Zimex Aviation
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| Founded | 1969*, *as an air operator | ||||||
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| Focus cities | Luanda, Hassi Messaoud, Juba | ||||||
| Fleet size | 22 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zurich Airport Glattbrugg, Switzerland | ||||||
| Key people | Hugo Kopp, CEO | ||||||
| Website | http://www.zimex.ch/ | ||||||
Zimex Aviation Ltd. is an airline based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.[1] It provides aircraft leases worldwide to the oil and mining industries and to humanitarian organisations. Its main base is at Oued Irara - Krim Belkacem Airport which is an airport serving Hassi Messaoud, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1969.
On October 14, 1987, a Lockheed L-100-30 - a civilian variant of the military transport plane C-130 Hercules - was shot down in Angola. It was operated on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.[2]
In October 1999, Zimex Aviation Group was sold to a Swiss investor group.
Fleet
The Zimex Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (at August 2006):[3]
- 12 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 5 Pilatus PC6 Turbo Porter
- 4 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
- 2 Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400.[4]
At the July 2010 Farnborough Air Show, Zimex took delivery of the first DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 produced by Viking Air.
References
- ↑ "How to find us." direct image link - Zimex Aviation. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "Zimex Aviation Ltd. Cherstrasse 4 P.O. Box 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland"
- ↑ Criminal Occurrence description
- ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- ↑ News releases: Viking Air
