Hemus Air
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Hemus Air is an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operates scheduled domestic and international services from Sofia and Varna, as well as charter, cargo and air ambulance services. Its main base is Sofia Airport.
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History
The airline was established and started operations in 1986, when it branched off from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. It initially operated as a separate department providing ambulance services, flight calibration and aerial photography. In 1991 it became a separate legal entity from Balkan and was named Hemus Air. The company was privatized by Bulgarian corporate investors in 2002 and has since tried to establish itself on the market, facing stiff competition from foreign carriers, as well as the newly-established successor of Balkan, Bulgaria Air. Quite ambitiously, Hemus Air's management has pledged to participate in the privatization process of government-owned Bulgaria Air, but it is unclear as of yet whether it stands much of a chance. It is wholly owned by Himimport.
Services
Hemus Air operates the following services (at July 2006):
- International scheduled destinations:
- * Albania: Tirana
- * Cyprus: Larnaca
- * Egypt: Cairo
- * Germany: Berlin (Tegel International Airport) and Cologne (Cologne Bonn Airport)
- * Greece: Athens
- * Lebanon: Beirut
- * Libya: Tripoli
- * Romania: Bucharest (Henri Coandă International Airport)
- * Serbia: Pristina
- * United Arab Emirates: Dubai
- * United Kingdom: London (London Heathrow Airport)
Fleet
The Hemus Air fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2006):
- 1 Boeing 737-400
- 1 Boeing 737-300
- 3 BAe 146-200
- 4 BAe 146-300
- 3 Tupolev Tu-154M
- 4 Tupolev Tu-134A
- 1 Tupolev Tu-134B
- 6 Yakovlev Yak-40
- 1 Let L-410 UVP-E
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