Venus Airlines
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Venus Airlines was set up in 1992 in Greece. It was one of the first private owned airline companies to acquire an Air Operator Certificate (A.O.C.) from the Hellenic Civil Aviation Authority (H.C.A.A.). It began operations in April 1993 using McDonnell Douglas MD-83 aircraft for charter flights between Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, France and Greece. During the 1994 tourist season, the McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was received and also the Boeing 757-200
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Venus Airlines suffered because of greek bureaucratical procedures and competition. By the 1995/96 season operations had been reduced and the B757s were no longer in service.
Boeing 757
The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
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Venus Airlines suffered because of greek bureaucratical procedures and competition. By the 1995/96 season operations had been reduced and the B757s were no longer in service.
Fleet details
- 2 - McDonnell Douglas MD-82
- 3 - McDonnell Douglas MD-83
- 2 - McDonnell Douglas MD-87
- 3 - Boeing 757-200Boeing 757The Boeing 757 is a mid-size, narrow-body twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Passenger versions of the twinjet have a capacity of 186 to 289 persons and a maximum range of , depending on variant and cabin configuration...
- 2 - Boeing 727-200Boeing 727The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine, T-tailed commercial jet airliner, manufactured by Boeing. The Boeing 727 first flew in 1963, and for over a decade more were built per year than any other jet airliner. When production ended in 1984 a total of 1,832 aircraft had been produced...