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Headquarters
  
Riga, Latvia

Fleet size
  
7

Website
  
rafavia.lv

Founded
  
1990

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Hubs
  
Riga International Airport

Hub
  
Riga International Airport

Profiles

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RAF-Avia is a Latvian airline headquartered in Riga and based at Riga International Airport.

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History

The airline was established in 1990 as the first private airline in Latvia. It started operations in 1991 flying spare parts and supply for the RAF Minibus production plant in Latvia. In 1994 RAF-Avia began to switch to the commercial charter flight business. In 1996 it became a privately owned joint stock company. It is wholly owned by the RAF-Avia Group.

In August 2016, the airline announced to base two of its aircraft at Frankfurt Hahn Airport to operate ad-hoc charter flights.

Destinations

RAF-Avia operates cargo services for TNT, DHL and others, as well as transport for the military and the United Nations and passenger charters. In late 2015 RAF-Avia announced that it is considering starting regular passenger flights in 2016.

Fleet

The RAF-Avia fleet consists of the following aircraft (As of September 2015)

Incidents and accidents

  • On 29 October 2014 an RAF-Avia An-26 was guided to Stansted Airport by RAF fighter jets after losing communication with air traffic controllers over southern England.
  • References

    RAF-Avia Wikipedia