| Airline: | AVE.com |
| Iata: | P3[1] |
| Icao: | PHW |
| Callsign: | PHOENIX SHARJAH |
| Founded: | 1996 (Phoenix Aviation) October 2005 (as AVE.com) |
| Ceased: | December 30, 2012 |
| Headquarters: | Sharjah, United Arab Emirates |
| Bases: | Sharjah International Airport |
| Secondary Hubs: | |
| Num Employees: | 230 (2007) |
AVE.com was a Kyrgyz-UAE airline based in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates with its base at Sharjah International Airport, offered charter flights and aircraft lease services.[2] AVE.com was established in 2005 by the renaming of Phoenix Aviation.[1] [3]
AVE.com was owned by Evgeny Khaprov and Vladimir Goncharov and (as of 2007) had 230 employees.[2]
Phoenix Aviation was established and started operations in 1996. It was rebranded as AVE.com in October 2005.
The airline was blacklisted by the Government of the United Kingdom due to poor safety standards, and was added to a newly created European Union blacklist in 2006.
As Phoenix Aviation, the company operated the following services in January 2005:
AVE.com operated the following aircraft:[4] [5]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-200 | 20 | 2002 | 2011 | |
| Boeing 737-300 | 3 | 2005 | 2012 | |
| Boeing 767-200ER | 1 | 2004 | 2006 | Later written off as Dynamic Airways Flight 405 |