West Air Sweden

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West Air Sweden is a cargo airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL, TNT and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights 6 nights a week on behalf of the Swedish post office. Its main bases are Lidkoping Airport (LDK) and Malmö-Sturup Airport (MMX).

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Fleet 4 External links 5 References

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: PT
• ICAO Code: SWN
• Callsign: AIR SWEDEN ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1955 as LBF-Eda Varken operating air taxi flights. The name was changed to Abal Air in 1982 and to West Air Sweden in 1992. It then converted to a cargo airline in May 1997 after discontinuing scheduled passenger services between Säve and Sundsvall. During 2006 West Air won a contract with the Norwegian Postal services rendering an expansion of 50% of West Air's capacity.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

The West Air Sweden fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[2] :

• 1 ATR 72-210
• 4 BAe 748 Series 2A
• 2 BAe 748 Series 2B
• 11 BAe ATP

• The airline is to increase its fleet of BAe ATP freighters to 28 aircraft. It has agreed to lease an additional five from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, adding to recent deals with Sun Air of Scandinavia and BA Connect to introduce a further eight ATPs ^[3].

[edit] External links

• West Air Sweden
• West Air Sweden Fleet

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes November 2006
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
3. ^ Airliner World January 2007