Abu Dhabi Aviation

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airline = Abu Dhabi Aviation

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founded = 1975
headquarters = Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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hubs = Abu Dhabi International Airport
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website = http://www.abudhabiaviation.com

Abu Dhabi Aviation ( _ar. شركة طيران أبوظبي) (ADSM|ADAVIATION) is an airline based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It serves oil-fields and economic facilities in the United Arab Emirates and other Arab states. Its main base is Abu Dhabi International Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | pages= 44-45 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established in 1975 and started operations in March 1976. It began with helicopter operations and added fixed-wing aircraft in 1991. A third-party maintenance facility was opened in 1994. It is owned by Abu Dhabi nationals (70%) and the Abu Dhabi government (30%) and has 640 employees (at March 2007).

Fleet

The Abu Dhabi Aviation fleet includes the following aircraft (at March 2008) :

*6 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
*2 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300
*8 Augusta Westland AW139 - additional 13 awaiting delivery
*15 Bell 412
*19 Bell 212

External links

* [http://www.abudhabiaviation.com Abu Dhabi Aviation]

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