Danube Wings

Danube Wings

IATA V5 ICAO VPA Callsign VIP TAXI
Founded	2000 as Vip Wings,a.s.
Operating bases	M. R. Stefanik Airport
Focus cities	Bologna
Fleet size	3
Destinations	6
Company slogan	"We fly your direction"
Headquarters	Bratislava, Slovakia
Key people	CEO: Ing. Jan Rostas, PhD.
Website	www.danubewings.eu

A Danube Wings ATR 72 at Poprad-Tatry Airport, Slovakia. (2009)

Danube Wings is brand name for passenger air transport services operated by Vip Wings, a.s. It is the flag carrier and major airline of Slovakia.^[1] Its main hub is M. R. Štefánik Airport. The brand belongs to VIP WINGS which is the AOC holder and holder of the licences. VIP WINGS was created from VIP AIR - the first private aviation company in Slovakia. DanubeWings operates regional scheduled services on domestic and international routes using ATR 72 aircraft.

History

VIP Wings was established on May 23, 2000.In August 2008 operation started with ATR-72 aircrafts with the offer of regular transport to the general public. On November 13, 2008 company was assigned the V5 IATA code. On July 15, 2009 Danube Wings became a member of ERA (European Regions Airline Association).

Destinations^[2]

Regular lines, summer 2011

from Bratislava

• Bratislava – Košice

from Košice

• Košice – Bratislava

Charter flights, summer 2011

from Bratislava

• Bratislava – Salerno

Fleet

A Danube Wings Boeing 737-400 at Poprad-Tatry Airport, Slovakia. (2009)

The Danube Wings fleet includes the following aircraft in an all-economy class (at 6 March 2011):^[3][4]

DanubeWings Fleet

Aircraft	In Fleet	Orders	Passengers	Notes
ATR 72-202	1 2	-	70 72

Retired

• 1 Boeing 737-400 (leased from Czech Airlines)
• 1 Boeing 737-300 – not taken up

Incidents and accidents

• On 2 January 2010, Danube Wings Flight 8230, a Boeing 737-400 was involved in an incident when Slovak Police force hid 8 explosives in passengers luggage to test the airport's security systems. One of the explosives was later not revealed and was flown to Dublin.

References

1. ^ "Contacts." Danube Wings. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "Address: DANUBE WINGS, a.s. Ivánska cesta 30/B 821 04 Bratislava Slovakia."
2. ^ http://portal.danubewings.eu/index.php/sk/kamlietame/flightplan
3. ^ Danube Wings Fleet
4. ^ Danube Wings Fleet - CH-Aviation.ch

External links

	Slovakia portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• Danube Wings (English)/(Slovak)/(German)/(Italian)

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