Romavia

Compania Românã de Aviatie Romavia RA
IATA code :	WQ
ICAO code :	RMV
Call sign :	AEROMAVIA
Founding:	1991
Operation stopped:	2010
Seat:	Bucharest , Romania
Home airport :	Bucharest Băneasa Airport
Fleet size:	3
Aims:	International
Website:	www.romavia.ro
Compania Românã de Aviatie Romavia RA ceased operations in 2010. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Romavia , actually Compania Românã de Aviatie Romavia RA , was a Romanian airline based in Bucharest and next to TAROM the country's second national airline.

history

On April 3, 1991, the Romanian government founded the Romavia airline. Flight operations began in the same year.

In October 2010 the company ceased its flight operations.

Business areas

There were mainly VIP flights for government agencies and Romanian politicians. In addition, aircraft were also made available for cargo and passenger charter flights across Europe . There was also a separate maintenance facility.

fleet

BAC 1-11 of Romavia

When operations ceased in October 2010, the fleet consisted of three aircraft:

• 2 BAC 1-11
• 1 Antonov An-24

Before that one also operated aircraft of the following types:

• Boeing 707-300
• BAe 146-200
• Ilyushin Il-18
• Antonov An-26

Incidents

• On January 10, 1991, the President's aircraft, the Boeing 707-3K1C YR-ABD , was irreparably damaged during a local test flight. When landing at Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport , the left wing touched the ground, so a fire broke out in engine number 1 and the outer left wing broke off. The plane came to an uncontrolled halt in the grass next to the runway and caught fire. All 13 crew members were able to save themselves.

• On December 13, 1995, an Antonov An-24 ( YR-AMR ) operated for Banat Air crashed into the ground shortly after taking off from Verona Airport due to a stall . The reason was that the machine had not been de-iced despite snowfall. In addition, it was overloaded by at least two tons. All 49 people on board were killed (see also Banat Air Flight 166 ) .

• On April 22, 2008, a BAe 146-200 ( YR-BEB ) rented to Carpatair fell off the runway at Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport after the main landing gear collapsed. All 73 occupants were able to save themselves, but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

See also

• List of former airlines

Web links

Commons : Romavia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Romavia website of the (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Günter Endres / Graham Edwards: Type manual airlines . Heel, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89880-916-0 .
2. ↑ ^{a b} AeroTransport Data Bank: Profile for Romavia (English), accessed on September 19, 2015
3. ^ Accident report YR-ABD, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.
4. ^ Accident report YR-AMR, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.
5. ^ Accident report YR-BEB, Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on June 21, 2016.