Viaggio Air (VM) was a private

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based and registered in

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in September 2002.

History

It started operations with an

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aircraft on 27 February 2003.Airline Codes (November 2006)
/ref> It firstly started operating flights to

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and

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and had plans to operate to

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and

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. At a later stage it was 100% bought by

Hemus Air Hemus Air ( Bulgarian title: Хемус Ер) was an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operated scheduled domestic and international services from Sofia and Varna, as well as charter, cargo and air ambulance services. Its main base was Sofia Ai ...

(DU), which also acquired Bulgaria Air (FB). In late 2007 Viaggio Air ceased flight operations.

Fleet

The Viaggio Air fleet had the following aircraft (as of February 2008): *2

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As of 3 June 2008, the average age of the Viaggio Air fleet is 19.1 years

.

External links

Viaggio Air Fleet

References

Defunct airlines of Bulgaria Airlines established in 2002 Airlines disestablished in 2007 Bulgarian companies established in 2002 2007 disestablishments in Bulgaria {{Bulgaria-transport-stub