Trade Air Explained

Airline:Trade Air
Iata:C3
Icao:TDR
Callsign:TRADE AIR
Founded:April 1994
Headquarters:Zagreb, Croatia
Key People:Marko Cvijin
Hubs:
Fleet Size:6
Destinations:7 (scheduled)
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

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 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.

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]

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 7 consecutive days. Legislators dismissed the anonymous accusations.[2] [3] In May 2008, the airline received IOSA certification.[4]

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 Summer 2013, Trade Air started scheduled operations supported by the Croatian Ministry for Sea Transport and Infrastructure between Osijek and Zagreb.[5] This is the first time this route is being served after 26 years.[6] In May 2016, Trade Air started operating scheduled flights for Croatia Airlines from Zagreb to Athens, Barcelona, Brussels, Copenhagen, Dubrovnik, and Lisbon.[7]

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.[8] In 2018, Trade Air has secured an ongoing contract with Israeli company Israir [9] for flight 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]

CityCountryIATAICAOAirport
DubrovnikCroatiaDBVLDDUDubrovnik Airport
PulaCroatiaPUYLDPLPula Airport
OsijekCroatiaOSILDOSOsijek Airport
RijekaCroatiaRJKLDRIRijeka Airport
SplitCroatiaSPULDSPSplit Airport
ZagrebCroatiaZAGLDZAZagreb Airport
ZadarCroatiaZADLDZDZadar Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

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

Trade Air Fleet
AircraftIn serviceOrdersPassengersNotes
Airbus A319-1001 - 144
Airbus A320-2004 - 180
Saab 3401 - 33Leased from SprintAir
Total6 -

Former fleet

Trade Air also formerly operated the following aircraft types:

Accidents and incidents

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bosnia Airlines on ch-aviation. ch-aviation.
  2. Web site: Trade Air baca RH na crnu listu EU. Trade Air places Croatia on an EU blacklist . 2007-03-27 . 2010-05-05 . . Croatian. Eduard Šoštarić. 6 April 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120406190756/http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/32816/trade-air-baca-rh-na-crnu-listu-eu .
  3. News: Nakon Air Adriatica i Trade Air gubi dozvolu za letenje? . 2007-03-28 . 2010-05-05 . . Croatian.
  4. Web site: IATA Operational Safety Audit . 2008-05-02 . 2010-07-14 . .
  5. Web site: Trade Air launching scheduled flights. EX-YU Aviation News.
  6. Web site: Osijek-Zagreb Flight Returns After 26-Years.
  7. Web site: Croatia Airlines Outlines Planned Fokker 100 Operation in S16. Routesonline.
  8. see http://www.exyuaviation.com/2017/02/trade-air-secures-switzerland-contract.html
  9. see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israir_Airlines
  10. Web site: TradeAir - Redovni letovi. www.trade-air.com.
  11. Web site: Šćurić . Alen . Trade Air dijeli lekcije svima u regiji . Tango Six . 23 May 2021 . Serbian . 25 August 2020.
  12. Web site: NOVI ČLAN TRADE AIR FLOTE – 9ABTJ . Trade Air . 29 October 2021 . hr . 24 July 2021.
  13. Web site: 6 February 2022. TRADE AIR WELCOMES NEW AIRCRAFT. 6 February 2022. Trade Air.
  14. Web site: Mehić . Juraj . Šćuric . Alen . 25 October 2022 . Trade Air prodao Fokkera F100 . Trade Air sold Fokker F100 . 24 May 2023 . zamaaero . hr.
  15. Web site: ASN Aircraft accident Let L-410UVP-E19A 9A-BTA Bergamo-Orio Al Serio Airport (BGY). Harro. Ranter. aviation-safety.net.