Kavminvodyavia
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Kavminvodyavia (KMV Avia) was an airline based in Mineralnye Vody in the North Caucasus, Russia. It operated scheduled services to over 20 destinations in the northern Caucasus region and abroad, as well as charter services. Its main base was Mineralnye Vody Airport,<ref name="FI">Template:Cite news</ref> which was also operated by the company.
History
The first airport operation was in 1925, when a French Dornue-Comet was the sole aircraft. The present three-story airport building opened in 1965.
The airline was established in 1961 as the Mineralnye Vody Aviation Group. Its first international destination was Berlin in 1980. The airport and its civil aviation service was reorganized into the Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise in 1988, under the direction of V.V. Babaskin. It was reorganized again in 1995 into the State United Venture Kavminvodyavia, more commonly known as KMV.<ref name="FI"/> The airline purchased several Tupolev Tu-204 aircraft in 1997.
Following the 2010 decision of the Russian government to transfer the assets to Aeroflot, the airline ceased operations on 1 October 2011.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Destinations
In August 2010, Kavminvodyavia operated flights to the following:<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:In lang KMV Avia official website Charter schedule Template:Webarchive</ref>
All flights to the European Union were suspended on 19 June 2007 due to fleet issues.<ref>Template:Cite web Official explanation</ref>
Scheduled
- Irkutsk – Irkutsk International Airport
- Khabarovsk – Khabarovsk Novy Airport
- Moscow
- Domodedovo Airport
- Sheremetyevo Airport
- Vnukovo Airport (focus city)
- Mineralnye Vody – Mineralnye Vody Airport (hub)
- Nizhnevartovsk – Nizhnevartovsk Airport
- Novokuznetsk – Spichenkovo Airport
- Novosibirsk – Tolmachevo Airport
- Noyabrsk – Noyabrsk Airport
- Pevek – Pevek Airport
- Saint Petersburg – Pulkovo Airport
- Stavropol – Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport
- Yekaterinburg – Koltsovo Airport
Charter
- Turin – Sandro Pertini International Airport (Caselle)
Fleet
In April 2011 the Kavminvodyavia fleet included:<ref>KMV Avia official fleet page Template:Webarchive</ref><ref name="ATM"/><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
| Aircraft type | Active | Orders | Seats | Age, years | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business | Economy | Total | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-154M | 8 | 1 | 301 | 102 | 132 | 19,8 | Two more stored<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 0 | 165 | 165 | |||||
| Tupolev Tu-204-100 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 192 | 192 | 13,1 | |
112 first class (3 rows, 4 abreast) and 18 (3 rows, 6 abreast) seats.