Venus Airlines

Venus Airlines Airline codes|V4|VER|Venus was a charter airline from Greece that operated from 1992 until 1996. (Do not confuse with Venus Airlines based in the USA [http://venusairlines.com/] )

Company History

Venus Airlines was set up in 1992 and began operations in April 1993 using McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft for charter flights from Scandinavia and Germany to Greece. During the 1994 tourist season, the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was received and also the Boeing 757-200.

Venus Airlines suffered because of organizational problems, with the flights being late on many occasions and the lack of punctuality hurt the airline's reputation among tour operators. By the 1995/96 season operations had been reduced and the B757s were no longer in service, They had been replaced with older Boeing 727-200 aircraft alongside the MD-80s.

But that was to be the last season, since tour operators began to cancel contracts and by the end of 1996 it was all over for Venus Airlines. [Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing]

Fleet Details

*2 - McDonnell Douglas MD-82
*3 - McDonnell Douglas MD-83
*2 - McDonnell Douglas MD-87
*3 - Boeing 757-200
*2 - Boeing 727-200

External links

* [http://rzjets.net/operators/operator.php?opid=1372 Fleet and Code data]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?airlinesearch=Venus%20Airlines&distinct_entry=true AirlinersNet pictures]

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