MAT Macedonian Airlines

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MAT (Македонски Авио Транспорт)-Macedonian Airlines is the national flag carrier of Republic of Macedonia operating from Skopje and Ohrid Airports.

Contents

1 History
2 Destinations

2.1 Domestic
2.2 International

2.2.1 Europe

3 Fleet

3.3 Current Fleet
3.4 Upcoming Aircraft
3.5 Aircraft previously operated by MAT Macedonian Airlines
3.6 Bombardier orders
3.7 Embraer and MAT dispute

4 External links

History

The airline was established on 16 January 1994 and started operations on 23 June 1994 flying from Skopje to Zürich using a Boeing 737-200. It is owned by Zivko Gruevski (48.43%) and Zlatko Petrovski (48.43%) (at January 2005). The Government of Republic of Macedonia in the year of 2000 signed an agreement with MAT that gave MAT the status of National flag carrier of Republic of Macedonia in the following 10 years. The management team from MAT has brought in experts from Slovenia to help the airline with new aircraft orders and airline restructuring.

MAT Macedonian Airlines CRJ 900 (Z3-AAG)

Destinations

Domestic

International

Europe

Fleet

Current Fleet

1 Canadair CL-600-2D24 Regional Jet CRJ-900 Z3-AAG
1 Boeing 737-3B7 Z3-AAF (soon ending service with MAT)

Upcoming Aircraft

2 Bombardier CRJ-900 (one arriving in July 2006 and another in March 2007)

Aircraft previously operated by MAT Macedonian Airlines

2 Boeing 737-200 (returned to previous owner)
1 Boeing 737-200 (returned to previous owner)
2 Boeing 737-300 (both returned to Jat Airways)
2 McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (both retired)
1 Yakovlev Yak-42 (returned to Saravia)
1 Embraer ERJ-170 (returned to Embraer after dispute)

Bombardier orders

Macedonian Airlines (MAT) took delivery of a Bombardier CRJ900 regional jet on April 13, 2006. In addition to this firm-ordered aircraft, the contract with MAT also includes conditional orders for two additional CRJ900 airliners. The list price value for the delivered aircraft is approximately $35 million US. The new aircraft should replace the airline's sole Boeing B737-300 in the near future.

Embraer and MAT dispute

For a very short time, MAT owned a Embraer jet. It operated in full Macedonian Airline colours. However, Embraer took the aircraft back a few months later for reasons that are not known to the public. MAT had another Embraer on order however it never arrived.

External links

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