Vision Airlines
| Vision Airlines | |
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| IATA code : | V2 |
| ICAO code : | RBY |
| Call sign : | RUBY |
| Founding: | 1994 |
| Operation stopped: | 2017 |
| Seat: |
Suwanee , United States
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| Home airport : | Louisville Airport |
| Passenger volume: | 171,160 (2008) |
| Fleet size: | 7th |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.visionairlines.com |
| Vision Airlines ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Vision Airlines , formerly Vision Air , was an American airline based in Suwanee , Georgia .
history
Vision Airlines was founded in 1994 as Vision Air and initially operated sightseeing flights from North Las Vegas Airport to the Grand Canyon , Marble Canyon , Hoover Dam and Monument Valley with Dornier 228 and Dornier 328 aircraft .
On July 9, 2010, 10 Russian secret agents were flown to Vienna on a Vision Airlines Boeing 767 to carry out the largest agent exchange since the end of the Cold War . This aircraft has been out of service at Phoenix-Goodyear Airport since March 20, 2013 .
Destinations
Most recently, 22 destinations were offered in scheduled traffic exclusively in the southwest of the USA and in charter traffic also to Cuba .
fleet
As of May 2015, the Vision Airlines fleet consisted of seven aircraft:
See also
Web links
- Website of Vision Airlines (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ rzjets: Vision Airlines (English), accessed on October 20, 2019.
- ↑ Largest agent exchange since the end of the Cold War , Guy Faulconbridge for de.reuters.com, accessed July 9, 2010
- ↑ flightaware.com - Last flight , accessed August 22, 2013
- ↑ Ch-aviation : Fleet , accessed on May 28, 2015