Tatra Air

Tatra Air was founded in 1991 as a joint venture between Slov-Air and Crossair. In the same year the airline received its first Saab 340 from Crossair and began regular services to Munich and Zurich. In 1992 Crossair withdrew from the joint venture and took the airlines only aircraft with it. When crossair left the project its share was sold to Alphalines and Jean Charles Bemberg. Two new Saab 340Bs were then acquired and the then airline resumed services. Tatra Air had begun to experiment with services to Berlin and Warsaw but none had seen successes, however the airline managed to hold onto the Zurich, Prague and Košice routes despite being severely underfunded. In 1997 the airline made a purchase of two Saab 2000s which could allow the airline to operate to more distant cities such as London, however due to Slovak customs and VAT the airline could not fully pay for the aircraft which meant the airline had to return them. Despite these hardships and the formation of Slovak Airlines the airline was still operational by 1998 but it was on the verge of bankruptcy. In 1999 the airline filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations.

In 1997 the airline flew the following flights from Bratislava:

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Czech Republic	Prague	Václav Havel Airport Prague
Slovakia	Bratislava	M. R. Štefánik Airport	-
Slovakia	Košice	Košice International Airport	-
Switzerland	Zurich	Zurich Airport	-

A Tatra Air Saab 340 on approach to Zurich

The Tatra Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft

• Slov-Air