Pecotox Air Explained

Airline:Pecotox Air
Icao:PXA[1]
Callsign:Pecotox
Commenced:November 2001
Ceased:June 2007 (resumed operations in 2016)
Headquarters:Chişinău, Moldova
Website:pecotox.com

Pecotox Air is a charter airline based in Chişinău, Moldova.

History

It started operations in November 2001 and operated passenger and freight charter services from its base at Chişinău International Airport.[2]

In June 2007, it was announced that the Republic of Moldova had withdrawn the certificate of the airline, as it was not subject to an appropriate safety oversight, and the European Commission's Air Safety Commission in addition banned the airline from flying within the European Union.[3] The airline has since resumed operations in mid-2016 using two Airbus A300 cargo aircraft.[4] However, as of early 2017 both of those aircraft had been retired again.

Afghanistan helicopter downing

In July 2009, a Pecotox Air Mi-26 was shot down in Helmand province with the loss of six Ukrainian crew members. The aircraft was said to be on a humanitarian mission under NATO contract.[5]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of July 2020, there are no operational aircraft listed for Pecotox Air.[6] [7]

Previously operated

The Pecotox Air fleet previously included the following aircraft:[8]

References

  1. Global Airline Guide 2016 (Part One). Airliner World. October 2016. 21.
  2. News: Directory: World Airlines . Flight International . Reed Business International. 62 . 2007-04-10.
  3. Web site: Airlines black list: new measures against unsafe carriers. 2007-06-28 . Financial Mirror. 2007-07-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070709115709/http://www.financialmirror.com/more_news.php?id=7476 . 2007-07-09.
  4. Web site: Moldova's Pecotox-Air resumes operations. ch-aviation. 18 October 2016.
  5. News: Six Ukrainians die in Afghan chopper crash . 15 July 2009 . . . 25 October 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110616135233/http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/six-ukrainians-die-in-afghan-chopper-crash-2848179 . 16 June 2011 . live . dmy-all .
  6. https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Pecotox-Air planespotters.net
  7. http://www.charterbroker.aero/direct_detail.html?id=131999 charterbroker.com - Pecotox-Air / Moldova
  8. Flight International, (Reed Business International), 3–9 October 2006

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