- Bavaria Fluggesellschaft
Bavaria Fluggesellschaft was a West German airline founded in 1957 and was merged with Germanair to become
Bavaria Germanair in March 1977.Code Information
*ICAO Code:
*IATA Code: BV
*Call Sign: BavariaCompany History
This airline was founded in 1957 as Bavaria Fluggesellschaft Schwabe & Co. In January 1958 the first aircraft, a Piper PA-23 Apache, was used for air taxi work. In 1959 the Twin Beech was added. The
Douglas DC-3 came in 1960 and by this time the main business was carrying freight on behalf ofLufthansa . With increased business aHandley Page Dart Herald was added in 1964 and by 1966 three were in service and about 800,000 passenger were carried that year. In order to expand, the BAC 1-11 and the Jetstream 31 were added to the regional schedules. That aircraft was involved in a fatal accident on 6 March 1970 (see bellow). In 1974, a close cooperation was established with Germanair which culminated in the merger of both airlines to becomeBavaria Germanair on 1 March 1977. [Flug-Revue 1977 [http://flug-revue.rotor.com/FRHeft7X/FRHeft77/FRH7703/FR7703d.htm] ]Historical Fleet Details
*Piper PA-23 Apache
*Beechcraft Twin Beech
*Douglas DC-3
*Handley Page Dart Herald
*BAC 1-11
*Jetstream 31Accident description
Status: Date: 06 MAR 1970Type: Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1Operator: Bavaria FluggesellschaftRegistration: D-INAHC/n / msn: 205First flight: 1969Crew: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2Passengers: Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9Total: Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 11Airplane da
[http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19700306-0 ASN Aircraft accident Handley Page HP-137 Jetstream 1 D-INAH St. Moritz-Samedan Airport (SMV) ] ]
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