Zimex Aviation

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Zimex Aviation
Zimex Aviation logo.png
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

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.

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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