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Founded | 1993 [1] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 1995 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 1996 | ||||||
Hubs | Begumpet Airport (Hyderabad) | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 9 | ||||||
Headquarters | Hyderabad, India | ||||||
Key people | Syed Ainuddin Arif, (Chairman) | ||||||
Website | Archived Copy |
VIF Airways was a private Air Taxi operator based in Hyderabad, India. Its main base was Begumpet Airport. It ceased operations after only a few months of commencement of services.
Begumpet Airport at Hyderabad, also known as Hyderabad Old Airport, is a civil enclave located in Begumpet. The airport is home to the Rajiv Gandhi Aviation Academy (RGAA), the Telangana State Aviation Academy and the Begumpet Air Force Station of the Indian Air Force. Begumpet used to be the International and Domestic airport of Hyderabad, until the opening of Rajiv Gandhi International Airport on 23rd March 2008 after which it ceased all civil operations. The last flight to take off was a Singapore Airlines flight at 11:40 pm on 22 March 2008.
VIF Airways was founded as a Private Limited Company in May 1993, with its registered office at Hyderabad. They had ordered five aircraft [2] but flight operations commenced in April 1995 [3] with a single Dornier 328, making it the first operator of the type in Asia [4] and the only operator of that type of aircraft in India. The airline shut down in 1996. [5] [6]
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VIF Airways operated flights to the following destinations:
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The VIF Airways fleet consisted of one Dornier 328 turboprop aircraft registered VT-VIF. [7]
A turboprop engine is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.