AerianTur-M

AerianTur-M was an airline based in Chişinău, Moldova. It was established in 1996 and operated passenger and cargo charter services to the Middle East. Its main base was Chişinău International Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 46 | date= 2007-03-27] .

At July 2007 the airline no longer has a valid air operators certificate. [cite web | title= Air Operators| date=2007-07-05| work= Civil Aviation Authority of the Republic of Moldova | url=http://en.caa.md/air_operators | accessdate=2007-07-06]

Incidents and accidents

On January 9, 2007, 34 people were killed when an Antonov An-26 airliner crashed while attempting to land at Balad, Iraq. Officials say the accident was caused by fog, but witnesses and the Islamic Army in Iraq say it was shot down. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Moldovan plane that crashed in Iraq was downed - eyewitness |url= http://en.rian.ru/world/20070112/58977626.htm |work= |publisher= Russian News and Information Agency Novosti |date= |accessdate=2007-01-22 ]

Fleet

The AerianTur-M fleet included the following aircraft (at March 2007) :

*1 Antonov An-12
*2 Antonov An-26

References