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With relative peace back in the Balkans, the fragmented air force 1 airline industry is trying to re-establish a semblance of orderNot so long ago, commercial aviation in the Balkans began and ended with JAT Yugoslav Airlines. But the civil war and ultimate break-up of the Yugoslav republics changed all that. From the maelstrom emerged several new, smaller national carriers, largely built around former JAT staff and infrastructure and mostly reliant on visiting friends and relative VFR traffic for th nike dunk eir revenues. As a c owala canada onsequence, they lack the critical mass and home market to make a real impact, although the large exile communities in Europe, the thousands of NATO peacekeepers and political shuttle diplomacy are all currently boosting international traffic. Only Adria Airways and Croatia Airlines, which were both established before the troubles, so far have built sustainable operations. Those are based around ethnic and tourist traffic - although, even for them, profits are difficult to achieve. So, today, the future of regional air transport could well continue to reside in Belgrade. The rump of a battered JAT survives, and even in its current, much-reduced form remains a dominant force in Balkan aviation. The disintegration of the Yugoslav Federation and subsequent war in Kosovo profoundly affected JAT. At first, the frequent imposition of sanctions prevented the carrier from maintaining its international connections and implementing the necessary renewal of its ageing fleet. Then t Pjgo France gets Q400s for firefighting

Source: Photo: Micheal Buckner / ShowtimeAndrew ScottPremium cable network Showtime has ordered an eight-episode first season of Ripley, a new TV version of the Patricia Highsmith crime novels with Fleabag co-star Andrew Scott starring and Steven Zaillian writing and directing all episodes.The series, to be produced by Endemol Shine North America with CBS Studios I owala canada nternational handling international sales, represents the latest win for the talent behind Fleabag. Earlier this week, the series won four Emmys and creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge signed an overall deal with Amazon, which screened the series in the US and other territories.Scott will star as the title character in Ripley, a grifter scraping by in early 1960s New York who is hired by a wealthy man to travel to Italy and begins a complex life of deceit, fraud and murder.Though the initial order is for one season, Showtime described the series as ongoing. Before playing the so-called hot priest in the second season of Fleabag, Scott appeared in Sherlock, Black Mirror and other UK films and series, as well as winning awards for his stage work.Zaillian, best known for his Schindlers List and Moneyball screenplays and for writing and directing The Night Of, will also serve as an executive producer on Ripley, along with Garrett Basch, Guymon Casady, Ben Forkner, yeti Sharon Levy and Philipp Keel of Diogenes. Scott will serve as a producer and Endemol will produce in association with Entertainment 360 and Filmrights.Showtime hydrojug Netw