Zimex Aviation

Zimex Aviation Ltd. is an airline based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland.[2] It provides aircraft leases worldwide to the oil and mining industries and to humanitarian organizations. Its main base is at Oued Irara - Krim Belkacem Airport which is an airport serving Hassi Messaoud, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria.

Zimex Aviation
IATA ICAO Callsign
XM IMX ZIMEX
Founded1969 (as an air operator)
AOC #CH.AOC.1025[1]
Focus citiesLuanda, Hassi Messaoud, Juba
Fleet size24
HeadquartersZurich Airport
Glattbrugg, Switzerland
Key peopleHugo Kopp, founder
Websitewww.zimex.ch

History

The airline was established and started operations in 1969.

On October 14, 1987, a Lockheed L-100-30 - a civilian variant of the military transport plane C-130 Hercules - was shot down in Angola. It was operated on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.[3]

In October 1999, Zimex Aviation Group was sold to a Swiss investor group.

Fleet

The Zimex Aviation fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[4]

Zimex Aviation Fleet
Aircraft In
Service		 Orders Passengers Notes
ATR 42-500 1[5] —
ATR 72-200F 2 —
Beechcraft 1900D 1[6] —
De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter 12[7] —
Viking DHC-6-400 Twin Otter 2 —
Pilatus PC6-B2/H4 Porter 6[8] —
Total 24

At the July 2010 Farnborough Air Show, Zimex took delivery of the first DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 produced by Viking Air.

References
  1. "List of AOC Holders with Complex Airplanes" (PDF). Federal Office of Civil Aviation. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  2. "How to find us Archived October 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." direct image link Archived July 7, 2011, at the Wayback Machine - Zimex Aviation. Retrieved on 8 December 2010. "Zimex Aviation Ltd. Cherstrasse 4 P.O. Box 8152 Glattbrugg Switzerland"
  3. Criminal Occurrence description
  4. "Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part Two)". Airliner World (November 2016): 33.
  5. "Zimex Aviation fleet". Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  6. "Zimex Aviation fleet details". Airfleets.net. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
  7. "Zimex Aviation fleet". Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. "Zimex Aviation fleet". Retrieved 1 December 2019.
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