MAT has been defaulting on the ACMI payments for these two aircraft for many months now, and until few days ago the Serbian Government - as JAT’s owner, turned a blind eye. Now though, Mr. Velimir Ilic - the Minister for Capital Investments has instructed JAT to bring the two airliners back home; his decision directly resulting from the arrest and imprisonment last week of the Serbian Bishop. This move will badly affect Macedonian Airline’s schedules, maybe even resulting in its demise due to its massive debts and poor credit rating.
Recalling of the ambassadors is the next step hinted, hope that sanity will prevail!
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It is a question I often ask myself. In fact, every time I go to the airport or pass by JAT office, but answer seems logical to me. If you have a situation where flying is seen as nothing more than a mean to get a goal (in this case power, money, political and social status) than one cannot expect anything else. What we see today (not only this incident but the situation around JAT in general) is just a result of years and decades of such way of thinking, behaving and acting. And it makes me really sad. 
Who knows when will they start. No airplanes for them came to Belgrade. And it's a venture between "Delta holding" and Aviogenex. Well, I can tell you that Aviogenex is not turning of the engines on their Boeing 727s, they fly all the time. As AVIOGENEX 
