Malert Explained

Airline:Magyar Legiforgalmi R.T. (Malert)
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Founded:November 19, 1922
Ceased: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

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.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Note that "hadúr" means "Warlord" in Hungarian (see Google Translate)