Yugoslav DC-10 at JFK

[moose135]

Another long night slaving over the scanner...

These were shot in March 1981, YU-AMA " Nikola Tesla", DC-10-30 of JAT Yugoslav Airlines. She was parked over at Pan Am hangar 17 - check out the line of PAA 707s in the background of the second shot. This was the first DC-10 delivered to JAT, in December 1978. Eventually she spent some time with Continental before being retired to storage.







Tune in tomorrow, when we'll have something special just for Mario!

[mirrodie]

John I love it, especially the line up of Pan Ams in the back, that is just unreal to see at JFK.

That isnt the JAT that is still around, is it?

[moose135]

That isnt the JAT that is still around, is it?

Based on the information on this website, yes it is:

http://www.taxiways.de/DC-10/D10operator/JAT.html

Once the airline was the flag carrier of the Republic of Yugoslavia, now the air company of the poor rest of this country which is less known by its beauty than by its political problems. JAT - Yugoslav Airlines had a strong international network with destinations on every continent except South America. These routes were operated by Boeing 707s, but taken over by DC-10s which were inspected by President Tito himself. The first aircraft, #259 (YU-AMA), arrived in Belgrade on December 8th 1978 and was introduced on the New York service a few days later. A second aircraft from the same order joined the fleet in 1979 and several leases in the 1980s brought the fleet to seven aircraft which were all operated at the same time for while. The UN sanctions after the civil war grounded JAT, but now services commenced again with a much smaller network and only one DC-10-30, YU-AMB, in the fleet. Long-range routes were given up in the 1990s, so that the DC-10 was used on the european network or ad-hoce charter flights and wetlease operations, for example for Ghana Airways in 2003. Today, JAT operates a fleet of 737-300/400 and ATR 72. The airlines still owns a couple of DC-9-30s, but they are leased out to other carriers. A Letter of intent for new Airbus A320 aircraft was placed, but it never became a fixed order.

[mirrodie]

Didnt they also pick up some ex AA 727s recently?

[PhilDernerJr]

I would have taken pictures of that but I was too busy being born. I wish I was older!

[LGA777]

Moose, more great classics, thanks for scanning those. Two of the more recent additions to the JAT fleet are 737-400's operated in a very boring all white livery below,

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0909480/L/

and this photo gives a pretty good idea of where they came from

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0503325/L/

Cheers

LGA777

[Tom_Turner]

"Nicola Tesla" - Thats Great Moose!

Yes, that is the same JAT more or less. They've been wanting to return to JFK for some time as well. Easier said than done of course, but in time I am sure we'll see them return. Just not right away.

Tom

[mirrodie]

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0727561/L/

Sorry, I was confusing JAT with this.