Compania Română de Aviație Romavia R.A., usually referred to as Romavia, was a state airline from Romania, owned and controlled by the Romanian Ministry of National Defence. It operated VIP and charter flights, serving the demands of the Romanian state and its politicians. Romavia had its headquarters in Bucharest, with the base for its flight operations being located at the city's airports Henri Coandă and Băneasa.

History

Romavia was formed by the Romanian government in 1990 and launched flight operations the following year. Romavia set up an Aircraft Maintenance Organization, for the benefit of their own fleet and for other customers. The fleet consisted, among other models, of two Romanian-built BAC (Rombac) 1-11 (YR-BRE and the last worldwide build, YR-BRI with stage III Rolls-Royce engines). As of August 2014, the company is bankrupt.

Fleet

Over the years, Romavia operated the following aircraft types:

Incidents and accidents