Private company

Scorpion Air

Bulgarian general aviation company

Scorpion Air was an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was established in 1990 and was a general aviation company operating domestic and international charter services using helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.2 It ceased to exist in 2007.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1990Founded1
  • HeadquartersSofia1
Antonov An-12BP, Scorpion Air AN0828312
Photo: Árpád Gordos, GFDL 1.2, via Wikimedia Commons4

Scorpion Air was an airline based in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was established in 1990 and was a general aviation company operating domestic and international charter services using helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft. Its operating certificate was revoked on 21 June 2007, however it may have still continued operations years after, since on 14 June 2011, Paul Hurst, at the time the managing director of Solenta Aviation, stated in the PPRuNE forum that Scorpion Air operated all of Solenta Aviation's Antonov fleet, one them being involved in the Solenta Aviation Gabon Flight 122A crash.2

Products and brands

Antonov An-12

Kamov Ka-32AO

Mil Mi-8

Mil Mi-26T

From Wikipedia’s article on Scorpion Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

  1. 2007Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1990Founded Founded1

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