Zimex Aviation
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| Founded | 1969*, *as an air operator | ||||||
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| Focus cities | Luanda, Hassi Messaoud, Juba | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zurich Airport Glattbrugg, Switzerland | ||||||
| Key people | Hugo Kopp, CEO | ||||||
| Website | http://www.zimex.ch/ | ||||||
Zimex Aviation Ltd. is an airline based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.[1] It provides aircraft leases worldwide to the oil and mining industries and to humanitarian organisations. Its main base is at Oued Irara - Krim Belkacem Airport which is an airport serving Hassi Messaoud, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria.
History
The airline was established and started operations in 1969.
On October 14, 1987, a Lockheed L-100-30 - a civilian variant of the military transport plane C-130 Hercules - was shot down in Angola. It was operated on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.[2]
In October 1999, Zimex Aviation Group was sold to a Swiss investor group.
Fleet
The Zimex Aviation fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[3]
| Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 72-200F | 2 | — | ||
| Beechcraft 1900D | 1[4] | — | ||
| De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 10 | — | ||
| Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter | 1 | — | ||
| Total | 14 | |||
The Zimex Aviation fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of August 2006):[5]
- 2 further De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter
- 5 Pilatus PC6 Turbo Porter
- 3 further Beechcraft 1900D
- 1 further Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter]].[6]
At the July 2010 Farnborough Air Show, Zimex took delivery of the first DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 produced by Viking Air.
References
- ↑ "How to find us Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.." direct image link Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. - Zimex Aviation. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "Zimex Aviation Ltd. Cherstrasse 4 P.O. Box 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland"
- ↑ Criminal Occurrence description
- ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
- ↑ "Zimex Aviation fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006
- ↑ News releases: Viking Air Archived May 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
