DAT Danish Air Transport

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DAT Danish Air Transport
IATA DX	ICAO DTR	Callsign Danish
Founded		1989
Hubs		Kolding Airport
Frequent flyer program		none
Alliance		none
Fleet size		11
Destinations		10
Company slogan		The Flexible Choice
Headquarters		Vamdrup, Denmark
Key people		Jesper Rungholm (President and CEO), Lars Høeg (Managing Director), Brian Madsen ([Director of Flight Operations)
Website: http://www.dat.dk

DAT Danish Air Transport is an airline based in Vamdrup, Denmark. It operates scheduled passenger and cargo services, and passenger and cargo charters on an ad hoc basis.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 Subsidiaries and holdings 5 External links

[edit] History

The airline was founded and started operations in 1989. It was founded as a cargo airline, but soon added special operations, including flying live horses and supplies and spares in Africa during the Paris Dakar Rally. Passenger charters were added in 1994. Scheduled services started to be operated from 18 November 1996. The airline is owned by the Rungholm family (60%) and private investors (40%). It also wholly owns the Danu Oro Transportas airline based in Lithuania.

[edit] Destinations

DAT operate both domestic and international services to 10 destinations as of December 2006:

• Denmark
  • Billund
  • Bornholm
  • Esbjerg
  • Copenhagen

• Lithuania
  • Kaunas
  • Palanga

• Norway
  • Bergen
  • Florø
  • Oslo
  • Stavanger

[edit] Fleet

The DAT fleet includes the following aircraft (at December 2006):

DAT Danish Air Transport Fleet

Type	Total	Passengers (all economy only)	Routes	Notes
ATR 72-201/202	2	60
ATR 42-300/320	7	46
Saab 340A	1	33
Beech KingAir 90	1	cargo only

[edit] Subsidiaries and holdings

DAT owns the following companies:

• Danu Oro Transportas, Lithuania (100% owned)
• Vildanden, Norway (15% owned)

[edit] External links

• DAT Danish Air Transport
• DAT Passenger Opinions