Lufttransport

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Lufttransport

IATA '	ICAO 'LTR	Callsign Lufttransport
Founded		1971
Hubs		Tromsø Airport
Fleet size		24
Destinations
Parent company		Norsk Helikopter
Headquarters		Tromsø
Key people		Geir-Arne Sørensen (CEO)
Website: http://www.lufttransport.no

Lufttransport is a Norwegian helicopter and fixed-wing airline that operates primarily air ambulance helicopter and plane for the Norwegian and Swedish governments. In addition the airline offers services including survailence for the Norwegian Coast Guard, transport of ship pilots and scheduled air transport in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard.

The airline operates 10 helicopters and 14 fixt-wing aircraft and has headquarters in Tromsø. In 2005 the company had a revenue of 300 million NOK.

1 History
2 Operations
3 Fleet
- 3.1 On order
4 External links
5 References

[edit] History

Lufttransport was started in 1971 and merged with Mørefly in 1995.

The company started operations on Svalbard in 1978, transporting crew from the new international airport at Longyearbyen to the mines at Svea and Ny-Ålesund. From 1994 the airline has operated Dornier Do-228 aircraft at Svalbard. From 2002 the company also started a cooperation with the shipping pilot service in Bergen flying pilots out to vessels at sea. In 2005 it also started flying scheduled routes from Bodø to Værøy.

In 2000 its owner CHC Helikopter Service, part of CHC Helicopter, sold Lufttransport to Norwegian Air Shuttle. In 2005 Norwegian sold Lufttransport and the Swedish Heliflyg to Norsk Helikopter who ownes the airline today.

[edit] Operations

[edit] Ambulance

In Norway Lufttransport has Beech King Air B200 ambulance planes stationed at

It also has helicopter bases at

Møre og Romsdal Regional Hospital
Tromsø Regional Hospital
Arendal Hospital
Brønnøysund Hospital
Haukeland University Hospital

In Sweden the airline operates helicopters from

Lycksele
Östersund
Stockholm
Umeå [both helicpter and fixed-wing]
Uppsala

[edit] Svalbard

The airline also has two Dornier Do-228 aircraft stationed at Svalbard Airport, Longyear that fly regular charter flights to Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben and Svea Airport for the two mining companies Store Norske and Kings Bay Kull Compani. One of the Dornier aircraft are also used for surveilence for the Norwegian Coast Guard, primarily checking fishing boats in the Barents Sea. Lufttransport flies about 400 hours per year for the Coast Guard.

[edit] Ship pilots

In addition, two Agusta helicopters are used to transport ship pilots, based at Bergen Airport, Flesland. Ships exceeding 30 000 gross tonns with petroleum products are required to have a pilot onboard while navigating into the petroleum refineries of Kårstø, Mongstad and Sture. In addition the company has a contract to fly crew to Teekay's ships in the North Sea

[edit] Værøy

Lufttransport flies the public service obligation between Bodø Airport and Værøy Airport with two daily round trips (one trip on Saturdays and Sundays) with a brand new Agusta Bell AB139.