The story
Since 2011 the airline has been part of the West Atlantic Group along with British cargo airline West Atlantic UK.
From Wikipedia’s article on West Air Sweden, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Private company
West Atlantic Sweden
Logo: Philphos ( talk ) 22:05, 30 March 2011 (UTC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Swedish airline
West Air Sweden, operating as West Atlantic, is a cargo airline based in Malmö, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights for different postal services within Europe.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
1992Founded1
- HeadquartersGöteborg1
- Websitewww.westair.se
- Legal formaktiebolag1
- LEI894500ELCEOQC3V6GH323
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressPrästgårdsgatan 1, 412 71 Göteborg, Sweden3
- Registered withSwedish Companies Registration Office, 55606244203
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West Air Sweden, operating as West Atlantic, is a cargo airline based in Malmö, Sweden. It operates scheduled and ad hoc freight charter services for FedEx, DHL and UPS. It is also contracted to operate mail flights for different postal services within Europe. Its main bases are Charles de Gaulle Airport and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.2
Corporate structure
West Atlantic Sweden is part of a group headed by LUSAT AIR SL. 6 entities, 4 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- LUSAT AIR SL Madrid, Spain
- West Atlantic Malmö, Sweden
- West Atlantic Sweden 100% · Göteborg, Sweden
- West Air France Subsidiary · France
- West Atlantic UK 100% · Castle Donington, United Kingdom
- West Atlantic Sweden 100% · Göteborg, Sweden
- Swedish ATP Management AB (publ) Subsidiary · Göteborg, Sweden
- West Atlantic Malmö, Sweden
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.
Products and brands
Current fleet
As of February 2024, the West Air Sweden fleet consists of the following aircraft:
Former fleet
West Air Sweden has previously operated the following aircraft:
Hawker Siddeley HS 748
ATR 72
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BAe ATP
Bombardier CRJ-200
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Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- West Air France
Parent company (GLEIF)
- West Atlantic 100%3
Ultimate parent
From Wikidata.1 Ownership links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); each one cites its LEI record.
Controversies and legal
Accidents and incidents
On 8 January 2016, West Air Sweden Flight 294, a Bombardier CRJ200 was operating a cargo flight from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Tromsø Airport, when it lost radar contact shortly after declaring an emergency at 23:31Z. The aircraft was later located having impacted the side of a mountain northwest of Lake Akkajaure about 10 km from the border of Norway in mountainous area without road access. The flight was carrying 4.5 tons of mail and parcels. Both pilots were killed in the accident.
From Wikipedia’s article on West Air Sweden, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
Timeline
Links
- Websitewww.westair.se1
- WikipediaWest Air Sweden
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ605968
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataWest Atlantic Sweden on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWest Atlantic Sweden on Wikipedia
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- 6Wikimedia CommonsWest Atlantic Sweden photo by Felix Goetting, GFDL 1.2