"Авиогенекс: Сербия және Югославияның бұрынғы чартерлік әуежолы"

Defunct Serbian and Yugoslavian charter airline

Aviogenex was a Serbian and Yugoslav charter airline based at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport. It operated regular and ad hoc charter flights as well as wet lease services.

Aviogenex had more than 40 years of experience in flying under charter, sub charter and wet lease agreements. Aviogenex was founded on 21 May 1968 as an air transport division of Generalexport, an enterprise for foreign and domestic trade, tourism and air transport. Aviogenex brought their first two Boeing 727 200 from Yugoslav Air Force in 1983. The last Tu 134's in the fleet were retired in the early 90s. In 1990, the airline flew 633,932 passengers, with 10 aircraft (5 Boeing 727 and 5 Boeing 737) reaching 17,000 flight hours per year. Since 1991, Aviogenex has oriented to leasing of aircraft and crews, and achieved more than 40,000 flight hours. In this period Aviogenex operated in Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East, and South America. In 2010, they restarted flights under their own name using a Boeing 737 200 Advanced. In February 2015, it was announced that Aviogenex will cease operations to be liquidated as the government failed to attract investors for the airline.

As of June 2015, the Aviogenex consisted of one single Boeing 737 200. The historic fleet of Aviogenex included 12 Tupolev Tu 134, 7 Boeing 737 200 killing 78 people and leaving five survivors. Among the victims was the Croatian poet Josip Pupačić with his wife and daughter. On 2 April 1977, an Aviogenex Tupolev Tu 134A (registration YU AJS) crashed on approach to Libreville Airport located in Gabon. It was a cargo flight, killing 6 crew and 2 passengers, without survivors. On 22 February 1998, while operating for Chanchangi Airlines of Nigeria, an Aviogenex Boeing 737 200 (registration YU ANU) was destroyed by a fire at Kaduna Airport, Nigeria. The aircraft was used for rejected takeoff training, with four rejected takeoffs in 12 minutes (in the conditions at the time at Kaduna, a single exercise of a rejected take off would have required a cooling period of at least ten minutes). A wheel caught fire due to overheating, and the aircraft burned completely. There were no fatalities.