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. 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):[2]
- 12 de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
- 5 Pilatus PC6 Turbo Porter
- 4 Raytheon Beech 1900D Airliner
- 1 Viking DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400.[3]
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"
- ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- ↑ News releases: Viking Air
External links
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