West Atlantic
| West Atlantic AB (publ)
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| legal form | Aktiebolag |
| ISIN | SE0005133360 |
| founding | 2008 |
| Seat |
Gothenburg , Sweden
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| management | Gustaf Thureborn ( CEO ) |
| Number of employees | 264 (2011) |
| sales | 93.655 million euros (2011) |
| Branch | logistics |
| Website | westatlantic.eu |
| As of June 29, 2012 | |
West Atlantic (officially West Atlantic AB (publ) ) is a Swedish logistics group based in Gothenburg . It was created in 2008 from the merger of West Air Europe and Atlantic Airlines (today: West Atlantic UK ). With a previous 40 units, the group owned the largest number of BAe ATP aircraft in the world.
history
While West Air was founded in 1962 and got its current name in 1995, Atlantic Airlines was founded in 1994 as part of the Air-Atlantique Group and became independent in 2001. In 2008 the two airlines merged under the umbrella brand West Atlantic . In 2011 the decision was made to gradually transfer the operational business of West Air Sweden to the subsidiary West Air Luxembourg . In December 2013, West Air Luxembourg was sold to FAST Logistics Luxembourg and renamed Smart Cargo in 2014 .
Subsidiaries
- West Atlantic UK (formerly Atlantic Airlines)
- West Atlantic Sweden (formerly West Air Sweden)
- Norway Aviation Services
- European Aviation Maintenance
- Elite crew training and European turboprop management
Former subsidiaries :
- West Air Luxembourg (now Smart Cargo )
fleet
The combined fleet of the group, which is operated by the two subsidiaries West Atlantic UK and West Air Sweden, consists of 41 cargo aircraft as of October 2018:
- 15 BAe ATP
- 6 Boeing 737-300 F
- 13 Boeing 737-400 F
- 2 Boeing 737-800 F
- 3 Boeing 767-200F
- 2 Bombardier CRJ200
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b westatlantic.eu - Annual Report 2011, page 25 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English; PDF; 7.1 MB), June 29, 2012
- ↑ West Atlantic - History ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ wort.lu - 34 people and 12 planes are moving , June 28, 2011
- ^ West Atlantic UK Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. August 27, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018 .
- ^ West Air Sweden Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. August 23, 2018, accessed October 18, 2018 .
Web links
West Atlantic website (English)