Air Transat
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| IATA code : | TS |
| ICAO code : | TSC |
| Call sign : | AIR TRANSAT |
| Founding: | 1986 |
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Montreal , Canada
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| Home airport : | Montréal |
| Company form: | Corporation |
| IATA prefix code : | 649 |
| Management: | Jean-François Lemay ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 5,000 |
| Sales: | CAN $ 2.9 billion (2019) |
| Profit: | - CAN $ 9.4 million (2019) |
| Passenger volume: | 5 million |
| Fleet size: | 37 (+ 12 orders) |
| Aims: | international |
| Website: | www.airtransat.com |
Air Transat AT Inc. is a Canadian airline based in Montreal and based at Montreal-Trudeau Airport . It is a subsidiary of the tour operator Transat .
history
Air Transat was founded in December 1986 by former Quebecair employees . The first flight was carried out almost a year later on November 14, 1987 from Montreal to Acapulco . In 1993 she took over the maintenance base and machines of the insolvent Nationair . Transat works with several companies, such as Transat Holidays, Nolitours, Jonview Canada , which are owned by TDC (Transat Distribution Canada) . TDC specializes in the organization, marketing and sales of city trips and vacation packages.
Today Air Transat is Canada's fourth largest airline after Air Canada , Jazz Aviation and Westjet Airlines . In June 2011, a new corporate design was presented which, in addition to a slightly modified logo, also included a new paint job on the aircraft. This painting was modified again in autumn 2011.
Destinations
Air Transat specializes in vacation flights from various Canadian and European airports. It serves 90 destinations in 25 countries on scheduled flights . Air Transat is no longer represented in Germany; the last flights took place in October 2014. Flights to Toronto and Montréal are offered from the Swiss city of Basel . Until 2011, Vienna was also connected to Toronto and Montréal by Air Transat. As of the 2015 summer flight schedule, Budapest and Montréal will be served from Budapest . In the 2017/2018 winter flight schedule, Air Transat flew on behalf of Condor from Düsseldorf to Barbados , Cancún , La Romana , Montego Bay and Punta Cana .
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As of May 2020, the Air Transat fleet consists of 37 aircraft with an average age of 14.2 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats | Average age
(May 2020) |
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| Airbus A321-200 | 9 | 190
220 |
8.6 years | ||
| Airbus A321neo LR | 3 | 12 | will be leased from AerCap from 2019 and will replace the A310 | 200 | 0.8 years |
| Airbus A330-200 | 16 | 345 | 17.4 years | ||
| Airbus A330-300 | 4th | three in 30-year anniversary paint | 346 375 |
22.7 years | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 5 | with winglets fitted | 189 | 15.0 years | |
| total | 37 | 12 | 14.2 years |
On May 11, 2019, Air Transat received the first A321neo LR. These have been used on transatlantic flights since delivery.
For some winter months 2003/2004 an A320 aircraft leased from Star Airlines was flown for Air Transat for the first time, with the engines and tail unit retaining the Star Airlines livery (also one star). From March 2018, the A320 aircraft type returned to Air Transat, this time with engines painted yellow, as the aircraft were leased from Condor .
Former aircraft types
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- Airbus A310-300
- Airbus A320-200
- Boeing 727-200
- Boeing 737-400 / 700
- Boeing 757-200
- Lockheed L-1011-385 Tristar
Incidents
- On July 6, 2001, Air Transat flight 906, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar with the registration number C-FTNA , got into a heavy hail shower after taking off from Lyon with destination Berlin at an altitude of about 6,000 meters . The aircraft, which was around 29 years old at the time, was able to land safely in Lyon with all 208 occupants, but was so badly damaged that it had to be written off as a total write-off. The machine is still parked at Lyon Airport.
- On August 24, 2001, an Airbus A330-200 with the registration number C-GITS on Air Transat flight 236 from Toronto to Lisbon made the longest glide flight of a jet aircraft in aviation history. Due to an unnoticed leak, kerosene leaked the entire flight , which is why both engines eventually failed over the Atlantic . The machine finally sailed without propulsion with 306 people on board for about 19 minutes about 120 km before it could safely make an emergency landing on Lajes Field in the Azores . No people were injured, this Airbus A330 is still flying for Air Transat today. After the incident, the pilots were awarded the Superior Airmanship Award .
- On March 6, 2005, Air Transat Flight 961, an Airbus A310-300 with the registration number C-GPAT , suffered a loss of the rudder in flight en route from Cuba to Québec with nine crew members and 261 passengers on board . The cockpit crew returned safely to Cuba. The investigation revealed that the rudder was likely damaged in previous flights. The NTSB report states: "Some time before the occurrence flight, a disbond or in-plane core fracture occurred. The cause of this initial damage may have been a discrete event or a weak bond at the z-section". It was recorded that the crew had not made any unusual rudder movements and that the rudder had not been moved by the pilots at the time of the failure. The subsequent investigation showed that the maintenance procedures specified by the manufacturer were inadequate. As a result of this incident, the maintenance regulations for components made of composite materials were tightened.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ airliners.de - Air Transat with a new brand identity June 10, 2011.
- ↑ airliners.de - Air Transat says goodbye to Germany on August 9, 2014.
- ↑ Condor flights with partner airlines . ( condor.com [accessed January 2, 2018]).
- ↑ a b c d Air Transat Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. May 20, 2020, accessed on May 21, 2020 .
- ↑ Air Transat flies to Europe with A321 Neo , accessed on July 11, 2017.
- ↑ - airtransat.com - Travel information: Our fleet , accessed on July 11, 2017.
- ↑ C-GTSO Air Transat Airbus A330-342. In: planespotters.net. November 19, 2017, accessed August 14, 2019 .
- ↑ May 11 , 2019 - Air Transat's first delivery of the Airbus A321L has landed in Montreal - accessed on June 6, 2019.
- ↑ aeroTELEGRAPH online June 3, 2019, accessed June 3, 2019.
- ↑ A320-200 MSN 737 , planespotters, accessed May 28, 2018.
- ↑ Air Transat leases two Airbus A320s from Condor , worldairlinenews, March 13, 2018.
- ↑ Patrick Zwerger: Last western operator: Air Transat puts the Airbus A310 out of service. April 1, 2020, accessed April 2, 2020 .
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
- ↑ jetphotos.com: Picture of the Lockheed L-1011 C-FTNA
- ↑ Canadian Pilot Wins Award for 'Dead-Stick' Landing ( Memento from December 29, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Transportation Safety Board of Canada - AVIATION REPORTS - 2005 - A05F0047
