is an
Airline based in
Ljubljana ,
Slovenia . It is the national airline of Slovenia and a regional member of the
Star Alliance . As of
2005 it operates scheduled and charter flights to 43 destinations in 23 countries, mostly in
Europe . Its main base and hub is
Brnik Airport , Ljubljana.
The airline was established and started operations in
1961 as a charter company with a
Douglas DC-6 under the name of Adria Aviopromet (Adria Airways). Later, extra DC-6s were bought from
KLM . In
1968 , the company changed its name to Inex-Adria Airways and introduced its first
Jet type, the
Douglas DC-9 . Its name was changed after aligning with Belgrade-based trading group Interexport, but reverted to the original title after that association ended in May
1986 .
On
September 10 1976 , in the worst mid-air disaster to this point,
176 People Died when a
British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex Adria Douglas DC-9 collided over
Zagreb . The collision was attributed to an
Air Traffic Control error.
In early
1980s , Inex-Adria introduced its first scheduled flights, purchased
McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft and became a member of
IATA . Its fleet was mostly employed in charter work throughout Europe. On
December 1st 1981 an Inex-Adria DC-9 crashed in the mountain while approaching Campo Dell'Oro Airport in
Ajaccio ,
Corsica killing 178 Slovenian tourists.
International scheduled flights were added, initially to
Larnaca , in November
1983 . By the late
1980s , and after the name change back to Adria, it purchased several
Airbus A320 aircraft. With the break-up of
Yugoslavia , Adria Airways attained the role of
Slovenia 's flag carrier.
In March 1996 Adria completed its part-privatisation process. On
July 23 2002 ,
Bombardier Aerospace appointed Adria Airways as the first Bombardier recognized CRJ heavy maintenance facility in Europe. On
November 18 ,
2004 , Adria Airways joined the
Star Alliance .
The airline is owned by:
- Kapitalska družba d.d. (KAD) - 56%
- Slovenska odškodninska družba d.d. (SOD) - 20%
- Daimond d.d. - 6.5%
- Zvon Ena holding - 6%
- Infond investicijska družba d.d. - 5%
- NFD investicijski sklad d.d. - 2%
- Zvon Ena i.d. - 1.5%
- Zlata moneta d.d. - 1%
- Employees and others - 2%
Adria Airways serves the following destinations (as of
2006 ):
- Launch of route on May 5th 2006.
- Launch of route on May 17th 2006.
The Adria Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April
2006 ):
