TransAer International Airlines was an Irish charter airline headquartered in the TransAer House,
Dublin Airport, Dublin, Ireland.
History
The airline was previously known as Translift Airways.
It was established in October 1991 and started operations in February 1992.
Renaming took place on 10 April 1997.
It was the brainchild of
P. J. McGoldrick (who later went on to run
Ryanair
Ryanair is an Irish ultra low-cost carrier founded in 1984. It is headquartered in Swords, Dublin, Ireland and has its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted airports. It forms the largest part of the Ryanair Holdings family ...
and
EUjet
EUjet was a low-cost airline based at Shannon Airport, Ireland. It operated a network of services from its main base at Shannon Airport (SNN), with a hub at Kent International Airport (MSE), Manston, Kent, UK. The airline was sold to a Br ...
).
The airline operated a number of
Airbus A300B4 and
Airbus A320-200 aircraft.
Some
Boeing 727,
Boeing 757 and
Boeing 737-200 were also operated for a short period of time. The company leased aircraft to
Libyan Arab Airlines and
Khalifa Airways.
TransAer went into liquidation on 20 October 2000.
Prior to the collapse, an 18-month contract was signed in 2000 to help set up a new airline in
Kosovo.
The collapse was blamed on the adverse effects of the
Kosovo war, a failed $18 million investment in American airline
TransMeridian and losses of $14 million incurred by TransAer's German and Greek charter airline business. The business failed with outstanding debts of £30 million and made 450 employees redundant.
Collapse of EUjet is second airline failure for boss
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Two of their aircraft were impounded in Ireland by Aer Rianta the day after the airline appointed a liquidator, due to TransAer's failure pay landing and handling fees amounting to over £200,000.
See also
* List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom
References
External links
Defunct airlines of the Republic of Ireland
Airlines established in 1992
Airlines disestablished in 2000
Irish companies established in 1992
2000 disestablishments in Ireland
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