C4 IMX Company slogan 40 years of experience Founded 1969 Fleet size 14 | IMX ZIMEX Key people Hugo Kopp, CEO Headquarters Opfikon, Switzerland Motto 40 years of experience | |
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Focus cities Luanda, Hassi Messaoud, Juba | ||
Zimex Aviation Ltd. is an airline based in Glattbrugg, Switzerland. It provides aircraft leases worldwide to the oil and mining industries and to humanitarian organisations. Its main base is at Oued Irara - Krim Belkacem Airport which is an airport serving Hassi Messaoud, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria.
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History
The airline was established and started operations in 1969.
On October 14, 1987, a Lockheed L-100-30 - a civilian variant of the military transport plane C-130 Hercules - was shot down in Angola. It was operated on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
In October 1999, Zimex Aviation Group was sold to a Swiss investor group.
Fleet
The Zimex Aviation fleet comprises the following aircraft (as of August 2016):
The Zimex Aviation fleet previously included the following aircraft (as of August 2006):
At the July 2010 Farnborough Air Show, Zimex took delivery of the first DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 400 produced by Viking Air.