Kavminvodyavia

Infobox Airline
airline = Federal State Unitary Air Enterprise "Kavminvodyavia"
ФГУАП «КМВ»

logo_size = 250
fleet_size = 22 (+2 orders)
destinations = 18
IATA = KV
ICAO = MVD
callsign = AIR MINVODY
parent = Government owned
company_slogan =
founded = 1995
headquarters = Mineralnye Vody, Russia
key_people = Vasiliy Viktorovich Babaskin (General Director)ru icon Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", "Airline Reference", Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 27 April 2007, p. 221]
hubs = Mineralnye Vody Airport, Vnukovo International Airport, Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport
secondary_hubs =
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer =
lounge =
alliance =
website = http://www.kmvavia.aero/

Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) is an airline based in Mineralnye Vody in the Caucasus, Russia. It operates scheduled services to over 20 destinations in the northern Caucasus region and abroad, as well as charter services. Its main base is Mineralnye Vody Airport cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 100 | date= 2007-04-03] , which is also operated by the company.

History

The first airport operation dates from 1925, when the one aircraft was a French Dornue-Comet. The present three-story airport building opened in 1965.

The airline was established in 1961 as the Mineralnye Vody Aviation Group. The first international city it operated services to was Berlin in 1980. The airport and its civil aviation service was reorganized into the Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise in 1988, under the direction of V.V. Babaskin. It was reorganized again in 1995 into the State United Venture Kavminvodyavia, more commonly known as KMV . The airline purchased several Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft in 1997.

Destinations

As of August 2007, Kavminvodyavia operates flights to the following: [ [http://www.polets.ru/cgi-bin/sh.pl?Mode=AK&AKIndex=517&AKCode=517 Polet-Sirena] ] [ru icon [http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=23 KMV Avia official website Charter schedule] ]
All flights to European Union are suspended since 19 June 2007 until company resolves issues with fleet. [ [http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=107] Official explanation ]

* Russia (Domestic)
** Khabarovsk (Khabarovsk Novy Airport)
** Moscow
*** Domodedovo Airport
*** Vnukovo Airport (focus city)
** Mineralnye Vody (Mineralnye Vody Airport) (hub)
** Nizhnevartovsk (Nizhnevartovsk Airport)
** Novokuznetsk (Spichenkovo Airport)
** Novosibirsk (Tolmachevo Airport)
** Noyabrsk (Noyabrsk Airport)
** Pevek (Pevek Airport)
** Saint Petersburg (Pulkovo Airport)
** Stavropol (Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport)
** Yekaterinburg (Koltsovo Airport)

International scheduled destinations:
* Armenia
** Yerevan (Zvartnots International Airport)

International charter destinations:
* Cyprus
** Paphos (Paphos International Airport)
* Greece
** Thessaloniki (Thessaloniki International Airport)
* Israel
** Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
* Turkey
** Tekirdag (Tekirdağ Çorlu Airport)

Fleet

As of March 2008 the Kavminvodyavia fleet includes: [ [http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=KMV+Mineralnye+Vody+Airlines&where=100906&luck= Aerotransport.org Kavminvodyavia fleet details] ]

*1 AgustaWestland EH101 Series 514
*9 Antonov An-2
*2 Kamov Ka-26
*4 Tupolev Tu-154B
*4 Tupolev Tu-154M
*2 Tupolev Tu-204-100 (plus 2 on order)

External links

* [http://www.kmvavia.aero/ Kavminvodyavia] ru icon
* [http://www.kmvavia.aero/set_lang_en/ Kavminvodyavia] en icon
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=KV&al_op=1 Kavminvodyavia Fleet]

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