Air VIA

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Air Via
IATA
VL		 ICAO
VIM		 Callsign
VIA AIRWAYS
Founded 1990
Hubs Sofia International Airport
Varna International Airport
Fleet size 4
Destinations
Headquarters Flag of Bulgaria Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people
Website: http://www.air-via.com/
An Air Via A320
An Air Via A320

Air VIA (Bulgarian Airways) is an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operates mainly holiday charter services for tour operators. Its main bases are Sofia International Airport and Varna International Airport.[1] Together with Bulgarian Air Charter they are the biggest charter airlines in Bulgaria.

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[edit] History

The airline was founded and started operations in 1990 as Varna International Airways using a Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft. It was established by a group of private Bulgarian investors and operates charter flights for BG Tours (Germany), Jetair (Belgium), Neckermann Deutschland, Prodintour (France) and TUI Deutschland. It has 142 employees.[1]

In December 2003 it was reported that Air Via was considering an order for up to 10 Tupolev Tu-214 aircraft. In February 2005 Air VIA was considering replacing its Tupolev Tu-154M fleet by either Boeing 737-400s or McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. Finally, Air Via decided to replace the Tupolevs with Airbus A320-200 aircraft.[citation needed]

[edit] Destinations

Air Via operates charter services to the following destinations as of (at January 2008):

[edit] Fleet

The Air VIA fleet includes the following aircraft (at May 2008):

As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the Air VIA fleet is 2.4 years ([1]).

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
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