Schreiner Airways

Schreiner Airways was a charter, passenger and cargo airline based in the Netherlands. It was an offshore helicopter operator which was founded in 1945. The various flight operations were split amongst several companies of the Schreiner Aviation Group, such as Schreiner Airways, Schreiner North Sea Helicopters and Schreiner Aviation Training. The Schreiner Aviation Group was purchased by the CHC Helicopter Corporation in 2005 and Schreiner Airways became CHC Airways.

Code Data

*IATA Code: AW
*ICAO Code: SCH
*Callsign: SCHREINER [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes] ]

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Schreiner Airways fleet included [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

*2 ATR 72-200
*4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
*5 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter Series 300

Previously operated

It had a fairly large fleet or aircraft and between 1999 and 2001 and also operated three Airbus A300 cargo aircraft on behalf of KLM.

At the Aviodrome aviation museum on Lelystad Airport a retired Aérospatiale Dauphin 2 helicopter in Schreiner colors is on display.

External links

* [http://www.chc.ca/ CHC Helicopter Corporation]
* [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?nr_of_rows=211&sort_order=photo_id+desc&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&thumbnails=&&keywords=schreiner&keywrange=all Airliners.net - photos of Schreiner aircraft]
* [http://www.ruudleeuw.com/rem-schreiner.htm Airlines remembered: Schreiner Airways]

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