West Air Sweden

Infobox Airline
airline = West Air Sweden

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fleet_size = 25
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IATA = PT
ICAO = SWN
callsign = AIR SWEDEN
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founded = 1955
headquarters = Gothenburg, Sweden
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hubs = Lidköping-Hovby Airport
Malmö Airport
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website = http://www.westair.se/

West Air Sweden is a cargo airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL, TNT and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights 6 nights a week on behalf of the Swedish post office. Its main bases are Lidköping-Hovby Airport (LDK) and Malmö Airport (MMX).

History

The airline was established in 1955 as LBF-Eda Varken operating air taxi flights. The name was changed to Abal Air in 1982 and to West Air Sweden in 1992. It then converted to a cargo airline in May 1997 after discontinuing scheduled passenger services between Säve and Sundsvall. During 2006 West Air won a contract with the Norwegian Postal services rendering an expansion of 50% of West Air's capacity. Fact|date=February 2007

Fleet

The West Air Sweden fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2008):

*1 BAe 146-200 (which is operated by Malmö Aviation)
*4 BAe 748 Series 2A
*2 BAe 748 Series 2B
*22 BAe ATP
*2 Bombardier CRJ200

The airline is to increase its fleet of BAe ATP freighters to 28 aircraft. It has agreed to lease an additional five from BAE Systems Regional Aircraft, adding to recent deals with Sun Air of Scandinavia and BA Connect to introduce a further eight ATPs [Airliner World January 2007] .Two Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft are being converted by Cascade Aerospace to package freighters for delivery in 2007 [Flight International 27 March 2007]

External links

* [http://www.westair.se/ West Air Sweden]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=PT&al_op=1 West Air Sweden Fleet]

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