THE SIGHT & THE SOUND : JAT Airways B 737-300 YU-ANI inflight documentary from Belgrade to Frankfurt

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FLIGHT ON ONE OF THE OLDEST BOEING 737-300 This video documentary features the return flight from Belgrade to Frankfurt onboard JAT Airways Boeing 737-300 YU-ANI, one of the oldest B 737-300 series. Enjyoing the unmatched hospitality of Aviogenex the previous evening, there was one unpleasant surprise. The Captain of my return flight onboard Squakie reported sick and the flight was to be operated by an ordinary JAT Airways B 737-300. Despite the bad news, Bojan Nikolic invited me on a free ride on Squakie on the evening rotation from Belgrade to Aqaba, Jordan and back. To my biggest regret, I had to turn down his generous offer due to a tight business schedule in Germany. The JAT flight to Düsseldorf was delayed by 12 hours, so I was rebooked on the direct service back to Frankfurt, scheduled to leave at noon. Miomir Godic, a unique character and distinct face of Aviogenex at Belgrade airport, was on duty that day and helped me with checkin and handling my rebooking through the JAT office. After checking the crew list of my flight, his face turned pale. I was warned, that filming would be rather difficult with this Captain and this Crew onboard, known for strict obedience of internal company regulations throughout many years of unpleasant experience. However it was too late for switching flights again, so I opted for filming "under cover". This flight was rather uneventful, howver I was stopped twice from filming out of the window and taking pictures of the cabin in a very rude and embarassing manner. Hard to accept, I asked for an explanation for this kind of rigid behaviour. The answer was that a passenger posted pictures and negative remarks on Twitter complaining about bad and rude service. The attitude of this crew couldn't prove in any better way the point of the complaining Twitter remark. I wish to express my sincere gratitude to Bojan Nikolic, Mile Krnjajic and late Miomir Godic for all the extravaganza provided for this video project and their kind and unmatched hospitality, despite the unfortunate circumstances of the return flight. History of B 737-3H9 YU-ANI Airframe 23416 was manufactured 1985 and delivered to JAT Yugoslav Airlines December 17, 1985 registered YU-ANI. YU-ANI is one of the oldest Boeing 737-300 series ever produced and older than Aviogenex Boeing 737-200 YU-ANP. - YU-ANI operated for Constellation International, Belgium from May 1, 1996 until October 18, 1996 - For Cameroon Airlines from October 18, 1996 until April 5, 1997 - For Air Malta from April 5, 1997 until February 13, 1998 - For JAT Airways in between leases throughout the nineties - For Tunis Air from May 29, 1998 until October 31, 1999 - For MAT Macedonian Airlines from October 31, 1999 until November 1, 2005 registered Z3-AAA - For JAT Airways from November 1, 2005 until early 2009 registered YU-ANI - For Air Ivoire based in Abidjan from 2009 until January 2, 2010, when YU-ANI returned to JAT Airways On August 1, 2013 Etihad Airways acquired 49% of shares of state owned JAT Airways and the airline was reorganized and rebranded under her new name Air Serbia. With the lease of Airbus A319 and A320 Air Serbia phased out all Boeing 737-300. YU-ANI is operating for Air Serbia’s new charter brand Aviolet. Watch and enjoy with me the Sights & Sounds of Classic Aviation. Thank you for watching my channel Flight details Flight : JU 350 Date : Wednesday, June 26, 2013 Aircraft : Boeing 737-3H9 Registration : YU-ANI Former registrations : - YU-ANP (Several operators) - Z3-AAA (MAT Macedonian Airlines) Built : 1985 From : Belgrade (BEG) To : Frankfurt (FRA) Take Off : 12.39 h (1039 UTC) Touch Down : 14.10 h (1210 UTC) Flying time : 1 hour 31 minutes Distance : 661 nM / 1.224 km Altitude : 6.584 / 10.363 / 10.973 / 5.944 m Speed : 776 / 824 / 798 / 693 km/h Captain : Jovica, Aleksic Cabin Crew : Duska, Denic