Hemus Air

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Hemus Air
Image:HemusLogo.jpg
IATA DU	ICAO HMS	Callsign HEMUS AIR[1]
Founded		1991
Hubs		Sofia, Bulgaria
Fleet size		12
Destinations		14
Headquarters		Sofia, Bulgaria
Key people		{{{key_people}}}
Website: Hemus Air

Hemus Air(Bulgaria Air) (Bulgarian title: Хемус Ер) is an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It operates scheduled domestic and international services from Sofia and Varna, as well as charter, cargo and air ambulance services. Its main base is Sofia Airport, with a hub at Varna Airport.^[2]

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Trivia 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

Hemus Air is owned by Varna-based industrial/financial enterprise TIM ^[3]. The airline was established and started operations in 1986, when it branched off from Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. It initially operated as a separate department providing ambulance services, flight calibration and aerial photography. In 1991 it became a separate legal entity from Balkan and was named Hemus Air.^[2] The company was privatized by Bulgarian corporate investors in 2002 and has since faced stiff competition from foreign carriers, as well as the newly-established successor of Balkan, Bulgaria Air. Hemus Air's management pledged to unite the major Bulgarian airlines and was selected as the preferred bidder for the sale of Bulgaria Air by the Bulgarian government. Hemus acquired a 99.9% stake in the flag carrier, reportedly for Euro 6.6m and a promise to invest a further €86m over the next five years. Hemus and Bulgaria Air have already started codesharing on the Sofia-Berlin Tegel route, coordinating their schedules and operations early in 2007. Hemus Air is seeking to acquire up to 15 new aircraft to expand activities in Bulgaria.

[edit] Destinations

Hemus Air operates the following services (as of August 2007):^{[citation needed]}

• Domestic scheduled destinations:
  • Bourgas
  • Sofia
  • Varna

• International scheduled destinations:
  • Athens
  • Beirut
  • Berlin (Tegel International Airport)
  • Bucharest (Otopeni Airport)
  • Dubai
  • Karlstad
  • Larnaca
  • London (Heathrow Airport)
  • Oslo
  • Paphos
  • Priština
  • Tel Aviv (Ben Gurion International Airport)
  • Tirana
  • Tripoli
  • Visby

[edit] Fleet

The Hemus Air fleet includes the following aircraft (at July 2007)^[2] :

• 1 Boeing 737-400
• 1 Boeing 737-300
• 3 BAe 146-200
• 5 BAe 146-300
• 2 ATR-42

[edit] Trivia

The carrier started life as a spin-off of then-powerful Balkan Bulgarian Airlines. In antiquity, the Balkan Mountains were known as Haemus Mons, named after Thracian king Haemus (pronounced Hemus in Bulgarian).

[edit] External links

• Bulgaria Air
• Hemus Air - Varna
• Hemus Air Fleet

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes November 2006
2. ^ ^{a b c} Flight International 3 April 2007
3. ^ Airliner World January 2007

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