Air Montenegro

Flag carrier of Montenegro

Air Montenegro
To Montenegro a.d.

Air Montenegro Embraer 195

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4O  | MNE  | MOUNT EAGLE
Founded| 8 February 2021; 4 years ago (8 February 2021)
Commenced operations| 10 June 2021; 4 years ago (10 June 2021)
(as Air Montenegro)[1]
Hubs| Podgorica Airport
Secondary hubs| Tivat Airport
Fleet size| 4
Destinations| 13
Parent company| Government of Montenegro
Headquarters| Podgorica, Montenegro
Key people| Vukadin Stojanović, CEO
Website| airmontenegro.com

To Montenegro a.d. (stylised as ToMontenegro and 2Montenegro), is the flag carrier of Montenegro, which is branded and operates under the name Air Montenegro (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Ер Монтенегро), a new company opened in early 2021 by the government of Montenegro.[2] Air Montenegro officially launched operations in June 2021.[3]

## History

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### Background and origins

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Main article: Montenegro Airlines

The predecessor airline company Montenegro Airlines was founded on 24 October 1994, by the government of the Montenegro Republic. The first aircraft, a Fokker 28 Mk4000 (nicknamed "Lovćen"), was purchased almost two years later in 1996.[4] The first commercial flight took place on 7 May 1997, at exactly 10:30 between Podgorica and Bari, Italy.[4] In April 2000, its became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).[4] In June 2000, the first of five Fokker 100 aircraft was delivered to Podgorica Airport.[4] The airline joined Amadeus CRS on 5 March 2003.[4] In 2004, Montenegro Airlines' pilots were the first in the region to be granted the IIIA certificate. In August 2016, it was reported that accounts belonging to Montenegro Airlines had been frozen after the airline failed to comply with a court ruling regarding the payment of debts to the operator of the country's airports. Montenegro Airlines owed the company more than US$15 million.[5]

In December 2020, the Government of Montenegro announced the shutdown and liquidation of the Montenegro Airlines a.d company in the forthcoming weeks stating mismanagement and accumulating losses for several years.[6][7] Shortly after, it was announced that the airline would suspend all flights from 26 December 2020 marking the end of its operations.[8]

### Airline foundation

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On 29 December 2020, it was announced by Minister Mladen Bojanić that the Montenegro Airlines would be reorganized and replaced with a new company the To Montenegro (2 Montenegro), as the new Montenegrin flag carrier airline.[9] The liquidation procedure of Montenegro Airlines would cost about 50 million euro but it is inevitable, as the country's competition authority has ruled that the law for public investment in the flag carrier adopted in 2019 was illegal, the government said in December 2021.[10]

The new company was officially introduced on 2 March 2021 by the government. In April 2021, it was reported that the Montenegrin government made Air Montenegro the official name for the ToMontenegro project and that the airline would start up using two Embraer 195 aircraft, transferred from former Montenegro Airlines.[11] On 10 June 2021, then Minister of Economic Development of Montenegro, Jakov Milatović, paid a visit to the neighboring Republic of Serbia, being one of the passengers at the first commercial flight of the new national airline Air Montenegro to Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade.[12][13]

#### Origin of "Air Montenegro" company name

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Despite being formed in 2021, the name "Air Montenegro" had existed beforehand. In 1990 a private start-up airline with name Air Montenegro was formed. Air Montenegro operated for about two years until was shut down due to war in ex Yugoslavia region. Company had an Airline Operator Certificate and used a single YAK-40 jet aircraft registration LZ-DOB on a wet lease contract from Bulgarian airline Hemus Air.[14]

It operated flights to Bari Italy with the flight number 9901/9902 inherited for Adria Airways which operated the same line before the war

## Destinations

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Air Montenegro Destinations[15][16] Country  | City  | Airport  | Notes

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Armenia  | Yerevan | Zvartnots International Airport | Seasonal
Azerbaijan | Baku | Heydar Aliyev International Airport | Seasonal[17]
Czech Republic  | Brno | Brno-Tuřany Airport | Seasonal[17]
Prague | Václav Havel Airport Prague | Begins 4 July 2025[17]
France | Lille | Lille-Lesquin Airport | Seasonal[17]
Lyon | Lyon–Saint-Exupéry Airport | Seasonal
Nantes | Nantes Atlantique Airport | Seasonal
Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport | Seasonal
Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport |
Italy | Rome | Rome Fiumicino Airport |
Montenegro | Podgorica | Podgorica Airport | Hub
Tivat | Tivat Airport | Focus city
Serbia | Belgrade | Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport |
Slovakia | Bratislava | Bratislava Airport | Seasonal
Slovenia | Ljubljana | Ljubljana Airport |
Switzerland | Zurich | Zurich Airport |
Turkey | Istanbul | Istanbul Airport |
İzmir | İzmir Adnan Menderes Airport | Seasonal

## Fleet

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Air Montenegro Embraer 195

### Current fleet

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Air Montenegro fleet[16] Aircraft  | In Service  | Orders  | Passengers  | Notes

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Y | Total
Embraer 195 | 3  | -- | 116  | 116  | 2 taken over from defunct Montenegro Airlines,1 dry leased
Embraer 190 | 1  | -- | 104  | 104  | wet leased from Windrose Airlines until 31 Oct 2025
Total  | 4  | -- |  |  |

### Historic fleet

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Air Montenegro historic fleet[citation needed] Aircraft  | In Fleet  | Introduced  | Retired  | Notes

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Airbus A320-200 | 1  | 2021  | 2023  | Leased from Heston Airlines
Airbus A320-200 | 1  | 2024  | 2024  | Leased from Trade Air

## References

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1. ^ Prvi let, Air Montenegro, 1 June 2021
2. ^ Predstavljena nova crnogorska aviokompanija, Al Jazeera Balkans, 2 March 2021
3. ^ Air Montenegro poleće, aviatica.rs, 28 May 2021
4. ^ a b c d e "Istorijat". Montenegro Airlines. Archived from the original on 2012-10-01. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
5. ^ ch-aviation.com - Montenegro Airlines accounts frozen over ACG debts 12 August 2016
6. ^ "Montenegro Closes Indebted National Airline". 25 December 2020.
7. ^ aerotelegraph.com (German) 25 December 2020
8. ^ "Montenegro's indebted state airline ceases operations". CTV News. 2020-12-26.
9. ^ Bojanić: Nova kompanija zvaće se "2 Montenegro", 29 December 2020, Vijesti
10. ^ Montenegro's new flag carrier starts regular operations, SeeNews, 10 June 2021
11. ^ Podgorica rebrands ToMontenegro as Air Montenegro \- CH-Aviation
12. ^ First flight of national airline Air Montenegro will be to Serbia, Government of Montenegro, 9 June 2021
13. ^ Montenegro Airlines successor Air Montenegro reveals launch date Archived 2022-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, AeroTime, 3 June 2021
14. ^ Vise od vijeka - vazduhoplovstvo u Crnoj Gori, Boris Ciglic,Aleksandar Radic
15. ^ "Most Searched Flights on Air Montenegro". Air Montenegro. Retrieved 24 December 2024.
16. ^ a b "AIR TIME No. 7". calameo.com. Retrieved 2024-12-24.
17. ^ a b c d Liu, Jim (8 May 2025). "Air Montenegro NS25 Network Additions – 04MAY25". AeroRoutes. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

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