Transair Sweden

Transair Sweden AB was a charter airline from Sweden that operated until 1981.

Company History

Transair Sweden (not to be confused with another Transair Sweden that operated between 2002-2003) began as Nordisk Aerotransport AB in 1950 with the purpose of flighing newspapers from Stockholm to other locations in Sweden using Airspeed Oxford aircraft. In 1953 passenger charters were begun using Douglas DC-3 and soon after the name was chanted to Transair Sweden. In 1957 the Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando aircraft introduced. Douglas DC-6 acquired from SAS were introduced in 1959. In 1968 nine Douglas DC-7C were bought from Eastern Airlines were added to the fleet for use during the civil war in Congo on behalf of the United Nations.

Freight flights on behalf of SAS were begun to cities such as Malmo, Copenhagen, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Paris. In 1967 Boeing 727-134s were acquired but those were not kept very long. But a year later Transair was bought by the Svenska Handelsbank and financing was introduced to acquire once again jet aircraft. Shortly thereafter SAS took a majority holding in Transair Sweden and the airline was kept flying independently under its own colors taking tourists to Spain, the Canary Islands and other Mediterranean destinations. In 1981 SAS sold all the 727s and the employees integrated into SAS. [Airlines Remembered by BI Hengi, Publisher Midland Publishing]

Fleet Details

*3 - Airspeed Oxford
*3 - Douglas DC-3
*11 - Curtis Commando
*3 - Douglas DC-6
*6 - Douglas DC-6B
*11 - Douglas DC-7B
*4 - Boeing 727-134 and 727-30C

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/tx/tonye/transair.html Historical Site]
* [http://www.transairsweden.com/ Website] ]
* [http://www.scaniaenter.com/transair/startpage.htm Another historical website]

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