Avies AS was an

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and is now a travel company based in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

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. Its main base was

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27 March 2007 Avies operated flights from Tallinn to

Kärdla Kärdla (; ; ) is the only town on the island of Hiiumaa, Estonia. It is the capital of Hiiu County and the administrative center of Hiiumaa Parish. The Chairman of the District Council of Kärdla is Tõnis Paljasma. Geography Kärdla is located ...

and

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in Estonia.

History

Avies was established and started operations in 1991 and operated scheduled passenger transport, charter and air taxi services. All domestic flights in

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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

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by court on 26 June 2015, however continued to operate as usual. However, the remaining flights from

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, Kärdla Airport and Stockholm-Arlanda were suspended on 1 April 2016, after the airline's operating license was withdrawn by Estonian Civil Aviation Administration for a duration of six months over safety concerns.

Destinations

Until its license has been revoked in April 2016, Avies served the following scheduled destinations: ; *

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base *

– Kärdla Airport *

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; *

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–

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Fleet

As of December 2014, the Avies fleet included the following aircraft. * 1 Bombardier Learjet 31A * 1 Bombardier Learjet 55C * 2 Bombardier Learjet 60 * 4 BAe Jetstream 31 * 1 BAe Jetstream 32 * 1 Hawker Beechcraft 750 * 1

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Accidents and incidents

*On 13 February 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies landed at Pajala with two wheels outside the paved runway. No damage to the aircraft. *On 3 May 2013, a Jetstream belonging to Avies got trouble with both engines after departure from

Sveg Sveg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 2,547 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Sveg is the largest urban area in Härjedalen and the fourth largest in the county of Jämtl ...

. They had too low RPM, but there was no warning from the plane system for that. The pilots returned to Sveg and managed to get better power from the engines before landing. *On 31 January 2014, a Jetstream belonging to Avies skidded off the snow-covered runway at Torsby Airport.Interim statement Serious incident at Torsby Airport, Värmland county on 31 January 2014

References

External links

Official website
(archived version) {{Airlines of Estonia Defunct airlines of Estonia Airlines established in 1991 Airlines disestablished in 2016 1991 establishments in Estonia 2016 disestablishments in Estonia Companies based in Tallinn