Avioimpex

Avioimpex was an airline carrier from the Republic of Macedonia (now North Macedonia), based in Skopje. It operated both scheduled and charter services to and from Skopje and Ohrid.

Avioimpex

IATA ICAO Call sign M4 AXX IMPEX
Founded	September 1992
Ceased operations	September 2002
Hubs	Skopje Airport
Focus cities	Ohrid Airport
Headquarters	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Key people	General Director
Website	http://www.unet.com.mk/mbc/avioimpex.htm

History

Avioimpex McDonnell Douglas MD-80 33RC.

Avioimpex Tupolev Tu-154 in 1993.

^[1][2] Avioimpex was established as Interimpex-Avioimpex in September 1992. The airline changed its name to Avioimpex on 2 November 1999, and operations were suspended in September 2002 after the Macedonian CAA revoked its operating license due to financial difficulties.

Destinations

Avioimpex operated from Skopje and Ohrid, main focus was on Switzerland (Zurich)

Fleet

The fleet included:

• 1 McDonnell Douglas DC-9^[3]
• 5 McDonnell Douglas MD-80^[3]
• 3 Tupolev Tu-154^[3]
• 2 Yakovlev Yak-42^[3]

Accidents

On 20 November 1993 Avioimpex Flight 110, a Yak-42, crashed near Ohrid Airport. The aircraft was on a flight from Geneva, Switzerland to Skopje, Macedonia, but had been diverted to the airport in Ohrid due to poor weather conditions.^[4]

On final approach the aircraft struck into the Trojan Hills, that lie in close vicinity to the airport. All eight crew members and 116 passengers died. One passenger, identified as Rade Jevremovich, survived the initial impact but died from his injuries on December 2.