VIM Airlines
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| Founded | 2000 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Domodedovo Airport | ||||||
| Subsidiaries | Aerobratsk | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | 15 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Moscow, Russia | ||||||
| Key people | Alexander Kochnev (General Director), Rashid Maviyaievich Mursekaev (President), Svetlana Anatolievna Mursekaeva (Owner) | ||||||
| Website | 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.
History
First VIM Airlines aircraft Ilyushin Il-62M
VIM Airlines was established by Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov and started operations in 2000, with a soviet-built aircraft Ilyushin Il-62M. At the end of 2004, the company acquired Chitaavia and Aerobratsk, followed by Russian Sky Airlines in 2005.
Destinations
Tupolev Tu-154M of VIM Airlines, leased from Aviaprad.
VIM Airlines served the following scheduled destinations (as of June 2014).[2] Most of them are served directly from Moscow Domodedovo Airport, except marked:
Central Asia
- Dushanbe - Dushanbe International Airport
- Khujand - Khujand Airport
- Qurghonteppa - Qurghonteppa International Airport [3]
- Andizhan - Andizhan Airport
- Fergana - Fergana International Airport
- Namangan - Namangan Airport
- Qarshi - Karshi Airport
- Samarkand - Samarkand International Airport
- Termez - Termez Airport
Eastern Asia
- Guangzhou - Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport seasonal charter[4]
Southern Asia
Western Asia
- Ganja - Ganja International Airport
- Lankaran - Lankaran International Airport
- Qabala - Qabala Airport[6]
- Dubai - Al Maktoum International Airport [charter]
Europe
- Anadyr - Ugolny Airport[7]
- Blagoveshchensk - Ignatyevo Airport[8]
- Bratsk - Bratsk Airport
- Simferopol - Simferopol International Airport
- Gelendzhik - Gelendzhik Airport
- Komsomolsk-on-Amur - Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport[8]
- Krasnodar - Krasnodar International Airport
- Magadan - Sokol Airport
- Makhachkala - Uytash Airport
- Moscow - Domodedovo International Airport - base
- Novosibirsk - Tolmachevo International Airport
- Sochi - Sochi International Airport
- Stavropol - Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport
- Alicante - Alicante-Elche Airport
- Barcelona - El Prat Airport
- Málaga - Málaga Airport
- Tenerife - Tenerife South Airport
- Gran Canaria - Gran Canaria Airport
Fleet
A VIM Airlines Boeing 757-200 landing at Salzburg Airport wearing old livery
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A VIM Airlines Airbus A319 wearing a new livery at Moscow-Domodedovo
As of June 2016, the VIM Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft:[9][10][11]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | Y | Total | ||||
| Airbus A319-100 | 4 | — | – | 150 | 150 | |
| Airbus A330-200 | — | 1 | ||||
| Boeing 737-500 | 2 | 1 | – | 126 | 126 | Ex-Transaero |
| Boeing 757-200 | 7 | — | – | 220 | 220 | 2 aircraft stored |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 1 | 12 | 259 | 271 | Ex-Transaero |
| Boeing 777-200ER | 3 | 4 | 35 | 247 | 282 | Ex-Malaysia Airlines |
| Total | 17 | 7 | ||||
Retired Fleet
- Ilyushin Il-62M (first aircraft in the airline's fleet)
- Tupolev Tu-154 (leased from Aviaprad)
- Yakovlev Yak-42 (leased from KrasAir)
Source: planespotters.net[12]
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"
- ↑ VIM Airlines schedule page
- ↑ http://airlineroute.net/2014/12/01/nn-kqt-dec14/
- ↑ Liu, Jim (22 July 2016). "VIM Airlines Expand Guangzhou Charter Flights from August 2016". Airlineroute, Routesonline. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ↑ aviation.am - Flight schedule from Yerevan Zvartnots Airport
- ↑ Алиева, Айнур (9 September 2013). "Авиарейс Санкт-Петербург-Гябяля откроется на будущей неделе". Azeri-Press Agency (APA) LLC. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
- ↑ ""ВИМ-Авиа" будет летать из Москвы в Анадырь". Информационное агентство " ТурМаяк ". 26 February 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
- 1 2 L, J (17 March 2014). "VIM Airlines Adds Moscow – Blagoveschensk / Komsomolsk Na Amure Service in S14". Airline Route. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
- ↑ VIM-Avia fleet page
- ↑ VIM-Avia seatmap
- ↑ VIM Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net
- ↑ VIM Airlines at planespotters.net
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