M.R. Stefanik
A Journey Through Time
1923 — 2012
1920s
1923
Regular air service to Bratislava began in 1923, when the newly formed Czechoslovak Airlines started scheduled flights between Prague and Bratislava.
1940s
1948
Planning for the present Bratislava airport started in 1947, and construction began in 1948.
1950s
1951
The new airport opened in 1951 under the name Bratislava Ivanka, taken from the nearby village of Ivanka pri Dunaji.
1990s
1993
Shortly after Slovakia became independent in 1993, the airport was renamed after General Milan Rastislav Stefanik, the Slovak aviator and statesman.
2010s
2012
A new passenger terminal handling both arrivals and departures was completed in July 2012.
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