Avies

Avies Lennukompanij AS - Avies Air Co.
	BAe Jetstream 31
Founded	1991
Ceased operations	2016
Hubs	Tallinn Airport
Fleet size	11
Destinations	3
Headquarters	Tallinn, Estonia

Avies Lennukompanij AS was an airline headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia owned by the tour operator of the same name. Its main operating base was Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport. Avies operated scheduled flights from Tallinn to Kärdla and Kuressaare in Estonia.

History

Avies was established in 1991 and started operations in that same year: charter and air taxi services. Schedules were added in 1999 and the airline flew also three domestic routes inside Sweden.

All domestic flights in Sweden were halted in March 2015, due to contract cancellation by Swedish authorities. Avies was declared bankrupt by court on 26 June 2015, but it continued to operate as before. However, the remaining flights from Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport to Kuressaare Airport, Kärdla Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda were suspended on 1 April 2016, after the airline's operating license had been withdrawn by Estonian Civil Aviation Administration for a duration of six months over safety concerns.

Destinations

Until its license has been revoked in April 2016, Avies served the following scheduled destinations:

Estonia

Tallinn – Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport base
Kärdla – Kärdla Airport
Kuressaare – Kuressaare Airport

Sweden

Stockholm – Stockholm Arlanda Airport

Fleet

As of December 2014, the Avies fleet included the following aircraft.

Accidents and incidents

On 13 February 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies landed at Pajala with two wheels outside the paved runway. No damage to the aircraft.
On 3 May 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies got trouble with both engines after departure from Sveg. They had too low RPM, but there was no warning from the plane system for that. The pilots returned to Sveg and managed to get better power from the engines before landing.
On 31 January 2014, a Jetstream belonging to Avies skidded off the snow-covered runway at Torsby Airport.

References

↑ "Contact." Avies. Retrieved on 12 February 2012. "Address: Sepise 1, Tallinn, Eesti"
↑ Flight International 27 March 2007
↑ "Meist | Avies". 2014-11-29. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2022-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
↑ "Eesti lennufirmad läbi aegade, pankrottidega vahelduv edulugu Aeronaudist Estonian Airini".
1 2 Cavegn, Dario. "Bankrupt airline Avies now without license, all flight operations ceased". err. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
↑ "Avies Air Company". airlineupdate.com. 1 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
↑ RL 2014:01 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
↑ RL 2014:07 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
↑ Interim statement Serious incident at Torsby Airport, Värmland county on 31 January 2014 Archived April 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

External links

Official website (archived version)

[1] "Contact." Avies. Retrieved on 12 February 2012. "Address: Sepise 1, Tallinn, Eesti"

[FI-2] Flight International 27 March 2007

[3] "Meist | Avies". 2014-11-29. Archived from the original on 2014-11-29. Retrieved 2022-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[4] "Eesti lennufirmad läbi aegade, pankrottidega vahelduv edulugu Aeronaudist Estonian Airini".

[err.ee-5] 1 2 Cavegn, Dario. "Bankrupt airline Avies now without license, all flight operations ceased". err. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

[6] "Avies Air Company". airlineupdate.com. 1 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[7] RL 2014:01 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[8] RL 2014:07 Archived July 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine

[9] Interim statement Serious incident at Torsby Airport, Värmland county on 31 January 2014 Archived April 17, 2015, at the Wayback Machine

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