Montenegro Airlines d.o.o., operating as Montenegro Airlines, is the national carrier airline of the country of Montenegro, and flag carrier of the Montenegro. It is based at Podgorica Airport. It operates scheduled services in Europe, as well as charter flights throughout Europe during the summer months. Its second base is at Tivat Airport. All Montenegro Airlines flights are international, as Montenegro's two airports are a mere 80 km away from...
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Montenegro Airlines d.o.o., operating as Montenegro Airlines, is the national carrier airline of the country of Montenegro, and flag carrier of the Montenegro. It is based at Podgorica Airport. It operates scheduled services in Europe, as well as charter flights throughout Europe during the summer months. Its second base is at Tivat Airport. All Montenegro Airlines flights are international, as Montenegro's two airports are a mere 80 km away from each other.
The airline was founded on 24 October 1994, by the government of Montenegro (then a part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), but the first aircraft, a Fokker 28 Mk4000 (nicknamed "Lovćen") was only purchased in the autumn of 1996 and the first flight was made on 7 May 1997, at exactly 22:30 between Podgorica and Bari, Italy. Another Fokker 28 Mk4000 was purchased in July 1998.
A temporary ban on flights within the European Union was lifted on 23 October 1999. New flights began to Frankfurt, Germany. At the end of that year,...
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