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{{Short description|Defunct Russian airline}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
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{{Infobox airline
| airline        = Federal State Unitary Air Enterprise "Kavminvodyavia"<br /><small>ФГУАП «КМВ»</small>
| logo           = Kavminvodyavia logo.png
| logo_size      = 250
| fleet_size     = 6
| destinations   = 18
| IATA           = KV
| ICAO           = MVD
| callsign       = AIR MINVODY
| parent         = Government owned
| company_slogan =
| founded        = 1995
| ceased         =1 October 2011
| headquarters   = [[Mineralnye Vody]], [[Russia]]
| key_people     = Vasiliy Viktorovich Babaskin ([[Director General|General
Director]])<ref name="ATM">{{in lang|ru}} Federal State Unitary Enterprise "State Air Traffic Management Corporation", ''Airline Reference'', Vol. 1, Russian Federation, 27 April 2007, p. 221</ref>
| hubs           = [[Mineralnye Vody Airport]], [[Vnukovo International Airport]], [[Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport]]
| secondary_hubs =
| focus_cities   =
| frequent_flyer =
| lounge         =
| alliance       =
| website        = [http://www.kmvavia.aero/ kmvavia.aero]
}}

'''Kavminvodyavia''' ('''KMV Avia''') was an [[airline]] based in [[Mineralnye Vody]] in the [[North Caucasus]], [[Russia]]. It operated scheduled services to over 20 destinations in the northern Caucasus region and abroad, as well as charter services. Its main base was [[Mineralnye Vody Airport]],<ref name="FI">{{Cite news| title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 100 | date= 3 April 2007}}</ref> which was also operated by the company.

==History==
The first airport operation was in 1925, when a [[France|French]] [[Dornue-Comet]] was the sole aircraft. The present three-story airport building opened in 1965.

The airline was established in 1961 as the Mineralnye Vody Aviation Group. Its first international destination was [[Berlin]] in 1980. The airport and its civil aviation service was reorganized into the Mineralnye Vody Civil Aviation Enterprise in 1988, under the direction of [[V.V. Babaskin]]. It was reorganized again in 1995 into the State United Venture Kavminvodyavia, more commonly known as KMV.<ref name="FI"/> The airline purchased several [[Tupolev Tu-204]] aircraft in 1997.

Following the 2010 decision of the Russian government to transfer the assets to [[Aeroflot]], the airline ceased operations on 1 October 2011.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/45316--Kavminvodyavia-stops-the-operation |title=Kavminvodyavia stops the operation - {Travel Daily News} |website=www.traveldailynews.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924013540/http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/45316--Kavminvodyavia-stops-the-operation |archive-date=24 September 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Destinations==
[[Image:KMV Avia Tu-154.jpg|thumb|right|KMV Tu-154M at Moscow airport]]
[[Image:KMV Tu-154 Min Vody.jpg|thumb|right|KMV [[Tupolev Tu-154]] at [[Mineralnye Vody Airport]]]]
[[Image:KMV T204 RA-64022.jpg|thumb|180px|right|KMV [[Tupolev Tu-204]] at [[Salzburg Airport]]]]
In August 2010, Kavminvodyavia operated flights to the following:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.polets.ru/cgi-bin/sh.pl?Mode=AK&AKIndex=517&AKCode=517|title=Polet-Sirena|access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|ru}} [http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=23 KMV Avia official website Charter schedule] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622220705/http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=23 |date=22 June 2007 }}</ref>
<br />All flights to the [[European Union]] were suspended on 19 June 2007 due to fleet issues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=107 |title=О распоряжении Ространснадзора и Росавиации о запрете полетов в страны Евросоюза. {{pipe}} Официальный сайт ФГУАП "Кавминводыавиа" |access-date=11 August 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060738/http://www.kmvavia.aero/doc.html?id=107 |archive-date=28 September 2007  }} Official explanation</ref>

===Scheduled===
; {{ARM}}
* [[Yerevan]] – [[Zvartnots International Airport]]
; {{RUS}}
* [[Irkutsk]] – [[Irkutsk International Airport]]
* [[Khabarovsk]] – [[Khabarovsk Novy Airport]]
* [[Moscow]]
** [[Domodedovo Airport]]
** [[Sheremetyevo Airport]]
** [[Vnukovo Airport]] ('''focus city''')
* [[Mineralnye Vody]] – [[Mineralnye Vody Airport]] ('''hub''')
* [[Nizhnevartovsk]] – [[Nizhnevartovsk Airport]]
* [[Novokuznetsk]] – [[Spichenkovo Airport]]
* [[Novosibirsk]] – [[Tolmachevo Airport]]
* [[Noyabrsk]] – [[Noyabrsk Airport]]
* [[Pevek]] – [[Pevek Airport]]
* [[Saint Petersburg]] – [[Pulkovo Airport]]
* [[Stavropol]] – [[Stavropol Shpakovskoye Airport]]
* [[Yekaterinburg]] – [[Koltsovo Airport]]
; {{UKR}}
* [[Simferopol]] – [[Simferopol International Airport]]

===Charter===
; {{BUL}}
* [[Burgas]] – [[Burgas Airport]]
; {{CYP}}
* [[Paphos]] – [[Paphos International Airport]]
; {{GRE}}
* [[Thessaloniki]] – [[Thessaloniki International Airport]]
; {{ISR}}
* [[Tel Aviv]] – [[Ben Gurion International Airport]]
; {{ITA}}
* [[Turin]] – [[Caselle Airport|Sandro Pertini International Airport]] (Caselle)

==Fleet==
In April 2011 the Kavminvodyavia fleet included:<ref>[http://www.kmvavia.aero/about/fleet/ KMV Avia official fleet page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110601045025/http://kmvavia.aero/about/fleet/ |date=1 June 2011 }}</ref><ref name="ATM"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerotransport.org/php/go.php?query=operator&qstring=KMV+Mineralnye+Vody+Airlines&where=100906&luck=|title=Aerotransport.org Kavminvodyavia fleet details|access-date=28 October 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Aircraft type !! rowspan="2"| Active !! rowspan="2"| Orders !! colspan="3"|Seats !!  rowspan="2"|Age, years!!  rowspan="2"|Notes
|-
! Business !! Economy !! Total
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[Tupolev Tu-154|Tupolev Tu-154M]]|| rowspan="2"|8||rowspan="2"|1|| 30<sup>1</sup>|| 102|| 132|| rowspan="2"|19,8|| rowspan="2"|Two more stored<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php |title=CH-Aviation plane list for KMV Avia |access-date=27 March 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208082239/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php |archive-date=8 February 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|0||165||165
|-
| [[Tupolev Tu-204|Tupolev Tu-204-100]]|| 2|| 2|| 0 || 192 || 192 || 13,1|| 
|}

<sup>1</sup>12 first class (3 rows, 4 abreast) and 18 (3 rows, 6 abreast) seats.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Kavminvodyavia}}
{{Portal|Aviation}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070428162319/http://www.kmvavia.aero/ Kavminvodyavia] {{in lang|ru}}
*[http://www.kmvavia.aero/set_lang_en/ Kavminvodyavia]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|en}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090728225534/http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=KV&al_op=1 Kavminvodyavia Fleet]

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