Avies AS was an

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and is now a travel company based in

Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...

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. Its main base was

Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport Tallinn Airport ( et, Tallinna lennujaam, ) or Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport ( et, Lennart Meri Tallinna lennujaam) is the largest airport in Estonia, which serves as a hub for the national airline Nordica, as well as the secondary hub for Air ...

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27 March 2007 Avies operated flights from Tallinn to

Kärdla Kärdla (; sv, ; german: Kertel) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. Geography Kärdla is located on the northeastern coast of Hiiumaa, by the T ...

and

Kuressaare Kuressaare () is a town on Saaremaa island in Estonia. It is the administrative centre of Saaremaa Parish and the capital of Saare County. Kuressaare is the westernmost town in Estonia. The recorded population on 1 January 2018 was 13,276. Th ...

in Estonia.

History

Avies was established and started operations in 1991 and operated scheduled passenger transport, charter and air taxi services. All domestic flights in

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were cancelled in March 2015, due to contract cancellation by Swedish Traffic Administration. Before that Avies flew three domestic routes in Sweden. Avies was declared

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by court on 26 June 2015, however continued to operate as usual. However, the remaining flights from

Kuressaare Airport Kuressaare Airport ( et, Kuressaare lennujaam, ) is an airport in Estonia. The airport is situated south southeast of Kuressaare on Saaremaa island. Overview The first runway was built in the last half of the 1930s. The airport was opened offic ...

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and

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were suspended on 1 April 2016, after the airline's operating license was withdrawn by

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for a duration of six months over safety concerns.

Destinations

Until its license has been revoked in April 2016, Avies served the following scheduled destinations: ; *

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–

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Fleet

As of December 2014, the Avies fleet included the following aircraft. * 1 Bombardier Learjet 31A * 1 Bombardier Learjet 55C * 2

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* 4

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* 1

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* 1 Hawker Beechcraft 750 * 1

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Accidents and incidents

*On 13 February 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies landed at Pajala with two wheels outside the paved runway. No damage to the aircraft. *On 3 May 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies got trouble with both engines after departure from Sveg. They had too low RPM, but there was no warning from the plane system for that. The pilots returned to Sveg and managed to get better power from the engines before landing. *On 31 January 2014, a Jetstream belonging to Avies skidded off the snow-covered runway at Torsby Airport.Interim statement Serious incident at Torsby Airport, Värmland county on 31 January 2014

References

External links

Official website
(archived version) {{Airlines of Estonia Defunct airlines of Estonia Airlines established in 1991 Airlines disestablished in 2016 1991 establishments in Estonia 2016 disestablishments in Estonia Companies based in Tallinn