Nova Air

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Nova Air
Nova Air logo.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
-PMOPOLAR MEXICO
Founded2005
Ceased operations2008
Hubs Mexico City International Airport
Fleet size2 (at closure)
Headquarters Mexico City, Mexico
Website http://www.novaair.net/ (defunct)
A Nova Air Boeing 737-200 stored at Mojave Airport Novaair-737-XA-NOV-080708-01-8.jpg
A Nova Air Boeing 737-200 stored at Mojave Airport

Nova Air was an airline based in Mexico City, Mexico. It operated passenger charter services to the Caribbean, Central America and South America out of Mexico City International Airport. [1]

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History

Nova Air started operations in 2005 and was owned by Administración Profesional Aeronáutica and Polar Airlines de México. [1] All flights were suspended on August 5, 2008 due to lack of payment of air navigation rights to the Government of Mexico. [2] [3] The airline later resumed operations under the name of Charters Nova Air. [4]

Fleet

Upon closure, the Nova Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [5]

As of 23 October 2008 the average age of the Nova Air fleet was 25.2 years [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International . 2007-04-10. p. 57.
  2. "Mexican Regulators Suspend Airlines Avolar, Nova Air", Beurs.nl, August 6, 2008
  3. Nova Air at airlineupdate.com Archived 2013-06-17 at the Wayback Machine
  4. http://chartersnovaair.com/
  5. "Directory: World Airlines Part 3 (M-Z)". Flight International : 29–90. 2009-04-14.
  6. "Fleet age Nova Air | Airfleets aviation".