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Palair Macedonian Airlines () was the national flag carrier of Republic of Macedonia operating from Skopje and Ohrid Airports.
During the fall of Yugoslavia, and the establishment of an Independent Macedonian republic in the early nineties, Palair Macedonian airlines was created.
Their fleet began with a Tupolev Tu-154 but was soon followed by a leased Fokker F-28 and F-100, the planes were first in white and red, and later all red with yellow text.
When the UN dropped sanctions against Yugoslavia in 1996, Yugoslav national airline
at rzjets.net, retrieved 13-12-2014 - leased from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines and bore Bulgarian registration * Antonov An-24 (3) * Fokker F-28 Fellowship (2) * Fokker F-100 (4) * BAC 1-11-528FL - leased from Jaro International
History
During the fall of Yugoslavia, and the establishment of an Independent Macedonian republic in the early nineties, Palair Macedonian airlines was created.
Their fleet began with a Tupolev Tu-154 but was soon followed by a leased Fokker F-28 and F-100, the planes were first in white and red, and later all red with yellow text.
When the UN dropped sanctions against Yugoslavia in 1996, Yugoslav national airline JAT Yugoslav Airlines
Jat Airways (stylized as JatAirways; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jat ervejz, Јат ервејз) was the national flag carrier and largest airline of Serbia, and formerly Yugoslavia. Founded in 1927 as Aeroput, the airline ceased operatio ...
restarted operations, leading to a drastic drop in Palair's passenger numbers. Palair Macedonian ceased operations in September 1996.
Fleet
* Tupolev Tu-154B (4)Palair Macedoniaat rzjets.net, retrieved 13-12-2014 - leased from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines and bore Bulgarian registration * Antonov An-24 (3) * Fokker F-28 Fellowship (2) * Fokker F-100 (4) * BAC 1-11-528FL - leased from Jaro International
Accident history
On 5 March 1993, Flight 301, a Fokker F-100, crashed seconds after takeoff from Skopje runway 34 on a flight to Zurich. Investigation into the accident determined the cause of the accident to be the failure of the flight crew to have the aircraft de-iced before departure. Of the 97 people on board, 83 died.Destinations
* Republic of Macedonia ** Ohrid (Ohrid Airport
Ohrid St. Paul the Apostle Airport ( mk, Аеродром „Св. Апостол Павле“ Охрид, translit=Aerodrom „Sv. Apostol Pavle“ Ohrid, ), also known as Ohrid Airport ( mk, Аеродром Охрид, translit=Aerodrom Ohrid ...
) Base
** Skopje ( Skopje Airport) Base
International
Europe
* Austria ** Vienna ( Vienna Schwechat International Airport) * Bulgaria ** Sofia ( Sofia International Airport) * Germany ** Düsseldorf ( Düsseldorf Airport) ** Hamburg ( Hamburg Airport) ** Berlin ( Berlin-Schönefeld International Airport) ** Frankfurt ( Main) **Stuttgart
Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...
(Stuttgart Airport
Stuttgart Airport (German: ''Flughafen Stuttgart'', formerly ''Flughafen Stuttgart-Echterdingen'') is the international airport of Stuttgart, the capital of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is christened in honor of Stuttgart's forme ...
)
* Italy
** Rome ( Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport)
**Pisa
Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...
( Pisa Airport)
* Netherlands
** Amsterdam ( Amsterdam Schiphol Airport)
* Russia
** Moscow (Sheremetyevo
Sheremetyevo Alexander S. Pushkin International Airport ( rus, links=no, Международный аэропорт Шереметьево имени А. С. Пушкина, p=ʂɨrʲɪˈmʲetʲjɪvə ''Mezhdunarodny aeroport Sheremetyevo imen ...
)
*Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
** Zürich (Zurich International Airport
Zürich Airport (), french: Aéroport de Zurich, it, Aeroporto di Zurigo, rm, Eroport da Turitg is the largest international airport of Switzerland and the principal hub of Swiss International Air Lines. It serves Zürich, Switzerland's larg ...
)
References
External links
{{Airlines of Yugoslavia Defunct airlines of North Macedonia Airlines established in 1991 Airlines disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in the Republic of Macedonia Macedonian companies established in 1991