VIM Airlines
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| Founded | 2000 | |||
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| Hubs | Domodedovo International Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 10 | |||
| Destinations | 15 | |||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | |||
| Key people | Saad Khedher (General Director), Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov (President) | |||
| Website | http://www.vim-avia.com/ | |||
VIM Avia, commonly known as VIM Airlines, is an airline based in Moscow, Russia,[1] operating international scheduled and charter, passenger and cargo flights out of Moscow Domodedovo Airport, as well as offering aircraft wet lease.
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[edit] History
VIM Airlines was established and started operations in 2000. At the end of 2004, the company acquired Chitaavia and Aerobratsk, followed by Russian Sky Airlines in 2005. Also in 2004, it shook up the market when its new shareholders bought 12 Boeing 757-200 aircraft, targeting the charter market (the first Russian airline using this aircraft type).[2]
[edit] Destinations
VIM Airlines served the following scheduled destinations (as of August 2011).[3] Most of them are served directly from Moscow Domodedovo Airport, except marked:
[edit] Central Asia
[edit] Western Asia
[edit] Europe
Greece
Italy
Russia
- Barnaul - Barnaul Airport
- Bratsk - Bratsk Airport
- Chita - Kadala Airport also via Bratsk Airport
- Ekaterinburg - Koltsovo Airport
- Gelendzhik - Gelendzhik Airport
- Khabarovsk - Novy Airport
- Krasnodar - Pashkovsky Airport
- Magadan - Sokol Airport
- Moscow - Domodedovo Airport - base
- Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo Airport
- Omsk - Tsentralny Airport
- Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski - Yelizovo Airport - via Novosibirsk Tolmachevo Airport
- Sochi - Sochi Adler International Airport
- St Petersburg - Pulkovo Airport
Spain
Switzerland
Ukraine
[edit] Fleet
[edit] Active Fleet
As of July, 2011, VIM Airlines operates the fleet of Boeing 757-200 aircraft with an average age of 18.5 years.[4][5][6]
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Flexible seat configuration One stored, one to be returned to VIM Airlines from Air Bashkortostan |
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| Tupolev Tu-204SM |
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Preliminary agreement, including 10 orders, 44 options.[9] | |||
VIM Airlines has also planned to lease some Boeing 717-200 aircraft[10], but has dropped its plans[11].
[edit] Retired Fleet
- 5 Boeing 717-200 (not yet used)
- 2 Ilyushin Il-62M
- 2 Tupolev Tu-154
- 4 Yakovlev Yak-42
[edit] References
- ^ "Авиакомпания «ВИМ-АВИА»." (Map). VIM Airlines. Retrieved on 21 June 2010. "Центральный офис «ВИМ-АВИА» 109052, г. Москва, ул. Новохохловская, д.23 стр.1"
- ^ Air Transport World November 2006
- ^ VIM Airlines schedule page
- ^ VIM-Avia fleet page
- ^ VIM-Avia seatmap
- ^ VIM Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
- ^ Aviaport digest - on VIM-Avia B739ER order
- ^ VIM Airlines official seating chart]
- ^ Aviaport digest - on VIM-Avia Tupolev Tu-204-SM order
- ^ Aviaport digest - on VIM-Avia B717-200 future order
- ^ Aviaport interview with VIM Airlines CEO
- ^ http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/VIM-Airlines
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