Air Via
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Air VIA (Bulgarian Airways) is a charter airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. Its main bases are Sofia International Airport (SOF) and Varna International Airport (VAR).
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The airline was founded in 1990 and operates over 1500 charter flights in the summer period, flying to and from 20 airports in Germany for BG Tours (Germany), Jetair (Belgium), Neckermann Deutschland, Prodintour (France) and TUI Deutschland. In December 2003 it was reported that Air VIA was considering an order for up to 10 Tupolev Tu-214 aircraft. In February 2005 Air VIA was considering replacing its Tupolev Tu-154M fleet by either Boeing 737-400s or McDonnell Douglas MD-80s. Finally, Air VIA decided to replace the Tupolevs by Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
[edit] Fleet
As of August 2006 the Air Via fleet includes:
Of the 3 Airbus A320 aircraft, two of them are factory new:
- LZ-MDA rolled out April 2006
- LZ-MDM rolled out June 2006
- LZ-MDT rolled out 2004, ex-operated by AeroFlight
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