Farnair Hungary

Infobox Airline
airline=Farnair Hungary
logo=
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IATA=-
ICAO=FAH
callsign=BLUE STRIP
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founded=1990
headquarters=Budapest
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hubs=Budapest Ferihegy International Airport
fleet_size=6
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website= http://www.farnair.com/

Farnair Hungary is an airline based in Budapest, Hungary. It operates scheduled express cargo services, ad hoc charter services and relief missions. Its main base is Budapest Ferihegy International Airport.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 81 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1990. It was founded as NAWA Air Transport, the first privately owned airline in Hungary. In 1993 it was acquired by Farner Air Transport and was renamed Farner Air Transport Hungary. It became Farnair Hungary in 1997. It is wholly owned by Farnair Switzerland.

Incidents and accidents

On 27 January 2005, a Farnair Hungary Let L-410 aircraft was carrying out a non-directional beacon let-down with radar assistance at Iaşi Airport, Romania, but when the crew notified air traffic control of their position over the airport beacon and their intention to turn right outbound, they were seen to turn left. Then the aircraft spiralled down to crash on the airfield. The two crew members onboard were killed. There was light snow at the time [Flight International July 2005] .

Fleet

The Farnair Hungary fleet includes the following aircraft (at February 2008):

*6 Fokker F27 Mk500

External links

* [http://www.farnair.com/ Farnair Hungary]

References