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| Founded | April 1994 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 7 (scheduled) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Zagreb,Croatia | ||||||
| Key people | Marko Cvijin | ||||||
| Website | trade-air.com | ||||||
Trade Aird.o.o. is aCroatian passenger and cargocharter airline headquartered inZagreb and based atZagreb Airport. The company is registered as an airline whose main activities are passenger charter flights and cargo operations organized either on charter chain flights orad hoc flights. Trade Air also specializes in the transportation ofdangerous goods.
Trade Air was established in April 1994 and started operations on 22 May 1995. It is a private company fully owned by Mihajlo Cvijin.[citation needed]
In 2004, the airline added twoFokker 100 aircraft to their fleet and started to use them to operatecharter flights for passengers in March 2005. In November 2007, Trade Air operated flights with their Fokker 100 aircraft inAustralia, transporting journalists as one of two dedicated carriers for theAustralian federal elections.[citation needed]
Between November 2004 and February 2005, Trade Air based one of its Let 410s inBosnia and Herzegovina, in a short-lived and ultimately failed attempt to operate flights betweenMostar andZagreb under theBosnia Airlines brand.[2]
In March 2007, the airline was anonymously accused of allegedly overloading their aircraft with cargo and having pilots who allegedly flew every consecutive day for two or three weeks without taking a minimum 36-hour rest period within any seven consecutive days. Legislators dismissed the anonymous accusations.[3][4]
In May 2008, the airline receivedIOSA certification.[5]
Until June 2010, Trade Air operated scheduled flights betweenZagreb, [[Ljubljana],] andSarajevo with two Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft besides other charter flights for either cargo or passengers. In the summer of 2013, Trade Air started scheduled operations supported by the Croatian Ministry for Sea Transport and Infrastructure between Osijek and Zagreb.[6] This was the first time this route was served after 26 years.[7] In May 2016, Trade Air started operating scheduled flights forCroatia Airlines fromZagreb toAthens,Barcelona,Brussels,Copenhagen,Dubrovnik, andLisbon.[8]
In February 2017, Trade Air secured a contract with Swiss travel agencyPowdAir to operate winter ski-charter flights to several destinations fromSion Airport from winter 2017.[9] In 2018, Trade Air secured an ongoing contract with Israeli companyIsrair Airlines for flights from Tel Aviv to destinations in Europe.
In September 2024, Trade Air retired the Airbus A319 aircraft registration number 9A-BTJ that flew under the My Wings airline name.[10]
As of May 2023, Trade Air operates scheduled flights between the following domestic and international destinations under its brand:[11]
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport |
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| Dubrovnik | Croatia | DBV | LDDU | Dubrovnik Airport |
| Pula | Croatia | PUY | LDPL | Pula Airport |
| Osijek | Croatia | OSI | LDOS | Osijek Airport |
| Rijeka | Croatia | RJK | LDRI | Rijeka Airport |
| Split | Croatia | SPU | LDSP | Split Airport |
| Zagreb | Croatia | ZAG | LDZA | Zagreb Airport |
| Zadar | Croatia | ZAD | LDZD | Zadar Airport |
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As of September 2024, the Trade Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[12][13][14]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | 144 | |
| Airbus A320-200 | 3 | — | 180 | |
| Saab 340 | 1 | — | 33 | Leased fromRAF-Avia |
| Total | 5 | — |
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Trade Air also formerly operated the following aircraft types:[citation needed]
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