is a
Norwegian Helicopter and
Fixed-wing airline that operates primarily air
Ambulance helicopter and plane 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 1971 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 who owns the airline today.
In Norway Lufttransport has Beech King Air B200 ambulance planes stationed at
It also has helicopter bases at
In Sweden the airline operates helicopters from
The airline also has two Dornier Do-228 aircraft stationed at
Svalbard Airport, Longyear that fly regular charter flights to
Ny-Ålesund Airport, Hamnerabben and
Svea Airport for the two mining companies
Store Norske and
Kings Bay Kull Compani . One of the Dornier aircraft also carries out surveillance for the Norwegian Coast Guard, primarily checking fishing boats in the
Barents Sea . Lufttransport flies about 400 hours per year for the Coast Guard.
In addition, two Agusta helicopters are used to transport ship pilots, based at
Bergen Airport, Flesland . Ships exceeding 30 000 gross tonnes with petroleum products are required to have a pilot onboard while navigating into the petroleum refineries of
Kårstø ,
Mongstad and
Sture . In addition the company has a contract to fly crew to
Teekay 's ships in the
North Sea
Lufttransport flies the
Public Service Obligation between
Bodø Airport and
Værøy Heliport with two daily round trips (one trip on Saturdays and Sundays) with an Agusta Bell AB139.
As of August
2006 the Lufttransport fleet includes
Flight International , 3-9 October 2006 :
