EuroAtlantic Airways
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| Founded | 25 August 1993 | |||
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| Operating bases | Portela Airport (Lisbon) | |||
| Subsidiaries | STP Airways (38%) | |||
| Fleet size | 6 | |||
| Destinations | Charters for various airlines | |||
| 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]
History
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. EuroAtlantic operated a direct flight from Lisbon to Dili's Presidente Nicolau Lobato International Airport in January 2008 using a Boeing 757 carrying 140 members of the Portuguese National Guard.[3] It was the first flight to land, larger than a Boeing 737 or a C-130 Hercules at the DIL/WPDL runway.
In 2005, euroAtlantic had €109 million in revenue and a profit of €5.9 million.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed]
In 2009, EuroAtlantic Airways signed a deal to operate 2 Boeing 777-200ER on behalf of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.[4] 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.
Fleet
As of July 2012, the EuroAtlantic Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 19.6 years:[5][6]
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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| J | Y | Total | ||||
| Boeing 737-800 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 144 | 160 | Leased to Corendon Dutch Airlines. |
| Boeing 767-300ER | 1 | 0 | 16 | 234 | 250 | |
| 2 | 0 | 300 | 300 | |||
| Boeing 767-300ERF | 1 | 0 | - | Freighter, operated for TMA Cargo. | ||
| Boeing 777-200ER | 1 | 0 | 30 | 293 | 323 | Leased to LOT Polish Airlines. |
| Total | 6 | 0 | ||||
Accidents and incidents
- On 16 July 2012, Sunwing 221, a Boeing 767-300 leased by Sunwing Airlines piloted by Portuguese pilots of EuroAtlantic Airways, lost contact with ATCs at Moncton ACC while entering Canadian airspace. CF-18 jets from CFB Bagotville were scrambled by NORAD to intercept the jet, intercepting near Quebec City. When interrogated by the RCAF pilots, the jetliner pilots revealed they had forgotten to change frequencies as requested by Gander ATC, to enable contact with Montreal Centre. [7] The intercept was revealed to cost $90,000, and said to reveal lack of professionalism by the EuroAtlantic pilots.[8]
References
- ↑ "Contact Us." EuroAtlantic Airways. Retrieved on 14 December 2011. "Headquarters: Rua das Sesmarias, 3 Quinta da Beloura 2710-692 SINTRA PORTUGAL "
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 78.
- ↑ http://www.euroatlantic.pt/downloads/en_29_01_2008.pdf
- ↑ Biman and euroAtlantic sign deal
- ↑ EuroAtlantic Airways official fleet page
- ↑ EuroAtlantic Airways fleet list at planespotters.net
- ↑ CTV News, "Pilot error on Sunwing flight caused CF-18 fighter jets to scramble", Philip Ling, 26 February 2013 (accessed 26 February 2013)
- ↑ CTV National News, airdate 26 February 2013 at 11:00pm
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