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Air Transat
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| Air Transat | ||
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| IATA TS |
ICAO TSC |
Callsign Transat |
| Founded | 1986 | |
| Hubs | Montréal-Trudeau Int'l Airport Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport Vancouver International Airport |
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| Focus cities | Halifax International Airport Québec/Jean Lesage Int'l Airport |
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| Fleet size | 16 | |
| Destinations | 90 | |
| Parent company | Transat A.T. Inc. | |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec | |
| Key people | Jean-Marc Eustache (Chairman & CEO), François Laurin(CFO) | |
| Website: http://www.airtransat.com | ||
Air Transat is an airline based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, operating scheduled and charter flights and serving 90 destinations in 25 countries. The airline is owned and operated by Transat A.T. During the summer season its main destinations are Europe and domestic flights within Canada and in the winter season the Caribbean, Mexico, USA and South America. It is the designated carrier between Canada and Cuba. Its main bases are Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, Toronto Pearson International Airport, and Vancouver International Airport, with hubs at Halifax International Airport and Québec/Jean Lesage International Airport.
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Air Transat was founded by former Quebecair employees in December 1986 as an off-shoot of Trafic Voyages. It made its inaugural flight on November 14, 1987, travelling from Montreal to Acapulco. Six years later, Air Transat assumed defunct Nationair's maintenance base and aircraft. Today, the company books 2.5 million passengers a year. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Transat A.T. Inc. Separate companies (Air Transat Holidays, Nolitours, Jonview Canada) operate under the banner of TDC (Transat Distribution Canada) which specialize in organizing, marketing, and distributing vacation travel and packages. The organization includes tour operators and retail travel outlets based in Canada and France. Today Air Transat is one of Canada's largest airlines, after Air Canada, Air Canada Jazz and WestJet.
On 14 July 2006, Air Transat announced that it had signed an agreement to acquire British tour operator The Airline Seat Company for £20.4 million (approximately C$42.8 million).[1] Between 1995 and 2006 The Airline Seat Company established a large proportion of its business under the banner of Canadian Affair, a tour operator and agent for charter flights between the UK and Canada.
- On August 24, 2001, Air Transat Flight 236, en route from Toronto to Lisbon with 306 crew and passengers, had to make an emergency landing in the Azores without engine power after running out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean.[2] The aircraft safely landed at Lajes Air Base, on the island of Terceira. The aircraft was evacuated in 90 seconds. None of the 306 passengers and crew were seriously injured in the incident. The cause of the fuel loss was an incompatible component - designed for a different type of aircraft - installed the plane's fuel system by an Air Transat maintenance worker. It was later found that there was a ruptured fuel line that occurred and nobody knew that this would happen. As a result, Air Transat took passengers to Lisbon on an a Lockheed L-1011 Tristar and the A330 had new fuel tank monitoring systems.
- On March 6, 2005, on an Air Transat flight en route from Cuba to Quebec City, using an Airbus A310-300 with 9 crew and 261 passengers on board, most of the rudder separated during the cruise. The crew became aware of the problem and returned to Varadero, Cuba, where they made a safe landing. The reason for the rudder structural failure is still under investigation. It has been established that no unusual rudder inputs had been used by the crew during the flight, they were not manipulating the rudder when it failed and there was no obvious fault in the rudder or yaw-damper system.[3]
Air Transat specializes in charter flights from several Canadian and European cities to vacation destinations, mainly in the south during the winter months and in Europe during the summer. It also operates scheduled services as follows (as of January 2007).
Air Transat inaugurated nonstop service from Montreal to Madrid in May 2006. The flights originate and terminate in Toronto.
In May 2007, Air Transat will start service from Montreal to Vienna, Barcelona, Valencia and Malaga, and will also start service from Toronto to Vienna and London Heathrow.
The Air Transat fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of February 2007) [4] :
As of March 2006, Air Transat fleet average age is 13 years old.
Previously operated:
- ^ Transat A.T. Inc. acquires British tour operator Canadian Affair. Canada Newswire, 14 Jul 2006. Retrieved 5 Jan 2007.
- ^ A330 'glider' drama facts revealed. Flight International, 26 Oct 2004. Retrieved 5 Jan 2007.
- ^ Weakest points. Flight International, 19 Jul 2005. Retrieved 5 Jan 2007.
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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