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.
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Founded | 1969 (as an air operator) | ||||||
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AOC # | CH.AOC.1025[1] | ||||||
Focus cities | Luanda, Hassi Messaoud, Juba | ||||||
Fleet size | 28 | ||||||
Headquarters | Zurich Airport Glattbrugg, Switzerland | ||||||
Key people | Hannes Ziegler, founder | ||||||
Website | www |
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.
The Zimex Aviation fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):[4]
Aircraft | In Service |
Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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ATR 42-500 | 4[5] | — | ||
ATR 72-200F | 6 | — | ||
Beechcraft 1900D | 1[6] | — | ||
De Havilland DHC-6-300 Twin Otter | 11[7] | — | ||
Pilatus PC6-B2/H4 Porter | 6[8] | — | ||
Total | 28 |
At the July 2010 Farnborough Air Show, Zimex took delivery of the first DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 produced by Viking Air.
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