Centavia

Centavia (Central European Aviation) is the first low cost airline in Serbia.

It's hub airport is Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport in Serbia while its technical base is Cologne Bonn Airport in Germany. The airline commenced first flights on July 8, 2006 and will try to expand its network as time goes by.

Predrag Vujović is the company's director. He was the former director of Jat Airways, the country's national airline.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations

2.1 Future destinations

3 Current Events
4 Fleet
5 Upcoming aircraft
6 External links

History

Centavia'a first aircraft, YU-AGL at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport

Centavia was found in 2006 and received its first aircraft, BAe 146-200, on 15th June 2006 from Meridiana. The aircraft is re-registered as YU-AGL and re-painted with Centavia's livery.

Centavia commenced its first maiden flight on July 8th 2006 to Corfu which departed Belgrade's Nikola Tesla Airport as flight CNA 800 at 11:30AM and return back at 3:00PM as flight CNA 801. Later that day another flight CNA 702 left Belgrade at 4:45PM but this time bound for Bodrum and return back at 9:50PM as flight CNA 701.

Destinations

Note: These are chartered destinations to transport passengers for multiple tourist agencies. As of September 2006 normal scheduled service with a scheduled timetable starts.

Egypt
* Sharm El Sheikh (Sharm El Sheikh - Ophira Airport)
Greece
* Corfu (Corfu International Airport, "Ioannis Kapodistrias")
* Thassos (Kavala-Thassos Chrisoupoli International Airport, "Megas Alexandros")
Serbia
* Belgrade (Nikola Tesla International Airport) - Hub
Turkey
* Bodrum (Milas-Bodrum Airport)
* Dalaman (Dalaman-Marmaris-Fethiye Airport)

Future destinations

These are destinations that the airline has announced as future routes (most likely to commence in September 2006)

Germany
* Cologne (Cologne Bonn Airport) - Centavia’s future technical base
* Hamburg (Hamburg Airport)
Greece
* Athens (Athens International Airport, "Eleftherios Venizelos")
Hungary
* Budapest (Budapest Ferihegy International Airport)
Italy
* Bergamo (Orio al Serio Airport)
Slovakia
* Bratislava (M. R. Štefánik Airport)
Slovenia
* Portorož (Portorož Airport)
Switzerland
* Basel (EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg)
Turkey
* Istanbul (Atatürk International Airport)

Current Events

Since its successful first commercial flight, Centavia is facing a tough political opposition headed by Serbia's national airline JAT Airways and the current Minister of Capital Investment in Serbian government, trying to withdraw the AOC from Centavia by all means.

Fleet

1 BAe 146-200 [msn E2210] (YU-AGL)

Upcoming aircraft

1 BAe 146-200 [msn E2220] (YU-AGM) - Arriving mid July 2006

External links

[Centavia]
[Centavia Fleet Details]
() [Ovog leta počinju jeftini letovi]
() [Srpska lou-kost aviokompanija leti od leta]
() [Centavia - Stigao prvi avion u BEG]
() [BAE SYSTEMS LEASES TWO BAe 146s TO NEW SERBIAN OPERATOR – CENTAVIA]
() [BAe 146-200 msn E2210] (Meridiana [I-FLRE])
() [BAe 146-200 msn E2220] (Club Air [I-FLRI])

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