It also plans to hire 260 of its former employees. In total, the company will receive 450-600 new seats. How the fleet of the charter carrier will expand - in the material of the ATOR Bulletin.
According to data on the official website of the Federal Air Transport Agency, iFly can employ 200 flight attendants and 60 pilots (30 PIC and 30 co-pilots) from among the employees of the discontinued VIM-Avia airline. The recruitment of employees is due to the expansion of the I Fly fleet, Alexander Burtin, commercial director of the TEZ Tour tour operator, told Vestnik ATOR.
Of course, only those former VIM-Avia employees who suit iFly will be hired, Tez Tour emphasizes.
According to Mr. Burtin, within the next 2-4 months, the iFly airline fleet will be replenished with Airbus A319 aircraft. It is assumed that another 3-4 aircraft will be introduced into the fleet of the air carrier, “some of which belonged to VIM-Avia”.
According to him, based on the capacity of Airbus-319 aircraft (about 150 passengers), the airline will receive another 450-600 additional seats. Aircraft (the specific number of liners is being specified) will be transferred to the iFly fleet from VIM-Avia within 2-4 months. Recall that the bankrupt carrier had three A319-100 liners in the fleet.
It is assumed that the liners new to iFly will perform charter flights to mass destinations (Europe, Turkey, and, in the future, Egypt) in the interests of TEZ Tour and other partners of I Fly.
Now iFly has seven aircraft, including two Boeing 757-200s (221 seats and 235 seats) and three long-haul Airbus-330s (2 in cabin configuration for 337 seats, 325 seats and 387 seats).
Some travel agents reacted to the news about the expansion of the airline's fleet with restraint. During the 9th Travel Agency Alliance (ATA) visiting conference in Belek, many agency representatives noted that the past season was marked by a huge number of delays in charter flights. “The four most non-punctual charter airlines of the summer season, in addition to VIM-Avia, according to the statistics of the Federal Air Transport Agency, are Nordavia, Red Wings, Yakutia and iFly,” says Alexander Kazin, General Director of the Ingostur Center travel company , who spoke at the conference with a report on the problems of air transportation. In it, Mr. Kazin expressed the fears of many travel agents regarding the volatility of the tourist charter market in the next summer season.
Vestnik ATOR rechecked the data provided by Mr. Kazin at the conference. If you look at the average percentage of delays for the summer season (May-September inclusive), then the mentioned four (in addition to VIM-Avia, which stopped flights with an average value of 15.9% -), included Red Wings 19.26%, Yakutia - 12.46%, I Fly - 10.7% and Nordavia - 9.4%.
“Companies - participants in the charter market from this four, allowed more than 10% of long flight delays this summer, according to the website of the Federal Air Transport Agency. Two companies from this list - Red Wings and Nordavia - are merging, another one - iFly - is currently recruiting flight attendants and pilots from VIM-Avia. To be honest, we are wary of the possibility of seeing large charter programs next summer with these carriers - due to the flight delays allowed by these companies, ”explains the director of Ingostur Center.
TEZ Tour believes that such concerns are illogical. The company has already emphasized that the flight delays allowed in the summer season were caused precisely by the lack of a reserve board with a very busy schedule. Now iFly will have the opportunity to create a reserve, and therefore - to minimize flight delays in the high season, - representatives of the tour operator emphasize in a commentary to ATOR Vestnik.
For 15 years now, the Vim-Avia airline has been present on the air carrier market in Russia and the world. The airline was founded in 2002 and is based at the Moscow Domodedovo airport. The airline specializes in regular and charter flights. The fleet of the company has 16 aircraftBoeing AndAirbus, including newAirbus A330-200 (332) which will be discussed.
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The Airbus A332 aircraft of the French concern Airbus iswide-body passenger aircraft designed for flights over medium and long distances. The aircraft is equipped with two turbofan engines. The first flight of the A330 took place on November 1, 1992, and very soon a new one will take to the airAirbus 330 neo.
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The airline already has experience in operating the company's aircraftAirbus, they have 4 aircraftAirbus A319, which, according to the airline showed themselves perfectly on the airline's medium-haul routes. The company also noted that specifications A332 will alloweffectively operate the aircraft on a wide variety of flights in an ever-expanding route network airlines.
