NOW THE WHOLE WORLD KNOWS: In the AIR Serbia fleet is "Dejan Stankovic"!

At the World Exhibition "Expo 2015" in Milan today marked the Day of Serbia, and on that occasion the national airline Air Serbia announced that the international football star Dejan Stankovic is the third esteemed figure from Serbia in whose honor a plane was named after.

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The First Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and Mayor of the City of Belgrade Siniša Mali visited the joint pavilion of Etihad Airways and Alitalia on the occasion of the Day of Serbia, where Mali, Stankovic and Dane Kondic the Director General of Air Serbia discovered Dejan's name on a large model plane that was brought to Milan.

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The video disclosing the name of Dejan Stankovic on the plane, which was released in Belgrade by the Managing Director of Air Serbia Dane Kondic and Minister of  Youth and Sports Vanja Udovicic, was shown on the big screen in Milan.

This honor is part of the Air Serbia's "living legends", which aims to honor individuals from Serbia who have excelled in their field and whose achievements are inspiring and consistent with the brand values ​​of the airline.

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On this occasion, Kondic said that Dejan Stankovic is a very famous football player and sports figure not only in Serbia but also in Italy and throughout Europe.

- His legendary career and his adequate leadership in that field are in perfect harmony with the vision of Air Serbia to become the leading airline in the region - said Kondic and noted that Stankovic was selected for his outstanding sporting achievements, and the fact that he holds the record for the most appearances for the national team, where he was the captain until 2011.

Additional symbolism is represented by the naming of the plane in Italy, where Stankovic played for the last few years or coached teams like Udinese, Lazio and Inter Milan, for which he played for between 2004 and 2013, and won the the Champions League, five champion titles in the Italian first division (Serie A), four Italian Cup and the Italian Super Cup (Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana).

The Serbian tennis sensation Novak Djokovic was the first highly regarded public figure who was honored as a "living legend" with his name on an Air Serbia plane and after that, the honor was given to Vlade Divac, the world-famous basketball legend and founder of the humanitarian fund.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Tanjug)