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As we enter the first day of 2026, this is what you read, liked and discussed the most on EX-YU Aviation News in the past year according to accumulated statistics.
✈ MOST POPULAR NEWS ✈
1. Wizz Air launching new Skopje and Ohrid routes in 2026, September 3
2. Wizz Air to shut Vienna base, end three EX-YU routes, September 11
3. Air Serbia passengers on eight-hour flight to nowhere, September 23
4. Air Serbia discontinues route after three years of service, October 14
5. British Airways ends EX-YU year-round presence after 25 years, November 30
6. easyJet to discontinue four Croatia routes, September 8
7. Ryanair says “underdeveloped” Belgrade Airport run by “French profiteers“, January 10
8. Thailand pursuing Air Serbia Bangkok flights, August 20
9. Wizz Air Abu Dhabi’s exit opens door for competitors in the Balkans, July 9
✈ MOST POPULAR NEW ROUTES ANNOUNCED IN 2025 ✈
✈ MOST VISITORS BY COUNTRY IN 2025 ✈
1. Serbia
2. Slovenia
3. Croatia
4. Germany
5. United States
6. United Kingdom
7. Bosnia and Herzegovina
8. Macedonia
9. Canada
10. Switzerland
11. Austria
12. United Arab Emirates
13. Montenegro
14. Italy
15. France
16. Greece
17. Spain
18. Netherlands
19. Sweden
20. Albania
Adria Airways’ first A320 undergoing painting in April 1989 prior to delivery. The aircraft was the 43rd A320 ever produced, the first A320 in Yugoslavia’s register (YU-AOA) and the first A320 powered by new IAE engines
Delivery of JAT’s first DC-10 aircraft named « Nikola Tesla » on December 12, 1979. Instead of champagne, the aircraft was welcomed with spring water from Tesla’s native Smiljan (pictured), while the act of christening the jet was performed by the best pupil from Smiljan elementary school (pictured)
JAT’s first DC-10 at Long Beach production plant a day prior to its delivery. The aircraft undertook an 11 hour and 20 minute journey to Belgrade on December 12, 1978 where it was welcomed by employees and dignitaries. The aircraft was delivered by captains Slobodan Tanasković and Živko Jerinić. The jet entered scheduled commercial service on December 15, between Belgrade and New York via Zagreb