Trade Air
Trade Air d.o.o. is a Croatian passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Zagreb and based at Zagreb Airport. The company is registered as an airline whose main activities are passenger charter flights and cargo operations, organised either on charter chain flights or ad hoc flights. Trade Air also specialises in the transportation of dangerous goods.
History edit
Trade Air was established in April 1994 and started operations on 22 May 1995. It is a private company fully owned by Mihajlo Cvijin. In April 1999, the airline started to operate their first Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft, with two more aircraft of the same type added to their fleet during the summer of 2000.[citation needed]
In 2004, the airline added two Fokker 100 aircraft to their fleet and started to use them to operate charter flights for passengers in March 2005. In November 2007, Trade Air operated flights with their Fokker 100 aircraft in Australia, transporting journalists as one of two dedicated carriers for the Australian federal elections. Both Fokker 100 aircraft operated by the airline were painted in the Sun Adria, now Trade Air Fokker 40 livery.[citation needed]
Between November 2004 and February 2005, Trade Air based one of its Let 410s in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a short-lived and ultimately failed attempt to operate flights between Mostar and Zagreb under the Bosnia 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 7 consecutive days. Legislators dismissed the anonymous accusations.[3][4]
In May 2008, the airline received IOSA certification.[5]
Until June 2010, Trade Air operated scheduled flights between Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo with two Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft besides other charter flights for either cargo or passengers. In Summer 2013, Trade Air started scheduled operations supported by the Croatian Ministry for Sea Transport and Infrastructure between Osijek and Zagreb.[6] This is the first time this route is being served after 26 years.[7] In May 2016, Trade Air started operating scheduled flights for Croatia Airlines from Zagreb to Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, and Lisbon.[8]
In February 2017, Trade Air secured a contract with Swiss travel agency PowdAir to operate winter ski-charter flights to several destinations from Sion Airport from winter 2017.[9]
In 2018, Trade Air has secured an ongoing contract with Israeli company Israir [10] for flight from Tel Aviv to destinations in Europe.
Destinations edit
As of May 2023, Trade Air operates scheduled flights between the following domestic and international destinations:[11]
| City | Country | IATA | ICAO | Airport |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Fleet edit
Current fleet edit
As of May 2023, the Trade Air fleet consists of the following aircraft:[12][13][14]
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A320-200 | 4 | — | 180 | |
| Airbus A319-100 | 1 | — | 144 | |
| Saab 340 | 1 | — | 33 | Leased from SprintAir |
| Total | 6 | — | — | — |
Former fleet edit
The airline formerly operated aircraft cited in the table below:
| Aircraft | Registration | Active in fleet | Seats | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 1995 | 15 | Hired from Farair | |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 1995-1998 | 19 | Hired from company in Slovakia | |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 1998-1999 | 19 | Hired from BAS | |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 9A-BTA | 1999-2005 | 19 | Trade Air aircraft, crashed near Bergamo, Italy |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 9A-BTB | 2000-2009 | 19 | Trade Air aircraft |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 9A-BTC | 2000-2009 | 19 | Trade Air aircraft |
| Fokker 100 | 9A-BTE | 2004-2022 | 109 | Sold to Part 145 [15] |
| Fokker 100 | 9A-BTD | 2005-2019 | 109 | Trade Air aircraft, sold to Flywings Aviation |
| ATR 42 | 2008-2009 | 0 | Hired from DAT | |
| Fokker 100 | 9A-BTF | 2011-2013 | 100 | Trade Air aircraft sold to Karun Airlines |
| Embraer EMB 120 | 2013-2016 | 30 | Hired from BAS | |
| Jetstream J32 | PH-HCI | 2016-2018 | 19 | Hired from AIS |
| Let L-410 Turbolet | 19 | Hired from Van Air Europe |
Accidents and incidents edit
- On 30 October 2005, Trade Air Flight 729 crashed near Bergamo, Italy, shortly after taking off from Orio al Serio Airport in poor weather. The flight was a night-time cargo flight from Bergamo to Zagreb operated by a Let L-410 Turbolet with the registration 9A-BTA. All three people on board, two pilots and a passenger, were killed.[16]
- On 9 May 2021, Trade Air Flight 125 was forced to return to Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport after a bird strike. No one was hurt.[17]
References edit
- ^ | url = https://tangosix.rs/2020/16/01/trade-air-otvara-bazu-u-ljubljani/ | title = Trade Air otvara bazu u Ljubljani | date = 2020-01-16 | accessdate = 2020-02-03
- ^ "Bosnia Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
- ^ Eduard Šoštarić (27 March 2007). "Trade Air baca RH na crnu listu EU" [Trade Air places Croatia on an EU blacklist]. Nacional (in Croatian). from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "Nakon Air Adriatica i Trade Air gubi dozvolu za letenje?". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 28 March 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
- ^ "IATA Operational Safety Audit". IATA. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
- ^ "Trade Air launching scheduled flights". EX-YU Aviation News.
- ^ "Osijek-Zagreb Flight Returns After 26-Years".
- ^ "Croatia Airlines Outlines Planned Fokker 100 Operation in S16". Routesonline.
- ^ see http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/02/trade-air-secures-switzerland-contract.html
- ^ see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israir_Airlines
- ^ "TradeAir - Redovni letovi". www.trade-air.com.
- ^ Šćurić, Alen (25 August 2020). "Trade Air dijeli lekcije svima u regiji". Tango Six (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
- ^ "NOVI ČLAN TRADE AIR FLOTE – 9ABTJ". Trade Air (in Croatian). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
- ^ "TRADE AIR WELCOMES NEW AIRCRAFT". Trade Air. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ Mehić, Juraj; Šćuric, Alen (25 October 2022). "Trade Air prodao Fokkera F100" [Trade Air sold Fokker F100]. zamaaero (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
- ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E19A 9A-BTA Bergamo-Orio Al Serio Airport (BGY)". aviation-safety.net.
- ^ "Letalo s slovenskimi dopustniki, namenjenimi na Madeiro, pri poletu trčilo s ptico". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 9 May 2021.
External links edit
Media related to Trade Air at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website