Sevenair Air Services

Sevenair SA, formerly branded Aero VIP, is a Portuguese regional airline headquartered in Cascais Aerodrome, western Lisbon. It operates domestic regional routes within mainland Portugal and also offers additional aviation services and non-scheduled operations in third countries. It is part of Sevenair Group, one of the biggest aeronautical groups operating in Portugal, which provides the following services: air transportation (regional and non-scheduled), aerial works, flying school, and aircraft maintenance. [1]

Sevenair
IATA ICAO Callsign
RVP Sevair
Founded1998
HubsCascais Aerodrome.
Secondary hubsPortimão Aerodrome, Bragança Aerodrome.
Fleet size11
Destinations5
HeadquartersCascais, Portugal
Websitehttps://www.sevenair.com/

History

Before integrating the Sevenair Group, the airline was named AeroVip, of which it still maintains in 2019 the codes (WV/RVP).

Destinations

Fleet
Aero VIP Dornier 228

The Sevenair fleet includes the following aircraft:[3]

Airline :

  • 2 Dornier Do 228 – CS-AYT, CS-DVU (+1 stored)
  • 1 Jetstream 32 – CS-DVQ

Air Services :

  • 4 Cessna 172 Rocket (used for banner towing)
  • 2 Socata Rallye (used for banner towing)
  • 2 Cessna 182 Skylane (used for skydiving operations)
  • 1 Pilatus PC-6 (used for skydiving operations)
  • 1 Piper PA-31 Chieftain (stored)
  • 6 CASA C212 Aviocar (stored)

Air Academy : [4]

Accidents and incidents
  • On 2 December 2010, an Aero VIP Dornier Do 228, registration CS-TGG, flight 854 on a domestic route (Lisbon-Vila Real-Bragança), was on final approach to Braganca (LPBG) around 17:20 local time. There was snowfall and fog at the time. The airplane got too low and the nose gear cut a power line. The crew went around and landed the aircraft safely. The aircraft was not damaged and no injuries occurred. The incident left 2000 customers without electricity for two hours.[5]

References
  1. "Sevenair Group". Sevenair Group.
  2. "Ligação Aérea de Bragança - Sevenair". bookings.sevenair.com.
  3. "Sevenair Services Fleet".
  4. "Academy Fleet".
  5. "The Aviation Herald". avherald.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.


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