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| Founded | April 1994 | |||
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| Hubs | Zagreb Airport | |||
| Fleet size | 2 | |||
| Destinations | Charters | |||
| Headquarters | Zagreb, Croatia | |||
| Key people | Mihajlo Cvijin | |||
| Website | http://www.trade-air.com | |||
Trade Air is a passenger and cargo charter airline based in Zagreb, Croatia. The company is registered as an airline whose main activities are passenger charter flights and cargo operations, organized either on charter chain flights or ad-hoc flights. Trade Air is also specialised in the transportation of dangerous goods.
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Trade Air was established in April 1994 and started operations on 22 May 1995. It is a private company fully owned by Mihajlo Cvijin. In April 1999, the airline started to operate their first Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft, with two more aircraft of the same type added to their fleet during the summer of 2000.
In 2004, the airline added two Fokker 100 aircraft to their fleet and started to use them to operate charter flights for passengers in March 2005. In November 2007, Trade Air operated flights with their Fokker 100 aircraft in Australia, transporting journalists as one of two dedicated carriers for the Australian federal elections. Both Fokker 100 aircraft operated by the airline are painted in the SunAdria livery. Between November 2004 and February 2005, Trade Air based one of its Let 410s in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in a short-lived and ultimately failed attempt to operate flights between Mostar and Zagreb under the Bosnia Airlines brand.[1]
On 30 October 2005, Trade Air Flight 729 crashed near Bergamo, Italy, shortly after taking off from Orio al Serio Airport in poor weather. The flight was a night-time cargo flight from Bergamo to Zagreb operated by a Let L-410 Turbolet with the registration 9A-BTA. All three people on board, two pilots and a passenger, were killed.[2]
In March 2007, the airline was anonymously accused for allegedly overloading their aircraft with cargo and having pilots who allegedly flew every consecutive day for two or three weeks without taking a minimum 36-hour rest period within any 7 consecutive days. The legislators dismissed the anonymous accusations.[3][4]
In May 2008, the airline received IOSA certification.[5]
Until June 2010 Trade Air operated scheduled flights between Zagreb, Ljubljana and Sarajevo with two Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft. All other flights operated by the airline are charter flights for either cargo or passengers.
The Trade Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2011):
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Order | Passenger | Notes |
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| Fokker 100 | 2 | 0 | 109 | |
| Total: | 2 | 0 |
As of 25 January 2011, the average age of the Trade Air fleet is 17.8 years ([1]).
The airline formerly also operated a leased ATR 42 cargo aircraft.
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