Danish Air Transport
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| Founded | 1989 | |||
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| Operating bases | Esbjerg Airport Florø Airport |
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| Fleet size | 11 | |||
| Destinations | 13 | |||
| Company slogan | The Flexible Choice | |||
| Headquarters | Vamdrup, Denmark | |||
| Key people | Jesper Rungholm (President and CEO) Lars Høeg (MD) Brian Madsen (Director of Flight Operations) |
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| Website | www.dat.dk | |||
Danish Air Transport, abbreviated DAT, is an airline based at Vamdrup, Denmark, operating scheduled and chartered passenger and cargo flights. Its main base is Vamdrup Kolding Airport, although there are no scheduled flights to or from this airport, with operational bases at Esbjerg Airport and Florø Airport.[1] The airline is owned by the Rungholm family (60%) and private investors (40%), and is in turn the whole owner of DOT LT, an airline from Lithuania.[1] Danish Air Transport also holds a 15 percent stake in the airline Vildanden from Norway.[citation needed]
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[edit] History
Danish Air Transport was founded and started operations in 1989, initially as a cargo airline. Soon special operations like the transport of live horses or supplies for the Paris Dakar Rally in Africa were offered, too. Passenger charter flights were added in 1994, with the subsequent launch scheduled services on 18 November 1996. In December 2004, DAT flew several scheduled passenger flights between Copenhagen and the Faroe Islands. If the trial had turned out successful, it would have launched regular service between these two countries from Easter 2005. However, the ATR-42s turned out to be not suitable for the route. After initially having thought about adding larger aircraft types to its fleet, the airline instead decided against operating on that route.[2]
[edit] Destinations
Danish Air Transport operates the following destinations (as per January 2012):[3]
- Denmark
- Billund - Billund Airport
- Esbjerg – Esbjerg Airport Base
- Norway
Scheduled flights to several additional destinations using DAT aircraft are operated for Vildanden.
In addition, the following destinations are operated for DAT by DOT LT:
[edit] Future changes
From 1 April 2012, DAT will no longer fly the route Florø–Bergen/Oslo. From the same date, DAT will start flying the routes Bodø–Leknes/Narvik/Røst/Svolvær.[4]
[edit] Fleet
As of January 2012, the Danish Air Transport fleet consists of the following aircraft:[5][6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Passengers[citation needed] | Notes |
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| ATR 42 | 5 | 46 | one aircraft operated for CEIBA International |
| ATR 72 | 2 | 68 | |
| Dash 8 | 2 | 39[7] | Will be stationed in Bodø. |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-83 | 1 | 165 | |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 1 | 135 | |
| Total | 11 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 71. 2007-04-03.
- ^ FindAirticles.com
- ^ Danish Air Transport flight schedule
- ^ Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications. Tender protocol (in Norwegian).
- ^ Danish Air Transport fleet list at planespotters.net
- ^ DAT. Press release (in Danish): «DAT vinder ruter i Bodø»
- ^ lofotposten.no: Ruteplanen er klar (in Norwegian). Published 24 January 2012. Visited 25 January 2012.
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