Air Van

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Air Van
IATA ICAO Call sign
-VAR-
Founded2003
Ceased operations2005
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Air-Van was an airline based in Armenia. It operated two leased Boeing B747-200s and a leased Douglas DC-10 on charter services. [1]

It was forced to suspend operations after the Armenian civil aviation authority decided not to extend its air operator certificate. Air-Van was also forbidden from landing in Switzerland [2] and Belgium. These bans may have been the cause for Air Van to appear on a proposed Europe-wide blacklist of some airlines. [2]

References

  1. Air Van Airlines - CH Aviation
  2. 1 2 Bowley, Graham (2005-11-17). "EU Parliament votes to ban unsafe airlines". International Herald Tribune. International Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on 10 February 2006. Retrieved 2008-08-16.