Transavia.com
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| Transavia.com | ||
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| IATA HV |
ICAO TRA |
Callsign TRANSAVIA |
| Founded | 1966 | |
| Hubs | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol Paris-Orly Airport Copenhagen Airport |
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| Focus cities | Rotterdam Eindhoven |
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| Fleet size | 33 (+4 orders) | |
| Destinations | 63 | |
| Parent company | Air France-KLM | |
| Headquarters | Amsterdam, Netherlands | |
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| Website: http://www.transavia.com | ||
Transavia.com (formerly Transavia Airlines CV and styled as transavia.com) is a Netherlands based low-cost airline operating as an independent part of the Air France-KLM group. Its main base is at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol while Rotterdam Airport (RTM) and Eindhoven Airport (EIN) are its secondary bases. Transavia.com chiefly operates scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations.
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[edit] History
The airline was established in the end of 1965 as Transavia Limburg. The name was changed in 1966 to Transavia Holland and it began operations on 17 November 1966. In 1986, the name was changed to Transavia Airlines. It was the first airline to take advantage of the first open skies agreement signed between the UK and Dutch governments. Transavia started operating its first scheduled service on the Amsterdam to London Gatwick route on 26 October, 1986.
During 1991, the airline's major shareholder, Nedlloyd, sold its 80% holding to KLM. In 1998, Transavia was the first foreign airline to operate domestic services in Greece following a change in Greek aviation law. In June 2003, KLM acquired the remaining 20% of Transavia, making it 100% KLM owned. The subsequent merger of Air France and KLM made Transavia a wholly-owned subsidiary of Air France-KLM.
In the early 2000s, Transavia was primarily a charter airline with a low-cost airline subsidiary called Basiq Air. To strengthen its brand, Basiq Air and the Transavia charter arm were combined under the transavia.com name on 1 January, 2005.
Transavia chose Copenhagen as its third base, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Transavia has a French unit, based at Paris-Orly. The unit operates seven 737-800s [1].
[edit] Destinations
[edit] Fleet
The Transavia.com fleet consists of the following aircraft (at 25 June 2009): [2]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-700 | 10 | 0 | 149 | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 23 | 4 | 186 | Deliveries: 2009 |
| Total | 33 | 4 |
Transavia.com average fleet age is 6.6 years old at February 2009.[3]
The airline has disposed of a large number of aircraft operated earlier including 16 Boeing 737-300 and 4 Boeing 757 aircraft.
Seasonally, Transavia.com leases out 737 aircraft to operators such as Sun Country Airlines, KLM, Miami Air, Sunwing Airlines and SpiceJet.
In December 2005 the company introduced a new 'look', including new uniforms and aircraft livery.
On 13 November 2007, Boeing announced that transavia.com had ordered 7 Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
On 15 December 2008, Transavia.com wet-leased one of their Boeing 737-800 (PH-HZN) to Caribbean Airlines, the national airline of the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago. The aircraft was due to return to Transavia sometime in March or April 2009.
[edit] On-board service
Transavia.com offers the "Assortment on Board" buy on board service offering food and drinks for purchase.[4]
[edit] Accidents and incidents
To date no fatalities or complete loss of aircraft occurred related to Transavia flights. In 1997 two incidents occurred with substantial damage to the aircraft:
- On 8 February 1997, Transavia Airlines Flight 484, a Boeing 737-300 flying from Salzburg to Amsterdam, was damaged en route. The push/pull rod of the elevator broke off, damaging the Boeing 737's rudder and an emergency landing was made at Nuremberg Airport. No fatalities, but the FAA issued an Airworthiness Directive after this and a similar incident.[5]
- On 24 December 1997, Transavia Airlines Flight 462, a Boeing 757-200 flying from Las Palmas to Amsterdam was seriously damaged during landing. The aircraft landed in strong, gusty winds and touched down hard with its right maingear first. On touchdown the nosegear broke out of the doghouse. After gliding over the runway for aprox 3km, it came to rest in the grass beside the runway. Serious damage was inflicted on some electronic systems and control-cables. The plane evacuated successfully and no fatalities occurred.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Air France KLM close to launching new leisure carrier." Buyck, C. Air Transport World. November 20, 2006
- ^ Transavia fleet
- ^ transavia.com Fleet Age
- ^ "Assortment on board." transavia.com. Accessed October 24, 2008.
- ^ Incident details from Aviation Safety.net website, visited June 22, 2008
- ^ Incident details from Aviation Safety.net website, visited June 22, 2008
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