TNT Airways

TNT Airways

IATA 3V ICAO TAY Callsign QUALITY
Founded	1999
Hubs	Liège Airport
Fleet size	41 (+1)
Destinations	70
Parent company	TNT Express
Headquarters	Liège, Belgium
Key people	Niky Terzakis (MD)
Website	tntliege.com

TNT Airways, a subsidiary of TNT Express, is a cargo and (since 2004) passenger airline, operating chartered flights to mainly European destinations. The airline was founded in 1999 and has its head office in Liège, Belgium, on the grounds of Liège Airport, its hub.^[1]

Destinations

Main article: TNT Airways destinations

Fleet

An Air Foyle BAe 146-300 cargo airliner at Dublin Airport, operating a flight on behalf of TNT. At that time (1993), TNT had not set up an in-house airline yet. Today, this airplane belongs to TNT Airways.

A TNT Airways Boeing 737-300 cargo aircraft at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (2009).

As of December 2010, the TNT Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 20.8 years:^[2]

TNT Airways fleet

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Notes
Airbus A300-600RF	2	—
BAe 146-200QC	2	—	98 passengers
BAe 146-200QT	10	—
BAe 146-300QT	7	—
Boeing 737-300F	6	—
Boeing 737-300QC	1	—	142 passengers
Boeing 737-400F	6	—
Boeing 747-400ERF	4	—	2 in Emirates colors
Boeing 757-200F	1	—
Boeing 777F	2	1	1st B777F delivered 23rd July 2011, registration OO-TSA 2nd B777F delivered 29th Sept 2011, registration N778SA
Total	41 (+1)

Additionally, there are several aircraft of other airlines that have been contracted to operate on behalf of TNT Airways.^{[citation needed]}

Accidents and incidents

On 15 June 2006, TNT Airways Flight 352, a Boeing 737-300 cargo aircraft operating a flight from Liège Airport to London Stansted Airport had to divert to East Midlands Airport due to bad weather. On final approach the autopilot was disengaged for a short period. The aircraft touched down off the runway to the left, resulting in the right main landing gear being detached and the right wing tip and engine scraping the ground. The pilots managed to lift off again and subsequently made an emergency diversion to Birmingham International Airport, where a landing was performed on the remaining two landing gears, during which the aircraft scraped on its nose and right engine. There were no injuries. The cause of the crash was determined to be a poorly timed message from local air traffic control which the pilot misinterpreted, causing him to descend too quickly. The team of pilots were said by the airline to have managed the situation with skill once the error had been detected, however were dismissed from service with the company as a result of the incident.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Contact." TNT Airways. Retrieved on 27 June 2010.
2. ^ TNT Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
3. ^ BBC News Cargo plane crash pilots sacked

External links

	Belgium portal
	Companies portal
	Aviation portal

• TNT Liege
• TNT Global Air Network