TNT Airways

TNT Airways S. A. is a Belgian airline based in Liege, a subsidiary of the logistics group TNT. It leads mainly by European and even global cargo flights.

History

TNT Airways was established on 20 July 1999 as its own air freight company for the processing of air transportation for the division of TNT Express. Before TNT Airways in-house cargo aircraft, flew other cargo airlines in the wet-lease method for TNT. Even today, freighters other airlines in the wet-lease procedures are used. As the only western airline TNT Airways used the Tupolev Tu- 204. The main routes of TNT Airways profitable but are operated with their own aircraft.

In October 1999, TNT Airways acquired the Belgian air transport license ( ACO ). The first own cargo plane was approved in January 2000 in Belgium, the BAe 146- 300QT. As TNT Airways received the operating license as cargo airline in February 2000, it put the BAe146 - 300QT first one between Liege and Vienna. In July 2000, she took on the freight service between Liege and Edinburgh with its first Airbus A300- B4F.

In August 2000, TNT Airways full member of IATA. In October 2001, she flew with a Boeing 747 -400F seven goals in Africa. In November 2001, led by liner services for KLM Cargo. Another important step in expanding the TNT route network beyond Europe, presented in February 2002, the U.S. approval for flights between the U.S. and Belgium, as well as within the U.S. dar.

TNT Airways may check in now freight and passenger services for third party airlines since April 2002 at the home airport of Liege. Under license from TNT Airways Emirates introduced in September 2002 with a Boeing 747- 400F weekly services to Hong Kong by. DC the following month joined TNT Airways, China Southern Airlines, a code - share agreement for daily flights with B747 freighters between Liege, Shanghai and Shenzhen from.

In February 2003, TNT acquired two Boeing 737- 300SF, which she recorded in 2003 en route services from Liege to Madrid and Vitoria- Gasteiz in Spain in July.

Parallel to the expansion of air cargo services aimed TNT Airways as a second pillar of the passage - serving. To this end, it acquired in March 2004, the passenger transport license and began in the same month with charter flights for Club Med to various holiday destinations in the Mediterranean. At the same time they bought five Boeing 737-300, can be used by those two as Quick-Change Version (QC ) also in passenger traffic.

At home airport in Liege around 38 million euros have been invested to expand its own cargo center and to build the largest hub of society. End of July 2011 TNT received her first of three ordered Boeing 777F.

Fleet

As of August 2013 the fleet of TNT Airways consists of 42 aircraft: