airways announced the purchase a new CRJ1000 NextGen and two new CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.

In 2008, Adria Airways converted its CRJ1000 NextGen order into 5th CRJ900 and made a loss of €3 million again.

In March 2009, Adria Airways has signed a letter of intent with Airbus to purchase a new Airbus A319 aircraft.

In March 2010, Adria Airways added Belgrade to its schedule, which was last operated prior to the disintegration of Yugoslavia.

Adria Airways sold its shares in Adria Airways Tehnika, to Ljubljana Airport and to the Government, to cover part of the loss.

In summer 2011, Adria Airways operated with two Airbus A320s, two Airbus A319s, four Bombardier CRJ900 and 6 Bombardier CRJ200LR.

On 21 September 2011, Adria Airways finalised the deal with the banks and the government.

Together Adria Airways got €69,720,983 - €50 million from the government, and the rest as converted through the loans-to-equity swap.

Adria Airways now operates five owned CRJ200LR planes and two owned CRJ900LR, two leased CRJ900LR planes and two leased Airbus A319s along with a bigger leased Airbus A320 for a total of 12 planes.

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In summer of 2015, Adria Airways began operating from Maribor to London Southend Airport, England; however, flights were terminated by the end of the season.

On 1 July 2017, Adria Airways suspended its base in the Polish city of Lodz, from which it held flights with its stationed CRJ700 aircraft, registered S5-AAZ, for the previous three years.

Adria Airways is set to focus more on its main hub on Ljubljana Airport, which has already seen a boost in the frequencies of flights to a couple of destinations served by Adria Airways.

On 20 July 2017, Adria announced the purchase of Darwin Airline, which operated flights as Etihad Regional and was owned by Etihad Airways.

Adria Airways was responsible for the marketing and some administrative and operational tasks.

In September 2017, it was revealed that Adria Airways sold its brand for 8 million Euros to an undisclosed buyer in December of the previous year.

In November 2017, Adria Airways announced new flights from the Swiss city of Bern, which came as a result of SkyWork Airlines, previously the largest operator out of Belp Airport, losing its AOC.

In recent years, Adria Airways has focused on ad hoc flights, which are mainly operated for large automotive companies, such as Ford, Chrysler and Ferrari.

On 12 December 2017, Adria's Swiss subsidiary Darwin Airline, which operated as Adria Airways Switzerland, was declared bankrupt and its AOC was revoked.

In January 2019, Adria Airways announced it would shut down its short-lived focus city operations at Paderborn Lippstadt Airport in Germany which consisted of three routes to London, Vienna and Zurich.

On 23 September 2019, Adria Airways announced on its web site that it would temporarily suspend flight operations for two days because it lacked the liquidity needed to maintain scheduled operations.

On 30 September 2019, Adria Airways announced that it had officially filed for bankruptcy, ending 58 years of service.

In November 2009 Adria Airways moved in around 300 employees and all of its departments.

Adria Airways Tehnika is a maintenance organization based at Ljubljana Airport.

In 2010 Adria Airways Tehnika was established as a separate company, employing around 250 employees.

In 2015 Adria Airways Tehnika was privatized and sold to Czech-Polish Avia Prime Group, owner of Polish Linetech, and Serbian Jat Tehnika Maintenance Organisations.

Adria Airways Switzerland was the marketing name of Darwin Airline, which operated all of its flights, and was a Swiss subsidiary of Adria Airways.

The majority of Adria Airways' business was in scheduled flights, but it provided charter and ad hoc flights.

Adria Airways had formerly operated the following aircraft before it ceased operations:.