MAT Airways
MAT Airways operated as an airline based in Skopje, North Macedonia, with its primary hub located at Skopje International Airport.
History
Founded in March 2009 through a collaboration between the Serbian travel company Kon Tiki Travel and Metropolitan Investment Group, both headquartered in Belgrade, MAT Airways commenced operations using an aircraft leased from Aviogenex, which was subsequently returned.
After losing its operating certification, Skywings International Airlines—Macedonia’s largest charter carrier—merged with MAT Airways to streamline expenses and improve efficiency, resulting in MAT expanding its fleet to two planes. Nevertheless, Skywings withdrew from the partnership just one month later, in May 2011.
On 4 July 2011, MAT Airways halted its operations and grounded its only Boeing 737-500 aircraft. Although it held authorization to operate routes from Skopje and Ohrid to several major European destinations such as Zurich, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg, Vienna, and Copenhagen until June 2012, the company cited increased market competition and a strategic market review as reasons for suspending flights. Financial challenges were also mentioned as contributing factors.
The airline briefly resumed flights on 15 July 2011 but ultimately discontinued all services within the same year.
Destinations
By May 2011, MAT Airways connected 11 locations across Europe:
Europe
- Belgium
- Brussels – Brussels Airport
- Germany
- Berlin – Berlin Schönefeld Airport
- Düsseldorf – Düsseldorf Airport
- Hamburg – Hamburg Airport
- Stuttgart – Stuttgart Airport
- Italy
- Rome – Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport
- North Macedonia
- Ohrid – Ohrid "St. Paul the Apostle" Airport (Secondary Hub)
- Skopje – Skopje "Alexander the Great" Airport (Primary Hub)
- Switzerland
- Zurich – Zurich Airport
The airline is no longer in operation.
Fleet
As of July 2011, the MAT Airways fleet was composed of a single Boeing 737-500, outfitted with 12 business class seats and 108 economy class seats.