Air VIA

Air VIA
IATA
VL		 ICAO
VIM		 Callsign
AIR VIA
Founded 1990
Hubs
Fleet size 5
Destinations
Headquarters Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people Michael Donsky (Managing Director)
Website www.air-via.com

Air VIA is a charter airline based in Varna, Bulgaria, operating charter flights on behalf of the largest European tour operators, most of them from a broad range of European destinations into Varna Airport and Burgas Airport, as well wet lease subservices.[1]

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History

The airline was founded and started operations in 1990 as Varna International Airways using a brand new Tupolev Tu-154M aircraft. Having been established by a group of private Bulgarian investors, it initially and operated charter flights for BG Tours, Neckermann and TUI from Germany, as well as for Jetair (Belgium) and Prodintour (France). At that time, the company had 142 employees.[1]

In 2005, Air VIA decided to replace its Tupolev fleet with more modern Airbus A320-200 aircraft.

Destinations

Main article: Air VIA destinations

Fleet

As of September 2010, the Air VIA fleet consists of five Airbus A320-200 aircraft with an average age of 2.6 years,[2] each seating 180 passengers in an all-economy class layout. Another two aircraft of the same type are on order.

External links

References

  1. ^ a b Flight International 27 March 2007
  2. ^ Air VIA fleet list at planespotters.net
Airlines of Bulgaria