West Atlantic is a holding company for two Europeancargo airlines,West Air Sweden andWest Atlantic UK, with its head office inMalmö,Sweden. West Atlantic employ some 650 staff and operate a fleet of 19 aircraft. The airline specializes in the transport of mail,dangerous goods and general cargo.
 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Founded | 2011 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet size | 3 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Parent company | West Atlantic Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | Malmö Airport,Sweden | ||||||
| Key people | Magnus Dahlberg (CEO)Russell Ladkin (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| Founded | 2001 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating bases | East Midlands AirportEdinburgh Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 16 | ||||||
| Parent company | West Atlantic Group | ||||||
| Headquarters | East Midlands Airport | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
History
editAir Transport Services Group, Inc. announced on 9 December 2013 an agreement to acquire a 25 percent equity interest in West Atlantic. This investment meant theBoeing 767-200 being added into West Atlantic's fleet.[1]
The 767-200 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 767-200s joining the fleet later in 2015.
On 20 June 2017, West Atlantic announced it will take delivery of four leasedBoeing 737-800(BCF) fromGE Capital Aviation Services, with the aircraft being delivered between 2017 and 2019.[2]
On 10 April 2019,LUSAT Air S.L. signed an agreement with West Atlantic to become the new majority shareholder in return for a €20 million cash injection.[3]
_(17308134826).jpg)
Fleet
editAs of September 2024, the West Atlantic group fleet includes the following aircraft:[4]
| Aircraft | In Service |
|---|---|
| ATR 72 | 3 |
| Boeing 737-300F | 1 |
| Boeing 737-400F | 6 |
| Boeing 737-800F | 4 |
| Boeing 757-200 | 1 |
| Total | 15 |
Accidents and incidents
edit- On 8 January 2016, a West Atlantic CRJ200 operating asSWN294 from Oslo to Tromsø crashed close to the Norwegian border, by LakeAkkajaure 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.[5]
- On 19 January 2021, a West AtlanticBoeing 737-400 freighter suffered a very hard landing atExeter Airport, causing many creases in the fuselage. The aircraft was written off and scrapped on-site[6]
References
edit- ^"ATSG Acquires Equity Interest in West Atlantic AB".
- ^"West Atlantic to lease four 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters from GECAS, becoming the first operator worldwide of the type".
- ^"Spain's Lusat is West Atlantic's new majority shareholder".The Loadstar. 2019-04-10. Retrieved2022-10-02.
- ^"About".
- ^"Crash d'un avion cargo en Suède : un Français et un Espagnol décédés | Air Journal". January 9, 2016.
- ^"Very hard landing of a Boeing 737-4Q8 in Exeter | Bureau of Aircraft Accidents Archives".www.baaa-acro.com. Retrieved2021-01-21.