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Defunct Hungarian airline (1922-1944)

MALÉRT (Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T.) was a Hungarian airline. It was founded in 1922 and ceased operations permanently in 1944 during World War II.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1922Founded1
  • HeadquartersBudapest1

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MALÉRT (Magyar Légiforgalmi R.T.) was a Hungarian airline. It was founded in 1922 and ceased operations permanently in 1944 during World War II.2

The story

The airline was founded on November 19, 1922. By 1929, the airline flew regular flights connecting Budapest with Belgrade and Vienna. The main fleet before 1939 was eight triple-engined German-built Junkers Ju 52/3m aircraft HA-JUA to HA-JUG, one airplane HA-DUR 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. The airline merged with Aeroflot in 1944-46 into Maszovlet (Magyar-Szovjet Légiforgalmi Társaság) a forerunner of Malév Hungarian Airlines.

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Destinations

The airline operated flights between Budapest, Kraków, Warsaw, Prague, Belgrade and Vienna.

Fleet

The MALÉRT fleet consisted of the following aircraft:

3 Focke-Wulf Fw 58

8 Junkers Ju 52/3m

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5 Savoia-Marchetti SM.75

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Timeline

  1. 1944Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1922Founded Founded1

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