West Atlantic


West Atlantic Group is a holding company for two European cargo airlines, West Air Sweden and West Atlantic UK with its head office in Gothenburg, Sweden. West Atlantic Sweden have an annual turnover in excess of €100 million and employ some 650 staff to operate a fleet in excess of 50 aircraft. The airline specializes in the transport of mail, dangerous goods and general cargo.

History

, Inc. announced on 9 December 2013 an agreement to acquire a 25 percent equity interest in West Atlantic. This investment meant the Boeing 767-200 being added into West Atlantic's fleet. The 767-200 with registration SE-RLA made its first flight on 26 March 2015 and its first commercial flight on the night between 6 and 7 April, with two further 767-200s joining the fleet later in 2015.
On 20 June 2017 West Atlantic announced it will take delivery of four leased Boeing 737-800 from GE Capital Aviation Services, with the aircraft being delivered between 2017 and 2019.

Fleet

As of September 2017, the West Atlantic group fleet includes the following aircraft:
AircraftIn ServiceOrders
BAe ATP-F40—
Boeing 737-300SF6—
Boeing 737-400SF10—
Boeing 737-800BCF31
Boeing 767-200SF3—
Bombardier CRJ200PF2—
Total641

Accidents and incidents