Talk:Jat Airways
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[edit] Disinformation
It is very nice to see that someone takes care to update the "Jat Airways" article the moment some news about the company pop up. However ,we should keep in mind that many of them turn out to be incorrect in the end and the latest example is this new addition about the merger of Jat and Montenegro airlines.If you visit b92.net (transport section) page you will understand what I mean. I would suggest restraint(at least for a couple of days) as this "mess" wont do any good to potential tourists or anyone interested to know more about Serbia. thanks..
[edit] Vandalism
Thankyou for putting up a tag to protect this article as some trolls have constntly tried to vandalise this article because of personal beleifs.
[edit] Jat livery image on timeline
I think that when the timeline of liveries shows YU-ANJ in its livery in 2003-2005, I think it is incorrect to say it is jat's currently livery because Jat kept the small jat titles on their planes when they painted the tails with the dots again. So technically it is not exactly the same livery, and therefore shouldn't be called "Jat's current livery." I think someone should get a picture of a newly-painted Jat ATR-72 (On myaviation their are several pics of YU-ALN in the new colors) and put that in the livery timeline and show everyone the real Jat livery. Zastavafan76 21:02, 12 February 2007 (UTC) 
[edit] Revision of 23:51, 16 November 2006
I assume the changes were made in good faith. In addition, I would love to see these edits in the article, however:
1) The language was appaling, not at all encyclopaedia style. Not a reason for revert, but editors should keep that in mind when doing another edit; 2) Jat's CEO is Nebojša Starčević, and not Zoran Starcevic. Wikipedia's policy is to use diacritics, but also proprer names. Again, not a reason for revert, but if a guy's name is on top of the page in the infobox, at least one can do is copy and paste; 3) Edit #1, inclusion of "Zoran Starcevic claims that the Serbian coat of arms livery is currently preferable". This needs to have a source, or at least a reasoning to some degree. Prior edit shows that there is a dilema, but this kind of specific information has to be supported by some hard evidence. 4) Edit #2, inclusion of "In a speech from CEO Zoran Starcevic on November 8, 2006, Jat's economy class is to be renovated for 2007. Changes could include the replacement of all seats, and the new seats will be colored red, blue, and white for the colors of the Serbian flag." - again, we need to have a source. Where was this speech given, 5) Edit #3, inclusion of "In 2007, Zoran Starcevic mentioned that Jat's business class will be rennovated in 2007. In 2007, Business classes on some of Jat's 737s will have new television screens on each seatback." - now, this is simply impossible, since he couldn't have mentioned this in 2007, as it didn't happen yet. Apart from that, a source is missing again.
Now, I could also argue that this is nothing but wishful thinking on behalf of Nebojša Starčević, and I could argue that it is highly unlikely that any airline would have their seats in white colour, as they would be incredibly hard to keep clean and white - but encyclopaedia is not a place for discussion, talk page is. That is why I will not oppose these edits, but they really need to fit into style of the article, and need to be supported. Unless the editor provides the sources, I don't think we'll have another option, but to revert. Other people could take care of style, but it would be nice if the person who actually made the edits could take care of that as well. Regards, Meelosh 01:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC).
I was the one who wrote Starcevic's name wrong. Sorry for that incredibly stupid mistake, I always get confused with some Serbian names since I live in America. However, the speech Starcevic made on November 8th about renovating Jat's interior was all true, it was reported on news on TV (that's what LukaP said on airwise forums). By the way luka I am Jatroxoursox from Airwise, just letting you know. Sorry for the trouble I made. Zastavafan76
- I certainly believe that the speech was true, but Jat would make Oneworld and Star Alliance look like amateurs if all statements and plans of mr Starčević, or any other Jat official for that matter, were included in the article. Personally, I would love to see all these promises in one place, just so I can quote something for the news, and it seemes that it would take a separate article to accomodate those :) But in order to have that, we need precise citations - so, again, I believe that everything here was in fact stated by mr Starčević, and unfortunately, much more... If you do have a link, please post it here. Thanks and best regards, Meelosh 11:31, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
No problem. But, I have yet another question. According to some rumors from airliners.net and other websites, people have been reporting that on Serbian news channel Beta that Jat and Air India might merge. It totally came out the blue, and I'm not sure if I believe it myself. So far, no major news site or media has confirmed this up to my knowledge. Could you or anyone here confirm this is real? Don't worry this time I won't be making any edits unless that it is confirmed info (unlike what I accidentaly did last time). Odd stuff, eh? Zastavafan76 20:20, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- It's not a merger. Jat airways issued a press release stating that Air India and Jat Airways are forming a joint venture, but it did not specify what is that new company supposed to do, when is it due to start its business, neither the future shares in the company. A wait and see, yet again. Meelosh 22:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
Wow cool it's not fake! Would it be ok if I wrote about this on Jat Airways and Air India articles? Zastavafan76 23:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
- You don't need to ask for a permission, just make sure you cite your sources on something like that. I've managed to find a short article on the subject in Serbian at B92. Regards, Meelosh 23:32, 4 January 2007 (UTC).
