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| Founded | 25 August 1997 | |||
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| Operating bases | Portela Airport (Lisbon) | |||
| Subsidiaries | STP Airways (38%) | |||
| Fleet size | 6 | |||
| Destinations | Charters for various airlines | |||
| Parent company | Quanlux (45%) Anglotel (20%) |
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| Headquarters | Sintra, Portugal | |||
| Key people | Tomaz Metello (CEO) | |||
| Website | www.euroatlantic.pt | |||
EuroAtlantic Airways - Transportes Aéreos S.A., operating and styled as euroAtlantic airways, is a charter airline based in Sintra, Lisbon Region, Portugal.[1] It operates worldwide charter services, with an emphasis on the USA, Canada, Mexico, Pakistan and Australia, as well as ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance and Insurance) and other wet lease operations. Its main base is Portela Airport, Lisbon.[2]
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Founded as Air Zarco on 25 August 1993, the company adopted the trade name Air Madeira until 17 May 2000, when the Memorandum of Association was altered by deed, and the name of EuroAtlantic Airways - Transportes Aéreos S.A. was adopted.
EuroAtlantic is FAA (FAR129) and EASA (JAR OPS1) certified and has a maintenance agreement with TAP Air Portugal.
In 2005, euroAtlantic had €109 million in revenue and a profit of €5.9 million.
EuroAtlantic owns 38% of the national airline of São Tomé and Príncipe, STP Airways. The first flight of STP was to Lisbon, using a EuroAtlantic Boeing 767.
In 2009, EuroAtlantic Airways signed a deal to operate 2 Boeing 777-200ER on behalf of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.[3] The airline is owned by Quanlux (Luxembourg) (45%), Tomaz Julio Teixeira Metello (25%), Anglotel (Luxembourg) (20%) and Danielle Chadrin Metello (10%) and has 239 employees (at March 2007).[2]
EuroAtlantic was known for owning the last operated Lockheed L-1011 in Europe. The Lockheed L-1011 was formally owned by Air Zarco and was built in February 1983 and was obtained by EuroAtlantic in June 2000, but was stored in March 2010 in Amman.
As of March 2011, the EuroAtlantic Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 19.6 years:[4][5]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| Boeing 737-800 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 144 | 160 | |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 2 | 0 | 16 | 234 | 250 | |
| 1 | 0 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Boeing 767-300BCF | 1 | 0 | 56t Cargo | |||
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | 0 | 30 | 293 | 323 | |
| Total | 6 | 0 | ||||
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