Tatra Air

Tatra Air

IATA ICAO Callsign QS TTR -
Founded	1991
Ceased operations	1999
Hubs	M. R. Štefánik Airport
Headquarters	Bratislava, Slovakia

Tatra Air was a Slovak airline that operated between 1991 and 1999. The airline mainly operated regional services with small aircraft.

History

Tatra Air was founded in 1991 as a joint venture between Slov-Air and Crossair. In the same year, the airline received its first Saab 340 from Crossair and began regular services to Munich and Zurich. In 1992, Crossair withdrew from the joint venture and took the airline's only aircraft with it. When Crossair left the project, its share was sold to Alphalines and Jean Charles Bemberg. Two new Saab 340Bs were then acquired, and the airline resumed services. Tatra Air had begun to experiment with services to Berlin and Warsaw, but none had seen success; however, the airline managed to hold onto the Zurich, Prague and Košice routes despite being severely underfunded. In 1997, the airline made a purchase of two Saab 2000s, which could have allowed the airline to operate to more distant cities such as London. However, due to Slovak customs and VAT, the airline could not fully pay for the aircraft, which meant the airline had to return them. Despite these hardships and the formation of Slovak Airlines, the airline was still operational by 1998, but it was on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1999, the airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations.

Destinations

In 1997, the airline flew the following flights from Bratislava:

Fleet

A Tatra Air Saab 340 on approach to Zurich

The Tatra Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft

Tatra Air fleet

Aircraft	In fleet	Orders	Notes
Saab 340	3	0	One operated by Crossair
Saab 2000	0	2	Aircraft returned after Tatra Air’s failure to pay
LET 410 Turbolet	2	0
Total	4	2

See Also

• Slov-Air

References

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