[edit] Edit
I agree with the above comment and I have changed edits by a last member. The grammar and some information is simply not correct. LukaP
[edit] Controversy
The article does not mention the controversy over the Serbian acquisition of all the aircrafts. I mean Serbia takes all 10 Boeing 737s. Croatia, BiH, Slovenia do not get any. This has to be mentioned since it is mentioned for the Slovakian and Czech incident over CZECH AIRLINES formerly Czechoslovakian airlines. It is the truth and needs to be included. Thanks, Vseferović 23:06, 26 December 2006 (UTC)
- Quite right. However, if I recall correctly, Croatia did get couple of planes which were grounded in Graz and Villach, and Slovenia didn't claim any, as they had their own national airline, Adria Airways. There was also an issue of Zagal, which was later to become Croatia Airlines. In addition, Jat didn't have assets/planes only, there was a huge debt of cca USD 600 million, which became exclusively Serbian country debt and is being serviced by Serbian tax payers. As there haven't been any further claims to ownership of Jat Airways (including both, assets and debt), I believe this issue has been settled. It is also worth noting that value of Jat's fleet at the time was considerably smaller than its debt to foreign and domestic creditors. If you do have hard facts on the case, please post it here, or in the article! Best regards, Meelosh 17:48, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
- By the way, I have tried to find something on Czech Airlines controversy you mentioned, but failed. Could you provide a link? Meelosh 17:52, 27 December 2006 (UTC).
I think that someone would need to update the fleet version. It says that it is of November 2006. Someone should change it to January 2007. And could anyone also add that their last McDonnel Douglas DC-9 is on lease in the UAE. Thanks
- JATMAN
[edit] JAT Accidents and Incidents
Ive added info to the list of accidents and incidents. All information is available on the following site: http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/search_keyword.cgi?search=JAT
If there is any mistake and there is reference to prove so, please change. Thanks. Regards: JU580 11:15, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Niš Airport and its secondary hub status
Niš is still receiving flights from JAT and is therefore a secondary hub. Like scheduled, the destinations offered remain as Belgrade-Nikola Tesla, Stuttgart, Vienna and Zurich. Just because a flight is regularly cancelled to 1 of the listed destinations (Vienna in particular), it doesnt mean that they all are cancelled. A quick check on the JAT website, www.jat.com, would confirm the Niš flights. Thank you JU580 13:13, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
- You are actually saying that there is a scheduled flight from Belgrade to Niš? I think that check-in takes more time than a drive to Niš. As for Stuttgart/Vienna flights, we had a chance to see how's that organized - Jat sells tickets from Niš, then sends a bus which drives 5-10 passangers to Belgrade Tesla, and they board the plane there. Bear in mind that Niš has in fact only one functioning destination - Zurich. You might say that Zurich is in fact the secondary hub, not Niš. If anything, it receives five times more Jat's flights than Niš, doesn't it? Meelosh 13:51, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
No, JATs website schedules make no reference to buses. They do refer to busses for Hannover, and if it was the same for Niš i am sure they would have added that detail in too. As for the distance between Beograd and Niš, i agree it is small and pointless, but JAT's base is in Beograd not Niš, so to start flights from Niš they have to come from Beograd. Regards JU580 07:56, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
