West Atlantic
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| Founded | 2011 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 49 (as of January 2016) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||
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West Atlantic Group was formed in 2011 as a holding company for two European cargo airlines, West Air Sweden and Atlantic Airlines (United Kingdom) of the United Kingdom.
Now with its head office in Gothenburg, Sweden, the merged entity is also Europe's largest charter cargo airline and provider of transport for the mail and parcel industry.
West Atlantic have an annual turnover in excess of €100 million and employ some 650 staff to operate a fleet in excess of 50 aircraft. The airline specializes in the transport of mail, dangerous goods and general cargo.
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. announced on 9 Dec 2013 an agreement to acquire a 25 percent equity interest in West Atlantic. This investment meant the B767-200 type being added into West Atlantic's fleet.[1]
The B767-200 with registration SE-RLA made its first flight on 26 March 2015 and its first commercial flight on the night between 6 and 7 April, with two further B767-200 aircraft joining the fleet later in 2015.
On January 8, 2016, a West Atlantic CRJ200 operating as SWN294 from Oslo to Tromsø crashed close to the Norwegian border, by lake Akkajaure in the Swedish Lapplandsfjällen. The two pilots, a Captain aged 42 and First Officer aged 34, the only persons on board the aircraft at the time, both died in the accident. [2]
Fleet
The West Atlantic group fleet includes the following aircraft (at January 2016):
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders |
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| BAe ATP | 33 | — |
| Boeing 737-300 | 6 | — |
| Boeing 737-400 | 5 | — |
| Boeing 767-200 | 3 | — |
| Bombardier CRJ200LR (PF) | 2 | — |
| Total | 49 | 0 |