Centavia

Centavia 2006 was a Serbian cheap airline based at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport.

History

Centavia was founded in 2005 and took its first aircraft, a BAe 146-200, of the Italian airline Meridiana on 15 June 2006, by which it conducted its first charter flight from Belgrade to Corfu 8 August of the same year. On August 15, she received her second aircraft, a BAe 146-200 also, but this time held by the Club Air

Centavia was going to be the first airline operates direct flight from Belgrade to Zagreb after the collapse of Yugoslavia. However, the Croatian authorities refused landing rights. Similar circumstances also existed in Montenegro, where the local authorities also refused landing permission. Centavia go further than the distance from Ljubljana to Belgrade in code sharing operate with Adria Airways. Centavia also had landing rights for destinations in Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Slovenia, with their operation they wanted to start in the winter of 2006 /2007.

The company was, however, on 9 November 2006 its two BAe 146-200 because of financial difficulties to the lessor back and had to cease flying.

Fleet

(November 2006)

• 2 BAe 146-200