Sevenair Air Services
Sevenair SA, formerly branded Aero VIP, is a Portuguese regional airline headquartered in Cascais Aerodrome, western Lisbon. It operates domestic regional routes within mainland Portugal and also offers additional aviation services and non-scheduled operations in third countries. It is part of Sevenair Group, one of the biggest aeronautical groups operating in Portugal, which provides the following services: air transportation (regional and non-scheduled), aerial works, flying school, and aircraft maintenance. [1]
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Founded | 1998 | ||||||
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Hubs | Cascais Aerodrome. | ||||||
Secondary hubs | Portimão Aerodrome, Bragança Aerodrome. | ||||||
Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
Destinations | 5 | ||||||
Headquarters | Cascais, Portugal | ||||||
Website | https://www.sevenair.com/ |
History
Before integrating the Sevenair Group, the airline was named AeroVip, of which it still maintains in 2019 the codes (WV/RVP).
Destinations
Fleet
The Sevenair fleet includes the following aircraft:[3]
Airline :
- 2 Dornier 228 – CS-AYT, CS-DVU (+1 stored)
- 1 Jetstream 32 – CS-DVQ
Air Services :
- 4 Cessna 172 Rocket (used for banner towing)
- 2 Socata Rallye (used for banner towing)
- 2 Cessna 182 Skylane (used for skydiving operations)
- 1 Pilatus PC-6 (used for skydiving operations)
- 1 Piper PA-31 Chieftain (stored)
- 6 CASA C212 Aviocar (stored)
Air Academy : [4]
- 9 Cessna 150 and 152
- 5 Tecnam P2008
- 1 Tecnam P2010
- 2 Tecnam P2006T (+1 on order)
- 1 Diamond DA42
Accidents and incidents
- On 2 December 2010, an Aero VIP Dornier 228, registration CS-TGG, flight 854 on a domestic route (Lisbon-Vila Real-Bragança), was on final approach to Braganca (LPBG) around 17:20 local time. There was snowfall and fog at the time. The airplane got too low and the nose gear cut a power line. The crew went around and landed the aircraft safely. The aircraft was not damaged and no injuries occurred. The incident left 2000 customers without electricity for two hours.[5]
References
- "Sevenair Group". Sevenair Group.
- "Ligação Aérea de Bragança - Sevenair". bookings.sevenair.com.
- "Sevenair Services Fleet".
- "Academy Fleet".
- "The Aviation Herald". avherald.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
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