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]
[edit] History
The airline was founded and started operations in 1990 as Varna International Airways. The company is licensed and certified according to the national and European standards for non-regular transport of passengers.
In 1990 Air Via started operation with five new Tupolev 154M airliners.
After the airline was founded by a group of private bulgarian investors the company initially performed charter flights for bulgarian and leading European tour operators (Neckermann, TUI Travel, Jetair and Prodintour) to and from bulgarian seaside resorts.
In 2005 Air Via's management decided to completely change the fleet due to the ever growing competition, EU regulations, environmental responsibility, increasing fuel prices and last but not least - higher customer requirements. Since the summer of 2006 Air Via is once again the first Bulgarian airline to operate brand new aircraft - Airbus A320-232. At that time, the company had 142 employees. [2]
[edit] Destinations
As of February 2012, the Air VIA fleet is with an average age of 4 years.[3] Each aircraft is with 180 passengers seating in an all-economy class layout.
[edit] Retired fleet
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