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A reduced copy of the aircraft, which became the star of the day, a symbolic gift fromAirbus.
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And now the model is in the hands of CEO Vim-Avia airlines Alexander Yakovlevich Kochnev, which was presented in a solemn ceremony by Vadim Marusov, Regional Director for Business Development of Airbus in Russia and Belarus.
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Everyone liked the model, especially the flight attendants, who were happy to pose for us, despite the cold.
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The aircraft has a tail numberVP- BDV, formerly operated by an airlineEVA Airways, and made its first flight on May 12, 2003.
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The salon is presented intwo-class layout, a total of 252 seats, including 24 business and 228 economy.
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Both cabins are equipped with a multimedia system, which allows you to pass the time in flight. After all, this aircraft will fly to the Far East and possibly to America.
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Alina from childhood dreamed of connecting her life with aviation. And if you really want, then dreams come true!
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A note of pun, flight attendant Alena distributes Alyonka sweets.
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Kitchen, it is here that on-board meals and boiling water are heated.
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Also, on any type of aircraft there is an ashtray, although by law it is forbidden to smoke on board an aircraft, but anything can happen in life, and if you smoke, then only at the ashtray.
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Let's look into the cockpit, here we are met by virtuosos of the sky, namely civil aviation pilots. The men are very satisfied with the plane, the captain used to fly on his younger brotherA319, and thanks to a similar cabin, it didn’t take long to retrain.
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That's all for me, thanks to Vim-Avia for the invitation, and to the crew and you, my readers, clear skies and soft landings.
September 26, 2018 Arbitration court Tatarstan declared bankrupt VIM-Avia LLC. In relation to the debtor, a bankruptcy procedure was introduced.
Since 2002, VIM Airlines has been successfully operating. Initially, the company positioned itself as a charter and seasonal carrier. The share of regular flights was about 30%.
However, in last years the vector of the company's development has shifted to the plane of regular passenger transportation. This was due to the development of the company and new successful conquests in the civil aviation market. In 2012, the share of charter flights was 20%.
Vim Airlines is assigned to the Moscow Domodedovo airport. As the main point, it serves as a base for flights to more than 30 countries around the world. The main cities are Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Alicante, Rimini, Barcelona, Thessaloniki, etc. Basically, the destinations are the resorts of Russia, Europe and Asia.
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Aircraft "VIM Avia"
As of July 25, 2017, the VIM Airlines fleet has 28 aircraft. The average age of the liners is 19 years.
The oldest Boeing 767-300 (tail number VP-BVI) is 26.3 years old. The youngest Airbus A319-100 (tail number VQ-BTK) is 9.5 years old.
Or scheduled flights. Among them is the Vim-Avia company. It appeared not so long ago, but has already earned a good reputation among passengers. Vim-Avia flights are both charters and regular. Flight geography - Russia and some other countries.
According to passenger reviews, Vim-Avia provides good service on board, but often delays the departure of its flights. This applies to most of her charters. The company is working on this problem, so its passenger turnover is growing every year.
She is based in in Moscow. It is part of a holding company of the same name. with the airline "Russian Sky".
The company's headquarters is also located in Moscow.. It flies more than in 30 directions.
She sells hers at different rates - “Promo”, “Economy”, “Economy Plus”, “Economy Comfort” and “Business”. The baggage rules of Vim-Avia also depend on them. With Promo you can carry 10 kg of luggage and 5 kg of hand luggage, with Economy you can carry 23 kg of luggage and 5 kg of hand luggage.
When choosing the “Economy Plus” fare, you can take 2 suitcases of 23 kg each and hand luggage weighing up to 5. For luggage, the same rules apply to “Economy Comfort” and “Business”, and the weight of hand luggage increases by 5 kg.
The plane of the company "Wim-Avia".
Tickets can be purchased at the company's offices, on its website or through search engines. Payment is possible in almost any way that will be convenient for passengers.
She provides and services for ordering charter flights for different numbers of people.
If we talk about what kind of airline Vim-Avia is, then this is a major Russian carrier that is actively developing.
