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| Founded | 1991 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2016 | ||||||
| Hubs | Tallinn Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 11 | ||||||
| Destinations | 3 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||
Avies AS was an airline and is now a travel company based in Tallinn, Estonia. [1] Its main base was Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport. [2] Avies operated flights from Tallinn to Kärdla and Kuressaare in Estonia. [3]
Avies was established and started operations in 1991 [4] and operated scheduled passenger transport, charter and air taxi services.
All domestic flights in Sweden were cancelled in March 2015, due to contract cancellation by Swedish Traffic Administration. Before that Avies flew three domestic routes in Sweden. Avies was declared bankrupt by court on 26 June 2015, however continued to operate as usual. [5]
However, the remaining flights from Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport to Kuressaare Airport, Kärdla Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda were suspended on 1 April 2016, after the airline's operating license was withdrawn by Estonian Civil Aviation Administration for a duration of six months over safety concerns. [5]
Until its license has been revoked in April 2016, Avies served the following scheduled destinations:
Estonia 
Sweden 
As of December 2014, the Avies fleet included the following aircraft. [6] [7]
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