Air Slovakia
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Hubs | M. R. Štefánik Airport (Bratislava) | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Bratislava, Slovakia | ||||||
| Key people | Harjinder Singh Sidhu (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.airslovakia.sk | ||||||
Air Slovakia is an airline based in Bratislava, Slovakia. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights from Bratislava.
History
The airline was established in 1993 with the name of Air Terrex Slovakia. The name Air Slovakia was adopted in 1995. Originally Boeing 727 aircraft were in the fleet. They were later replaced by more modern aircraft - Boeing 737-200, Boeing 737-300 and Boeing 757-200.[1]
Destinations
Scheduled services
This is a list of Air Slovakia's scheduled destinations (as of October 2007)[2]:
Bangladesh
- Dhaka (Zia International Airport) (Starting December 6, 2007)
India
Israel
Kuwait
- Kuwait (Kuwait International Airport) - summer only
Charter, ACMI and ad-hoc charter services
In summer 2007 Air Slovakia flew these charter routes[3]:
Bratislava - Antalya, Araxos, Athens, Bodrum, Bourgas, Chania, Dalaman, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Kavala, Korfu, Kos, Menorca, Mytilene, Palma de Mallorca, Rhodos, Samos, Sharm el Sheikh, Taba, Thessaloniki, Tivat, Zakynthos
Brno - Heraklion, Kos, Rhodos, Zakynthos
Košice - Antalya, Chania, Heraklion, Hurghada, Ibiza, Korfu, Kos, Rhodos, Thessaloniki, Zakynthos
Air Slovakia flies on ACMI contract on behalf of Voliamo with F-GIXA: Brescia - Catania - Cagliari - Brescia.
The airline also operates ACMI on behalf of other carriers, mainly SkyEurope Airlines, Travel Service and Wizzair, but also others. It also flies occasionally for the Slovak army.
See: http://www.airportbratislava.sk, http://www.slovak-airports.net, http://www.airslovakia.sk and http://www.voliamo.net for more details
Fleet
The Air Slovakia fleet consists of the following aircraft (at October 2007):
- 2 Boeing 737-200 OM-RAN, F-GIXA
- 1 Boeing 737-300 OM-ASC
- 2 Boeing 757-200 OM-ASA, OM-ASB
Previously operated
- 1 Airbus 320-200 (operated by Lotus Air) SU-LBI April - October 2007
- 1 Boeing 737-300 (operated by AirClass Airways) EC-JXD June - September 2007
- 2 Boeing 757-200 OM-DGK,OM-SNA
- 3 Boeing 737-200 OM-BWJ, OM-ERA, OM-ALK
- 2 Boeing 727-200 OM-AHK, OM-CHD