West Air Sweden

West Air Sweden
IATA ICAO Call sign
T2 SWN AIR SWEDEN
Founded1955; 69 years ago (1955)
HubsCharles de Gaulle Airport Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Fleet size3
Parent companyWest Atlantic Group
HeadquartersMalmö, Sweden
Websitewestatlantic.eu

West Air Sweden, operating as West Atlantic, is a cargo airline based in Malmö, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights for different postal services within Europe. Its main bases are Charles de Gaulle Airport and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.

History

Since 2011 the airline has been part of the West Atlantic Group along with British cargo airline West Atlantic UK.

Fleet

West Air Sweden British Aerospace ATP
West Air Sweden Hawker Siddeley HS 748

Current fleet

As of February 2024, the West Air Sweden fleet consists of the following aircraft:[1][2]

West Air Sweden fleet
Aircraft In
Service
Boeing 737-800BCF 2
Boeing 757-200 1
Total 3

Former fleet

West Air Sweden has previously operated the following aircraft:

Accidents and Incidents

On 8 January 2016, West Air Sweden Flight 294, a Bombardier CRJ200 was operating a cargo flight from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Tromsø Airport, when it lost radar contact shortly after declaring an emergency at 23:31Z. The aircraft was later located having impacted the side of a mountain northwest of Lake Akkajaure about 10 km from the border of Norway in mountainous area without road access. The flight was carrying 4.5 tons of mail and parcels.[3] Both pilots were killed in the accident.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Please refresh this page | Planespotters.net".
  2. ^ "Airfleets aviation".
  3. ^ "Crash: West Atlantic Sweden CRJ2 near Akkajaure on Jan 8th 2016, lost height after emergency call". avherald.com. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
  4. ^ "ASN Aircraft accident Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200PF SE-DUX Akkajaure". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 2016-01-08.

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