The first airfields were inaugurated in 1910.
In 1914, the Banjica airfield was the base for the Serbian Air Force squadron and the Balloon Company.
As early as 1923 foreign companies started regular routes that included Belgrade.
It was one of them, the CFRNA, that on its route linking Belgrade with Paris and Bucharest, in 1923, that made the first world night flight ever in history.
Regular passenger transport greatly expanded with the creation of Aeroput in 1927 which became the Yugoslav flag-carrier and with over 30 planes and having its hub in Belgrade, it became the 21st airline in the world.
The constantly increasing number of passengers made inevitable the building of a modern airport in 1931, which included a modern terminal building and top landing equipment for poor visibility conditions, that were installed in 1936. At the end of Second World War the country changed from a monarchy to a communist regime.
The constantly increasing number of passengers made inevitable the building of a modern airport in 1931, which included a modern terminal building and top landing equipment for poor visibility conditions, that were installed in 1936. At the end of Second World War the country changed from a monarchy to a communist regime.
After Tito–Stalin Split in 1948, Yugoslavia became one of the leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement.
Opened as early as 1950, it became the backbone of Yugoslav road system, and linked Belgrade through Zagreb and Ljubljana with Austrian border, and through Niš and Skopje with Greek border.
A new modern airport, the Belgrade international airport was inaugurated in 1962.
It will be only after Kosovo War and overthrow of Milosevic that by year 2000 air transport industry started to recover. ==Water transport== Serbia has a fairly developed inland water transport which carried over 2 million tons of cargo in 2016. There are 1,716 kilometers of navigable inland waterways (1,043 km of navigable rivers and 673 km of navigable canals), which are almost all located in northern third of the country.
It will be only after Kosovo War and overthrow of Milosevic that by year 2000 air transport industry started to recover. ==Water transport== Serbia has a fairly developed inland water transport which carried over 2 million tons of cargo in 2016. There are 1,716 kilometers of navigable inland waterways (1,043 km of navigable rivers and 673 km of navigable canals), which are almost all located in northern third of the country.
To Eastern Europe via the Tisza, Begej and Danube Black Sea routes, and to Southern Europe via the Sava river. The river port on Danube are: Port of Novi Sad (1.18 million tons of cargo tonnage in 2016) and Port of Belgrade are the largest, while other river ports include Pančevo, Smederevo, Prahovo, Apatin and Bačka Palanka.
Water transport revolves around river transport while air transport around country's two main international airports. ==Road transport== Serbian road network carries the bulk of traffic in the country: some 55.8 million passengers (carried by buses) and 13 million tons (carried by trucks) in 2018.
By type of roads: motorways: 891 km expressways: 24 km other roads (paved): 29,300 km other roads (unpaved): 15,250 km In 2018, statistics on registered vehicles were as follows: 1,999,771 passenger cars (1 per 3.5 inhabitants) 9,929 buses and coaches 223,629 lorries and vans 66,433 motorcycles and mopeds Coach transport is very extensive: almost every place in the country is connected by bus, from largest cities to the villages.
On Sava river, Šabac Port is the most significant and on Tisza river that is Senta Port. Merchant river fleet include 149 ships: 146 cargo vessels (with total capacity of 173 thousand tons) and 3 passenger ships. ==Pipelines== Through pipeline network some 6.2 million tons of gas and oil were transported in 2018.
The road network are of comparatively lower quality to the Western European standards because of lack of financial resources for their maintenance in the last 20 years. As of 2019, total length of roads is 45,419 km; major roads are categorized as "state roads" (with total length of 16,179 km) while minor roads are categorized as "municipal roads" (with total length of 23,780 km).
In 2020, Serbia introduced new purchase & tax incentives for EVs & Hybrids offering up to 5000 euros to help accelerate electrification. Serbia is also home to about 10% of global Lithium reserves, the mining & processing of which will be done in partnership with Rio Tinto who have committed $1.5 billion of investment in the country.
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