Compania Română de Aviație Romavia R.A., usually referred to as Romaviaand also known as Romanian Aviation Company[citation needed], was a state airline from Romania, owned and controlled by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence. It operated VIP and charter flights, serving the demands of the Romanian state and its politicians. Romavia had its headquarters in Bucharest,[1] with the base for its flight operations being located at the city's airports Henri Coandă and Băneasa.[2]
Romavia was formed by the Romanian government in 1990[2] and launched flight operations the following year.[3]
Romavia set up an Aircraft Maintenance Organization, for the benefit of their own fleet and for other customers. The fleet consisted, among other models, of two Romanian-built BAC (Rombac) 1-11 (YR-BRE and the last worldwide build, YR-BRI with stage III Rolls-Royce engines).
On 10 January 1991, a Boeing 707-300 (registered YR-ABD) was damaged beyond repair during a crash landing at Bucharest Otopeni Airport. The aircraft had been on a crew training flight for soon-to-be-launched Romavia, when it hit the runway with its left wing, resulting in a fire. There were no casualties amongst the 13 persons on board.[6]
On 13 December 1995, Banat Air Flight 166, an Antonov An-24 (registered YR-AMR) chartered from Romavia, crashed shortly after take-off from Verona Airport, killing all 41 passengers and 8 crew members on board. The accident most probably happened because of the aircraft having been overloaded and improperly de-iced.
romavia, compania, română, aviație, usually, referred, also, known, romanian, aviation, company, citation, needed, state, airline, from, romania, owned, controlled, romanian, ministry, national, defence, operated, charter, flights, serving, demands, romanian, . Compania Romană de Aviație Romavia R A usually referred to as Romavia and also known as Romanian Aviation Company citation needed was a state airline from Romania owned and controlled by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence It operated VIP and charter flights serving the demands of the Romanian state and its politicians Romavia had its headquarters in Bucharest 1 with the base for its flight operations being located at the city s airports Henri Coandă and Băneasa 2 RomaviaIATA ICAO CallsignWQ RMV Commenced operations1991Ceased operations2014Operating basesAurel Vlaicu International AirportHeadquartersBucharest RomaniaWebsiteromavia ro Contents 1 History 2 Fleet 3 Incidents and accidents 4 References 5 External linksHistory editRomavia was formed by the Romanian government in 1990 2 and launched flight operations the following year 3 Romavia set up an Aircraft Maintenance Organization for the benefit of their own fleet and for other customers The fleet consisted among other models of two Romanian built BAC Rombac 1 11 YR BRE and the last worldwide build YR BRI with stage III Rolls Royce engines As of August 2014 the company is bankrupt 2 Fleet edit nbsp A Romavia Rombac One Eleven at Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport 1998 nbsp A Romavia BAe 146 200 approaching Brussels Airport 2006 Over the years Romavia operated the following aircraft types 2 4 Aircraft Introduced Retired NumberAntonov An 24 4Antonov An 26 13Rombac One Eleven 1995 2009 3BAe 146 200 2005 2012 3Boeing 707 5 1992 2012 1Ilyushin Il 18 2Incidents and accidents editOn 10 January 1991 a Boeing 707 300 registered YR ABD was damaged beyond repair during a crash landing at Bucharest Otopeni Airport The aircraft had been on a crew training flight for soon to be launched Romavia when it hit the runway with its left wing resulting in a fire There were no casualties amongst the 13 persons on board 6 On 13 December 1995 Banat Air Flight 166 an Antonov An 24 registered YR AMR chartered from Romavia crashed shortly after take off from Verona Airport killing all 41 passengers and 8 crew members on board The accident most probably happened because of the aircraft having been overloaded and improperly de iced References edit Romavia contact information a b c d Information about Romavia at the Aero Transport Data Bank Flight International 12 18 April 2005 Romavia Fleet Details and History planespotters net Gabriel Bobon 8 April 2020 Fostul Boeing 707 folosit ca avion prezidențial iși incepe a doua carieră Boarding Pass in Romanian Romavia 1991 crash landing at the Aviation Safety NetworkExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Romavia nbsp Romania portal nbsp Companies portal nbsp Aviation portalOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Romavia amp oldid 1164063688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
