Air VIA

Air VIA
Ер Виа
IATA ICAO Callsign
VL VIM CRYSTAL
Founded 1990
Operating bases
Fleet size 3
Destinations Charters
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people Tom De Geytere
Website air-via.com

Air VIA is a charter airline with its head office in Sofia, Bulgaria,[1] that operates charter flights on behalf of European tour operators. Most Air VIA flights operate from European destinations into Varna Airport and Burgas Airport, the airline also offers wet lease subservices.[2]

History

Air VIA Tupolev Tu-154M in 1997

The airline was founded and started operations in 1990 as Varna International Airways. The company is licensed and certified according to the national and European standards for non-regular transport of passengers. In 1990, Air VIA started operations with five new Tupolev 154M. After the airline was founded by a group of private Bulgarian investors the company initially performed charter flights for Bulgarian and leading European tour operators (Neckermann, TUI Travel, Jetair and Prodintour) to and from Bulgarian seaside resorts.

In 2005, Air VIA's management decided to completely change the fleet due to the ever growing competition, EU regulations, environmental responsibility, increasing fuel prices and last but not least - higher customer requirements. Since the summer of 2006, Air VIA is the first Bulgarian airline to operate the Airbus A320 family. In 2013, the company had 217 employees.[3] On 28 August 2015, Air Via added its first Airbus A321-200 to its fleet.[4]

Destinations

Main article: Air VIA destinations

Air Via mainly operates charter flights between the Bulgarian seaside airports Bourgas and Varna and countries in Western Europe and the Middle East.

Fleet

As of April 2016, the Air VIA fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5]

Air VIA Fleet
Aircraft In Service Passengers Notes
Airbus A320-200
2
180

Both operated for Flynas

Airbus A321-200
1
220

Incidents and accidents

References

External links

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