Aviogenex had more than 40 years of experience in flying under charter, sub charter and wet lease agreements. Aviogenex was founded on 21 May 1968 as an air transport division of Generalexport, an enterprise for foreign and domestic trade, tourism and air transport. On 30 April 1969, Aviogenex operated its first flight from Belgrade to Düsseldorf Airport using a Tupolev Tu-134. Prior to the break-up of Yugoslavia, Aviogenex was the busiest charter airline in the country, handling over half a million passengers per year in the late 1980s. Aviogenex brought their first two Boeing 727-200 from Yugoslav Air Force in 1983. The last Tu-134's in the fleet were retired in the early 90s. In 1990, the airline flew 633,932 passengers, with 10 aircraft reaching 17,000 flight hours per year. Since 1991, Aviogenex has oriented to leasing of aircraft and crews, and achieved more than 40,000 flight hours. In this period Aviogenex operated in Europe, Africa, the Middle and Far East, and South America. In 2010, they restarted flights under their own name using a Boeing 737-200 Advanced. In February 2015, it was announced that Aviogenex will cease operations to be liquidated as the government failed to attract investors for the airline.
Services
Aviogenex services included:
International and domestic charter operations
Aircraft lease with or without crew and technical personnel
Transfer of technology/know-how and logistic support
AGX Engineering Dept maintains Boeing 727-200 and Boeing 737-200 Adv aircraft, to "B"-check level, and operates maintenance facilities for its own needs and for the needs of others
Aviogenex has a Training Center approved by the Ministry for Transportation of the Republic of Serbia for the education and training of its flight and ground staff, cockpit and cabin crew.
Carriage of cargo and special cargoes
Ad hoc transport arrangements for special purposes
Destinations
Aviogenex operated charter services to the following leisure destinations: ;Africa
As of June 2015, the Aviogenex consisted of one single Boeing 737-200. The historic fleet of Aviogenex included 12 Tupolev Tu-134, 7 Boeing 737-200 and 5 Boeing 727.
Incidents and accidents
On 23 May 1971, an Aviogenex Tupolev Tu-134Acrashed on approach to Rijeka Airport located on the island of Krk, because of rough landing in bad weather conditions, killing 78 people and leaving five survivors. Among the victims was the Croatian poet Josip Pupačić with his wife and daughter.
On 2 April 1977, an Aviogenex Tupolev Tu-134A crashed on approach to Libreville Airport located in Gabon. It was a cargo flight, killing 6 crew and 2 passengers, without survivors.
On 22 February 1998, while operating for Chanchangi Airlines of Nigeria, an Aviogenex Boeing 737-200 was destroyed by fire at Kaduna Airport, Nigeria. Aircraft was used for rejected takeoff training, with four rejected takeoffs in 12 minutes. A wheel caught fire due to overheating, and the aircraft burned completely. There were no fatalities.
