The airline was founded in 1940 by Mr. and Mrs. Thuring in Fårösund, Sweden. It did primary work for the Swedish Airforce. In 1945 Avia started with agricultural flights and training of pilots. In 1984, Gotlandsbolaget buys Avia, which it owned until one year after the merger with AMA-Flyg/Salair in 1992. In 1993 Salénia became the sole owner of Avia, which they re-branded into Skyways Express. At the same time Scandinavian Airlines shuts down Swedair and decides to buy a stake in Skyways instead. In 2009 Skyways sales unit and operational division was separated and the operational division was renamed Avia again. The company closed down 2011.[1]
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The Avia Express had the following aircraft (as of 23 August 2010[update]):
avia, express, charter, airline, based, stockholm, sweden, main, base, stockholm, arlanda, airport, iata, icao, callsignjz, expressfounded1940ceased, operations2011hubsstockholm, arlanda, airportfleet, size12parent, companysaléniaheadquartersjönköping, swedenw. Avia Express was a charter airline based in Stockholm Sweden Its main base was Stockholm Arlanda Airport Avia ExpressIATA ICAO CallsignJZ SKX SKY EXPRESSFounded1940Ceased operations2011HubsStockholm Arlanda AirportFleet size12Parent companySaleniaHeadquartersJonkoping SwedenWebsitehttp www aviaexpress se Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe airline was founded in 1940 by Mr and Mrs Thuring in Farosund Sweden It did primary work for the Swedish Airforce In 1945 Avia started with agricultural flights and training of pilots In 1984 Gotlandsbolaget buys Avia which it owned until one year after the merger with AMA Flyg Salair in 1992 In 1993 Salenia became the sole owner of Avia which they re branded into Skyways Express At the same time Scandinavian Airlines shuts down Swedair and decides to buy a stake in Skyways instead In 2009 Skyways sales unit and operational division was separated and the operational division was renamed Avia again The company closed down 2011 1 Fleet editThe Avia Express had the following aircraft as of 23 August 2010 update Avia Express Fleet Aircraft Total Orders Passengers Economy NotesFokker 50 12 0 ten aircraft are operated for Skyways Express and two aircraft are leased to Air BalticTotal 12 0See also editAirlines Transport in SwedenReferences edit Our history Avia Express Archived from the original on 2010 05 05 Retrieved 2010 09 07 Avia Express Our History External links editOfficial websitePortals nbsp Sweden nbsp Companies nbsp Aviation nbsp This article relating to a European airline is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about transport in Sweden is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Avia Express amp oldid 1121486759, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
