Lufttransport
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| Founded | 1971 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Tromsø Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 24 | ||||||
| Parent company | Knut Axel Ugland Holding | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tromsø | ||||||
| Key people | Stig Næsh (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.lufttransport.no | ||||||
Lufttransport is a Norwegian helicopter and fixed-wing airline that operates primarily air ambulance helicopters and planes for the Norwegian and Swedish governments. In addition the airline offers services including surveillance for the Norwegian Coast Guard, transport of ship pilots and scheduled air transport in the Norwegian territory of Svalbard.
The airline operates 10 helicopters and 14 fixed-wing aircraft and has headquarters in Tromsø. In 2005 the company had a revenue of 300 million NOK.
Lufttransport was started in 1955 and merged with Mørefly in 1995.
The company started operations on Svalbard in 1978, transporting crew from the new international airport at Longyearbyen to the mines at Svea and Ny-Ålesund. From 1994 the airline has operated Dornier Do-228 aircraft at Svalbard. Since 2002 the company has co-operated with the shipping pilot service in Bergen, flying pilots out to vessels at sea. In 2005 it also started flying scheduled routes from Bodø to Værøy.
In 2000 its owner CHC Helikopter Service, part of CHC Helicopter, sold Lufttransport to Norwegian Air Shuttle. In 2005 Norwegian sold Lufttransport and the Swedish Heliflyg to Norsk Helikopter. As part of a restructuring of its operations, Norsk Helikopter (now fully owned by Bristow Group) sold Lufttransport in its entirety to Knut Axel Ugland Holding in October 2008.
In Norway Lufttransport has Beech King Air B200 ambulance planes stationed at
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