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May 04, 2011 (newstodate): The Danish privately-owned carrier DAT is still short of at least one aircraft after the hull-loss of an ATR 42-300 in Finland on August 8, 2010.
-We are indeed operating a tight schedule this summer, and besides being short of one aircraft we are also in a scheduled rotating maintenance loop that takes one aircraft out of production till August this year, says Jesper Rungholm, CAT CEO.
-To alleviate the situation we are thus leasing one ATR 42 from a Polish airline till June, and then another ATR 42 from the Spanish carrier Let's Fly until August this year.
-Also on August 15, 2011, a one-year contract with Skyways comprising one ATR 42 expires, and the aircraft is then returned to us while the pressure from the peak season is easing again.
-We are certainly looking around for the acquisition of one or two aircraft, preferably ATR 42-500. But there is a scarce supply in the market, and we are also keen to go only for aircraft that provide an attractive value for money.
-Happily, ATR aircraft are extremely reliable, and we have adequate supplies of spares also due to the fact that we bought the ATR aircraft damaged in 2010 from the insurance company in order to cannibalize it for spares and components, says Mr Rungholm.
The fleet of DAT and its Lithuanian subsidiary DOT comprises five ATR 42, two ATR 72, one MD-83 and one MD-87 aircraft.
-We are indeed operating a tight schedule this summer, and besides being short of one aircraft we are also in a scheduled rotating maintenance loop that takes one aircraft out of production till August this year, says Jesper Rungholm, CAT CEO.
-To alleviate the situation we are thus leasing one ATR 42 from a Polish airline till June, and then another ATR 42 from the Spanish carrier Let's Fly until August this year.
-Also on August 15, 2011, a one-year contract with Skyways comprising one ATR 42 expires, and the aircraft is then returned to us while the pressure from the peak season is easing again.
-We are certainly looking around for the acquisition of one or two aircraft, preferably ATR 42-500. But there is a scarce supply in the market, and we are also keen to go only for aircraft that provide an attractive value for money.
-Happily, ATR aircraft are extremely reliable, and we have adequate supplies of spares also due to the fact that we bought the ATR aircraft damaged in 2010 from the insurance company in order to cannibalize it for spares and components, says Mr Rungholm.
The fleet of DAT and its Lithuanian subsidiary DOT comprises five ATR 42, two ATR 72, one MD-83 and one MD-87 aircraft.