Kavminvodyavia
| KMV Kavminvodyavia |
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| IATA code : | KV |
| ICAO code : | MVD |
| Call sign : | AIR MINVODY |
| Founding: | 1961 |
| Operation stopped: | 2011 |
| Seat: |
Mineralnye Vody , Russia
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| Home airport : | Mineralnye Vody Airport |
| Fleet size: | 10 (+ 2 orders) |
| Aims: | National and international |
| KMV Kavminvodyavia ceased operations in 2011. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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Kavminvodyavia , KMV for short , ( Russian Кавминводыавиа , transcription Kawminwodyawia) was a Russian airline based in Mineralnye Vody .
history
KMV was founded in 1961 as Mineralnye Vody Aviation Group . The first international scheduled flight took place in 1980, the destination was Berlin. In 1988 the airline was restructured for the first time and renamed Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise . It was reorganized for the second time in 1995 when it was partially privatized and given its current name Kavminvodyavia (KMV). In 1997 the airline bought several Tupolev Tu-204s .
On September 28, 2011 it was announced that the airline is suspending all flights because the AOC expired in August and KMV was not able to submit the required papers within the one-month period granted. In October 2011, as planned before the closure, the company was dissolved in favor of expanding Aeroflot's activities .
Destinations
KMV served national and international destinations from its airport in Mineralnye Vody , which it operated. This mainly included destinations in the European part of Russia, airports in the CIS countries and Turkey . There were international flights to Amsterdam , Tel Aviv and Salzburg , for example .
fleet
(As of May 2011)
- 3 Tupolev Tu-154B (parked)
- 9 Tupolev Tu-154M (1 parked)
- 2 Tupolev Tu-204-100
- Orders
- 2 Tupolev Tu-204-100
See also
Web links
- Official website of Kavminvodyavia (Russian, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ itar-tass: [1] (PDF file; 59 kB) September 28, 2011
- ↑ traveldailynews.com - Kavminvodyavia stops the operation ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) September 19, 2011
- ↑ a b aerotransport.org: Kavminvodyavia fleet May 9, 2011
