Romavia

Romavia
IATA
WQ		 ICAO
RMV		 Callsign
AEROMAVIA
Founded 1990
Commenced operations 1991
Ceased operations 2010
Operating bases Henri Coandă International Airport
Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
Headquarters Bucharest, Romania
Website romavia.ro

Compania Românã de Aviatie Romavia R.A., usually referred to as Romavia and also known as Romanian Aviation Company, was a governmental airline from Romania, owned and controlled by the Romanian Ministry of National Defense. It operated VIP and charter flights, serving the demands of the Romanian state and its politicians. Romavia had its headquarters in Bucharest,[1] with the base for its flight operations being located at the city's airports Henri Coandă and Băneasa.[2]

History

Romavia was formed by the Romanian government in 1990[2] and launched flight operations in the following year.[3]

Romavia set up an Aircraft Maintenance Organization, for the benefit of their own fleet and for other customers. The fleet consisted of two orphan BAC 1-11 (YR-BRE and the last worldwide build, YR-BRI with stage III Rolls Royce engines).

As of August 2014 the company is in bankruptcy .[2]

Fleet

A Romavia BAC One-Eleven at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (1998).
A Romavia BAe 146-200 approaching Brussels Airport (2006).

Over the years, Romavia operated the following aircraft types:

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Aircraft Introduced Retired
Antonov An-24[2]
Antonov An-26[2]
BAC One-Eleven[2]
BAe 146-200[4]
2005
2010
Boeing 707[2]
Ilyushin Il-18[2]

Incidents and accidents

References

  1. ↑ Romavia: contact information
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Information about Romavia at the Aero Transport Data Bank
  3. ↑ Flight International 12–18 April 2005
  4. ↑ Romavia BAe 146-200 fleet list at planespotters.net
  5. ↑ Romavia 1991 crash landing at the Aviation Safety Network

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