Slovak Government Flying Service

{{Short description|Governmental airline of Slovakia based at Bratislava Airport}}

{{Distinguish|Slovak Air Force}}

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| airline = Slovak Government Flight Service

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| fleet_size = 5

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| ICAO = SSG

| callsign = SLOVAK GOVERNMENT

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| founded = 1993

| headquarters = Bratislava, Slovakia

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| hubs = Bratislava Airport

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| website = [http://www.minv.sk/ minv.sk]

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Slovak Government Flight Service is the governmental airline of Slovakia headquartered in Bratislava and based at Bratislava Airport.

Fleet

=Current fleet=

The Slovak Government Flight Service fleet includes the following aircraft in 2025:

  • 2 Airbus A319 (OM-BYA, in new colors (YOM:2005, with SSG since 2016)), OM-BYK, in new colors (YOM:2002, with SSG since 2017))
  • 1 Fokker 100 (OM-BYB, in new colors (YOM:1992, with SSG since 2017))
  • 1 Bell 429 (OM-BYD, in black livery (YOM:2014, with SSG since 2015))
  • 1 Agusta-Westland AW-189 (OM-BYW, in green livery (Entered service in Feb. 2025))

File:Slovak Government Flying Service, OM-BYA, Airbus A319-115 CJ (33998348613).jpg|Slovak Airbus ACJ319 portraying famous Slovak politician Milan Rastislav Štefánik

File:OM-BYB at MUC.jpg|Fokker 100 of Slovak Government Flight Service

File:SIAF Kuchyňa 2021 (51423540543).jpg|Bell 429 in black livery

File:AW189 17 02 2025 Amaury Lechapelain.jpg|New Agusta-Westland AW-189 of Slovak Government Flight Service

=Former fleet=

  • Since July 2016 one Tupolev Tu-154M (OM-BYO) was replaced with Airbus A319-115 ACJ (OM-BYA) and two Yakovlev Yak-40 (OM-BYE, OM-BYL) with two Fokker 100 aircraft, acquired from MJET.{{cite journal|title=Slovak Fokker|journal=Airliner World|issue=December 2016|page=10}} Yak-40 (OM-BYE) and Tupolev Tu-154M (OM-BYO) was ferried to Košice where it will be used as an exhibit in the national aviation museum.{{cite web|url=http://www.aktuality.sk/clanok/335210/slovensko-meni-flotilu-statnych-lietadiel-ruske-stroje-nahradia-fokkery-a-airbus/#|title=Slovakia is changing fleet of state aircraft, the Russian aircraft will be replaced by Fokker and Airbus|date=3 May 2016 |publisher=Nový Čas}}
  • In September 2024, the era of Mil Mi-171 helicopters in service with the Slovak Government Flying Service came to an end.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C_3C8yCMG-U/?igsh=MTBzd2xxN21od3V1cA%3D%3D|title=Dňom 12.9.2024 sa skončila éra vrtuľníkov Mi-171 v službách Leteckého útvaru Ministerstva vnútra SR. Z dôvodu sankcií na Ruskú federáciu|date=13 February 2025|publisher=instagram.com}} Other retired aircraft include Mil Mi-2 and Mil Mi-8 helicopters.
  • In February 2025, one Fokker 100 (OM-BYC) was withdrawn from use after a farewell flight over the Slovakia.{{cite web|url=https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/slovak-air-force-is-modernising-its-transport-capacity|title=Slovak Air Force is modernising its transport capacity|date=20 February 2025|website=scramble.nl}}

File:OM- BYO (8638284512) (2).jpg|Former Tupolev Tu-154M in old livery

File:OM-BYE (8638298072) (2).jpg|Former Yakovlev Yak-40 in old livery

File:Mil Mi-8PS, Slovakia - Police AN1043440.jpg|Former Mil Mi-8 in old livery

File:Mil Mi-171C - OM-BYH - Slovakia.jpg|Former Mil Mi-171 in old livery

References

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