Trade Air

Trade Air

IATA ICAO Call sign C3 TDR TRADE AIR
Founded	April 1994
Hubs	Zagreb Airport Ljubljana Airport [1]
Fleet size	6
Destinations	7 (scheduled)
Headquarters	Zagreb, Croatia
Key people	Marko Cvijin
Website	trade-air.com

Trade Air d.o.o. is a Croatian passenger and cargo charter airline headquartered in Zagreb and based at Zagreb Airport. The company is registered as an airline whose main activities are passenger charter flights and cargo operations, organised either on charter chain flights or ad hoc flights. Trade Air also specialises in the transportation of dangerous goods.

History

Former Trade Air logo

Trade Air was established in April 1994 and started operations on 22 May 1995. It is a private company fully owned by Mihajlo Cvijin.^{[ citation needed ]}

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.^{[ citation needed ]}

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. ^[2]

In March 2007, the airline was anonymously accused of 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 seven consecutive days. 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 besides other charter flights for either cargo or passengers. In the summer of 2013, Trade Air started scheduled operations supported by the Croatian Ministry for Sea Transport and Infrastructure between Osijek and Zagreb. ^[6] This was the first time this route was served after 26 years. ^[7] In May 2016, Trade Air started operating scheduled flights for Croatia Airlines from Zagreb to Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, and Lisbon. ^[8]

In February 2017, Trade Air secured a contract with Swiss travel agency PowdAir to operate winter ski-charter flights to several destinations from Sion Airport from winter 2017. ^[9] In 2018, Trade Air secured an ongoing contract with Israeli company Israir Airlines for flights from Tel Aviv to destinations in Europe.

Destinations

As of May 2023, Trade Air operates scheduled flights between the following domestic and international destinations under its own brand: ^[10]

City	Country	IATA	ICAO	Airport
Dubrovnik	Croatia	DBV	LDDU	Dubrovnik Airport
Pula	Croatia	PUY	LDPL	Pula Airport
Osijek	Croatia	OSI	LDOS	Osijek Airport
Rijeka	Croatia	RJK	LDRI	Rijeka Airport
Split	Croatia	SPU	LDSP	Split Airport
Zagreb	Croatia	ZAG	LDZA	Zagreb Airport
Zadar	Croatia	ZAD	LDZD	Zadar Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

Trade Air Airbus A320-200

As of May 2023, the Trade Air fleet consists of the following aircraft: ^{[11] [12] [13]}

Trade Air fleet

Aircraft	In service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A319-100	1	—	144
Airbus A320-200	4	—	180
Saab 340	1	—	33	Leased from RAF-Avia
Total	6	—

Former fleet

A former Trade Air Fokker 100

Trade Air also formerly operated the following aircraft types:^{[ citation needed ]}

• 1 ATR 42-500 (2008-2009, leased from Danish Air Transport)
• 1 British Aerospace Jetstream 32 (2016-2018, leased from AIS Airlines)
• 1 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia (2013-2016, leased from Budapest Aircraft Service)
• 3 Fokker 100 (2004-2022) ^[14]
• 7 Let L-410 Turbolet (1995-2009)

Accidents and incidents

• 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. ^[15]

References

1. "Trade Air otvara bazu u Ljubljani". 16 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
2. "Bosnia Airlines on ch-aviation". ch-aviation.
3. Eduard Šoštarić (27 March 2007). "Trade Air baca RH na crnu listu EU" [Trade Air places Croatia on an EU blacklist]. Nacional (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
4. "Nakon Air Adriatica i Trade Air gubi dozvolu za letenje?". Poslovni dnevnik (in Croatian). 28 March 2007. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
5. "IATA Operational Safety Audit". IATA . 2 May 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2010.
6. "Trade Air launching scheduled flights". EX-YU Aviation News.
7. "Osijek-Zagreb Flight Returns After 26-Years".
8. "Croatia Airlines Outlines Planned Fokker 100 Operation in S16". Routesonline.
9. see http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/02/trade-air-secures-switzerland-contract.html
10. "TradeAir - Redovni letovi". www.trade-air.com.
11. Šćurić, Alen (25 August 2020). "Trade Air dijeli lekcije svima u regiji". Tango Six (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 May 2021.
12. "NOVI ČLAN TRADE AIR FLOTE – 9ABTJ". Trade Air (in Croatian). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
13. "TRADE AIR WELCOMES NEW AIRCRAFT". Trade Air. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
14. Mehić, Juraj; Šćuric, Alen (25 October 2022). "Trade Air prodao Fokkera F100" [Trade Air sold Fokker F100]. zamaaero (in Croatian). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
15. Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E19A 9A-BTA Bergamo-Orio Al Serio Airport (BGY)". aviation-safety.net.

External links

Media related to Trade Air at Wikimedia Commons

• Official website