Jat Tehnika

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Jat Tehnika
Type Company
Founded 1927
Headquarters Flag of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
Key people Budimir Hinić, C.E.O.
Industry Engineering, maintenance and transportation
Revenue ▲ $7 million (2006)
Employees 900 (2006)
Website [1]

Jat Tehnika (Serbian Cyrillic: Jат Техника / Latin alphabet: Jat tehnika) is a company responsible for the complete engineering and maintenance tasks for the national airline of Serbia, Jat Airways. It also regularly carries out maintenance for other airlines in the region and has a license to maintain on all Airbus and Boeing manufactured planes.

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[edit] History

The 80 year history of this company is as old as the national airline and has since the creation of Aeroput which later became Jat Airways carried out maintenance for the airline. Jat Airways ranks amongst Europe’s 16th oldest serving airlines. Aviation was first introduced in Serbia by founding of the Aeroput Company back in 1927. Almost at the same time, the first technicians and mechanics started working as pioneers of this profession. Jat Airways as a company was founded in 1947 (as the successor of Aeroput), and in 1963 the jet-engine fleet was introduced. The first wide body DC-10 aircraft arrived in 1978, followed by the new technology aircraft B737-300 in 1984.

In 2005 the company launched a strike which paralysed the national airline Jat Airways for a month. Jat Technics was unhappy with their working conditions and pay. In order to continue safe transportation of passengers Jat Airways brought North African technicians to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport which further angered the workers of Jat Tehnika seeing that their needs were being ignored. Finally the government of Serbia stepped in and made Jat Technics an independent company that would still have close ties with Jat Airways (allowed to share logo of the national airline, service Jat's aircraft etc) the pay was slightly increased and business picked up. The strike came to an end and the national airline and Jat Tehnika have remained close ever since.

Later in 2005 Jat Tehnika received the JAR 145 certificate from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) allowing the company to maintain all aircraft from the European Union. On the 5th of February 2007 the company also obtained a certificate from the American Federal Aviation Administration. This certificate enables Jat Tehnika to service airplanes from the United States of America.

[edit] Privatisation

Jat Tehnics is set to be privatised and sold during 2008. Currently a Singapore based company (which already owns a technical base in Warsaw) has expressed the biggest interest. Privatisation advisors are currently being contacted so they can help the airline and government choose the best deal for the airline.

[edit] Facilities

The base facility of Jat Tehnika at Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport consists of one fully equipped hangar (all necessary equipment including central spare parts storage, tooling and aircraft stands and handling equipment storage) designed for line-maintenance tasks as well as for trouble shooting operations, and can carry up to three medium-size planes (such as the DC-9 and B727). There is also one fully equipped hangar designed for aircraft overhaul which can carry up to three medium size planes (such as the B737-300) including annexes for all aircraft components shop maintenance. The facility also consists of one large aircraft hangar designed for large long-range planes maintenance with space capacity of 9,000 sqm. It is able to fit up to three DC-10's or MD-11's or two B747-400.

[edit] Customers

Customers
Airline Type
Czech Airlines Short-medium haul Boeing fleet (Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-500)
Jat Airways ATR 72-212, Boeing 737-300, Boeing 737-400 (entire fleet)
Jet2.com Boeing 737-300 and possible Boeing 757-200
Palmair Boeing 737-200
S7 Airlines Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-500
Transaero Boeing 737-400, Boeing 737-500

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