Feb 19, 2013
Aviogenex, a charter airline based in Belgrade, Serbia, was founded in April 1968 as an air transport division of Generalexport, an enterprise for foreign and domestic trade, tourism and air transport. On April 30, 1969 Aviogenex operated its first flight from Belgrade to Düsseldorf on a Tu-134 aircraft. 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. Image via Mark James Nutter.