The IATA airline code for Vim-Avia is NN, and for ICAO it is MOV.
In all her history, she has not had not a single major plane crash. Only in 2017 an incident occurred in the city of Riga. Then the Boeing 737-524 skidded off the runway. None of the crew or passengers were injured.
Airline history
She appeared in 2002. Its name is derived from the initials of the first leader - Viktor Ivanovich Merkulov - VIM. He died in 2006. Whose airline is Wim-Avia at the moment? It is headed by Alexander Yakovlevich Kochnev.
In 2007 the company acquired 100% of the shares of Alania Airlines. One year later the company has implemented a system electronic tickets for your passengers. In the same year, fruitful cooperation with the UN begins.
Flight attendants of Wim-Avia.
In 2011 it was included in the register of IOSA operators. recognized it as complying with all international flight safety standards. At the same time, such classes of service appeared as “Improved Economy” and “Business”.
In 2010-2011 she specialized only in domestic flights. Then she switched to serving international flights.
In 2016 and 2017 the company had problems with flight delays. Its average time was 16 hours, and the maximum was 40. This gave her the task of updating her fleet.
Aircraft Fleet “Vim-Avia”
The company's air fleet consists of 21 aircraft. Of these, 6 Airbuses: 4 - A319-100 and 2 - A330-200 and 15 Boeings: 2 - 737-500, 4 - 757-200 and 9 - 777-200ER.
Vim-Avia ordered additionally 11 Boeing 777-200ERs.
Average age of aircraft 16.7 years old.
Affiliated companies
Vim-Avia has only one such company - "AeroBratsk". This is an airline based in the city of Bratsk. She also coordinates the activities of the local airport.
The company was formed in 1967, but then became a subsidiary of Vim-Avia.
It covers such directions as Irkutsk, Krasnodar, etc.
Its fleet includes Yak-40, Mi-8T and Mi-8 aircraft. There are 8 aircraft in total.
Wim Avia, Russia: fleet, routes, passenger reviews.
The airline performed its last flights on October 15, 2017. Since October 23, 2017, the air operator's certificate has been suspended by order of the Federal Air Transport Agency. after October 22, 2017 .
The Russian airline Wim Avia is based at Domodedovo Airport. Performs regular and charter flights in Russia, Europe and countries of near and far abroad.
The Airplane Seat Selection service is valid only on Wim Avia flights from Domodedovo.
Flight geography
Among the main destinations of Wim Avia are Russian Yekaterinburg, Sochi, Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Khabarovsk, Barnaul, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Magadan, Gelendzhik, Pevek. Vim Avia operates seasonal charter flights to the resorts of Bulgaria, Israel, India, the United Arab Emirates, Sri Lanka, Italy, Spain, Greece, France, Finland, and Austria. There are several flights to Uzbekistan.
aircraft fleet
The Vim-Avia fleet consists of Boeing 757-200, Boeing 777-200ER, Airbus A319-100 and Boeing 737-500. These aircraft are considered among the most reliable in the world.
Services on board
Seats in the cabin meet international standards and have a distance between seats of 79 cm. Depending on the flight distance, passengers will be offered food and drinks.
It is allowed to take hand luggage weighing up to 10 kg on board the aircraft, and in the luggage compartment it is offered to transport personal items up to 23 kg free of charge.
Vim Avia offers its passengers the service "Choosing a Seat on an Airplane". You can book the desired seat in the cabin by phone no later than 12 hours before the flight departure. The Airplane Seat Selection service is valid only on flights from Domodedovo. True, the service does not work if the airline canceled the flight due to weather conditions. If the passenger refuses to fly on the flight that Wim Avia has rescheduled and returns the ticket, the service will also be cancelled.
Wim Avia asks all passengers who need special meals on board (dietary, vegetarian, children's, prepared according to Muslim traditions or consisting of seafood dishes) to notify the airline about this no later than a day before departure.
Business Class
The spacious business class cabin is located in the front of the aircraft and is equipped with comfortable ergonomic convertible seats. During the flight, passengers are offered special business meals and drinks. Business class baggage allowance has been increased: hand luggage- 15 kg, luggage - 2 pieces of 32 kg.
