MALÉRT (Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T.) was a Hungarian airline, founded on November 19, 1922. The airline merged with Aeroflot in 1944-46 into Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Légiforgalmi Társaság) a forerunner of Malév Hungarian Airlines.
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| Founded | November 19, 1922 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 1944 | ||||||
| Fleet size | 8 Junkers Ju 52/3m 5 Savoia-Marchetti SM.75 3 Focke-Wulf Fw 58 | ||||||
| Destinations | Budapest, Kraków, Warsaw, Prague, Belgrade and Vienna | ||||||
| Headquarters | Budapest, Hungary | ||||||
By 1929, the airline flew regular flights connecting Budapest with Belgrade and Vienna.
The main fleet before 1939 were eight triple-engined German-built Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft HA-JUA to HA-JUG, one airplane HA-DUR[1] for the government, delivered between 1933 and 1939. Five somewhat comparable triple-engined Italian-built Savoia Marchetti S.M.75 aircraft HA-SMA to HA-SME, delivered in 1938–39. And also 3 German-built Focke-Wulf Fw 58 airplanes, with the codes HA-FOA to HA-FOD.
Mainstream services operated in 1938-9 were daily Budapest-Kraków-Warsaw, daily Budapest-Prague and daily Budapest-Vienna.
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edit- ^ Note that "hadúr" means "Warlord" in Hungarian (see Wiktionary)
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