Avies
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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tallinn Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 0 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||
| Website | avies.ee | ||||||
Avies AS is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia.[1] It was established and started operations in 1991 and operates scheduled passenger transport, charter and air taxi services. Its main base is Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport.[2]
Destinations
All domestic flights in Sweden were cancelled in March 2015, due to contract cancellation by Swedish Traffic Administration. Before that Avies flew three domestic routes in Sweden.
The remaining flights from Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport to Kuressaare Airport, Kärdla Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda were suspended on 1 April 2016, after the airline's operating license was withdrawn by Estonian Civil Aviation Administration.[3]
Fleet
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As of December 2014, the Avies fleet includes the following aircraft.[4][5]
- 1 × Bombardier Learjet 31A
- 1 × Bombardier Learjet 55C
- 2 × Bombardier Learjet 60
- 4 × BAe Jetstream 31
- 1 × BAe Jetstream 32
- 1 × Hawker Beechcraft 750
- 1 × Let L-410 Turbolet
Incidents and accidents
- On 13 February 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies landed at Pajala with two wheels outside the paved runway. No damage to the aircraft.[6]
- On 3 May 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies got trouble with both engines after departure from Sveg. They had too low RPM, but there was no warning from the plane system for that. The pilots returned to Sveg and managed to get better power from the engines before landing.[7]
- On 31 January 2014, a Jetstream belonging to Avies skidded off the snow-covered runway at Torsby Airport.[8]
References
- ↑ "Contact." Avies. Retrieved on 12 February 2012. "Address: Sepise 1, Tallinn, Eesti"
- ↑ Flight International 27 March 2007
- ↑ Cavegn, Dario. "Bankrupt airline Avies now without license, all flight operations ceased". err. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ↑ "Aircraft fleet of AIA / Avies". Airframes.org. 9 December 2014.
- ↑ "Avies Air Company". airlineupdate.com. 1 April 2014.
- ↑ RL 2014:01
- ↑ RL 2014:07
- ↑ Interim statement Serious incident at Torsby Airport, Värmland county on 31 January 2014
External links
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