The airline was previously known as Translift Airways.[2]: 104 It was established in October 1991 and started operations in February 1992.[2]: 105 Renaming took place on 10 April 1997.[2]: 104 It was the brainchild of P. J. McGoldrick (who later went on to run Ryanair and EUjet).[citation needed]
TransAer went into liquidation on 20 October 2000.[4] Prior to the collapse, an 18-month contract was signed in 2000 to help set up a new airline in Kosovo.[5] The collapse was blamed on the adverse effects of the Kosovo war, a failed $18 million investment in American airline TransMeridian and losses of $14 million incurred by TransAer's German and Greek charter airline business. The business failed with outstanding debts of £30 million and made 450 employees redundant.[6]
Two of their aircraft were impounded in Ireland by Aer Rianta the day after the airline appointed a liquidator, due to TransAer's failure pay landing and handling fees amounting to over £200,000.
transaer, international, airlines, irish, charter, airline, headquartered, transaer, house, dublin, airport, dublin, ireland, iata, icao, callsignt8, transliftfoundedoctober, 1991commenced, operationsfebruary, 1992ceased, operations20, october, 2000, 2000, ope. TransAer International Airlines was an Irish charter airline headquartered in the TransAer House Dublin Airport Dublin Ireland 1 TransAer International AirlinesIATA ICAO CallsignT8 1 TLA 1 TRANSLIFTFoundedOctober 1991Commenced operationsFebruary 1992Ceased operations20 October 2000 2000 10 20 Operating basesDublin Airport 2 105 HubsDublin Airport 2 105 London Gatwick 2 105 Parent companyTranslift Holdings 2 104 HeadquartersDublin Airport Dublin IrelandKey peopleWillie O Byrne CEO at the time of closure 3 A Translift Airways Douglas DC 8 AT Dublin Airport in 1993 Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditThe airline was previously known as Translift Airways 2 104 It was established in October 1991 and started operations in February 1992 2 105 Renaming took place on 10 April 1997 2 104 It was the brainchild of P J McGoldrick who later went on to run Ryanair and EUjet citation needed The airline operated a number of Airbus A300B4 and Airbus A320 200 aircraft 2 105 Some Boeing 727 Boeing 757 and Boeing 737 200 were also operated for a short period of time citation needed The company leased aircraft to Libyan Arab Airlines and Khalifa Airways 4 TransAer went into liquidation on 20 October 2000 4 Prior to the collapse an 18 month contract was signed in 2000 to help set up a new airline in Kosovo 5 The collapse was blamed on the adverse effects of the Kosovo war a failed 18 million investment in American airline TransMeridian and losses of 14 million incurred by TransAer s German and Greek charter airline business The business failed with outstanding debts of 30 million and made 450 employees redundant 6 Two of their aircraft were impounded in Ireland by Aer Rianta the day after the airline appointed a liquidator due to TransAer s failure pay landing and handling fees amounting to over 200 000 See also EditList of defunct airlines of the United KingdomReferences Edit a b c World Airline Directory TransAer Flight International 155 4669 108 24 30 March 1999 ISSN 0015 3710 a b c d e f g h World Airline Directory TransAer International Airlines Flight International 147 4721 104 28 March 3 April 2000 ISSN 0015 3710 World Airline Directory TransAer International Airlines Flight International 105 28 March 3 April 2000 Beesley Arthur 21 October 2000 Nearly 300 Irish jobs lost as charter firm TransAer goes into liquidation The Irish Times Archived from the original on 12 February 2017 a b Irish fail AirKosova Flight International 31 October 2000 Archived from the original on 12 February 2017 McCaughren Samantha 2 October 2000 TransAer wins 15m Kosovan airline deal Irish Independent Archived from the original on 19 February 2017 Collapse of EUjet is second airline failure for bossExternal links Edit Media related to TransAer at Wikimedia Commons Portals Ireland Companies Aviation This article relating to a European airline is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about transport in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This Irish company article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TransAer International Airlines amp oldid 1069431084, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
