Private company

DAT

Logo: dat.dk4

Danish airline

DAT A/S, formerly named Danish Air Transport, is a Danish airline headquartered in Vamdrup, Kolding Municipality, operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights mainly from airports in Denmark, Norway, Italy and Germany.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1989Founded1
  • Industrycommercial aviation1
  • HeadquartersVamdrup1
  • Founded inVamdrup Municipality1
  • Websitewww.dat.dk
  • Legal formaktieselskab1
  • LEI8945004ZOM560JM836033
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressLufthavnsvej 4, 6580 Vamdrup, Denmark3
  • Registered withDanish Business Authority, 126546933
Danish Air Transport ATR-72 OY-RUB @ Düsseldorf International Airport
Photo: Brian from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons6

DAT A/S, formerly named Danish Air Transport, is a Danish airline headquartered in Vamdrup, Kolding Municipality, operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights mainly from airports in Denmark, Norway, Italy and Germany.2

Corporate structure

DAT is part of a group headed by Runway Holding ApS. 4 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The airline was founded as Danish Air Transport in 1989 and started operations in that same year, initially as a cargo airline. Soon special flights like the transport of live horses or supplies for the Paris Dakar Rally in Africa were carried out, too. Passenger charter flights were added in 1994, with the subsequent launch of scheduled services on 18 November, 1996.

Since 2003, DAT also owns DAT LT which operates under its own Lithuanian AOC. Prior to 2020, the airline changed its legal name and brand from Danish Air Transport to the abbreviated DAT.

In September 2021, DAT removed their one remaining McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which was the last aircraft of its type operated in Europe.

Currently, the airline only operates flights to Scandinavia and European countries including Italy and Germany.

From Wikipedia’s article on DAT (airline), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Products and brands

Operations in Italy

Since July 1, 2018, DAT has been responsible, under a public service obligation, for scheduled air services from and to the Sicilian islands of Pantelleria and Lampedusa. These services are operated under Voli di Sicilia brand. The contract, initially valid until June 30, 2021, was subsequently extended until March 31, 2026.

From June 28, 2019, until September 8, 2019, DAT operated a direct twice-weekly Catania-Olbia flight with an ATR 72-200 twin-engined aircraft. Finally, starting November 3, 2025, it was entrusted with the flights from Ancona to Rome Fiumicino and Milan Linate airports. These flights are operated under Voli delle Marche brand.

Destinations

This is a list of destinations operated by DAT (passenger flights) as of March 2026:

Codeshare agreements

DAT has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

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Lufthansa

Interline agreements

DAT has interline agreements with the following airlines:

Air Greenland

Emirates

Finnair

ITA Airways

Qatar Airways

Scandinavian Airlines

Widerøe

Fleet

As of January 2025, the DAT fleet consists of the following aircraft:

From Wikipedia’s article on DAT (airline), shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

Parent company (GLEIF)

Ultimate parent

From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.

Timeline

  1. 1989Founded Founded in Vamdrup Municipality1
  2. Oct 1, 1988Parent Directly consolidated by DAT HOLDING A/S3

Sources

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