VIF Airways
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| Founded | 1993[1] | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 1995 | ||||||
| Ceased operations | 1996 | ||||||
| Hubs | Begumpet Airport (Hyderabad) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
| Destinations | 9 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, India | ||||||
| Key people | Syed Ainuddin Arif, (Chairman) | ||||||
| Website | Archived Copy | ||||||
VIF Airways was a private Air Taxi operator based in Hyderabad, India. Its main base was Begumpet Airport. It ceased operations after only a few months after commencement of services.
History
VIF Airways was founded as a Private Limited Company in May 1993, with its registered office at Hyderabad. They had ordered five aircraft[2] but flight operations commenced in April 1995[3] with a single Dornier 328, making it the first operator of the type in Asia[4] and the only operator of that type of aircraft in India. The airline shut down in 1996.[5][6]
Destinations
VIF Airways operated flights to the following destinations:
- Hyderabad - Begumpet Airport (Base)
- Visakhapatnam - Visakhapatnam Airport
- Mumbai - Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
- Tirupati - Tirupati Airport
- Kolkata - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport
- Ahmedabad - Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
- Pune - Pune Airport
- Rajahmundry - Rajahmundry Airport
- Bhubaneshwar - Biju Patnaik Airport
Fleet
The VIF Airways fleet consisted of one Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft registered VT-VIF.[7]
References
- ↑ "World Airline Directory". Flight Global. 3 April 1996. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ↑ "Indian order for 328". Flight Global. 19 October 1994. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ↑ "India's VIF Airways". AviationWeek Network. 10 April 1995. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
- ↑ "VIF takes Asia's first 328". Flight Global. 12 April 1995. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ↑ Airlines that went bust
- ↑ "Company Profile". India Infoline. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
- ↑ Planespotters.net
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