- Trans Aer
Trans Aer was an
airline , previously named Translift Airways, and was the brainchild ofP. J. McGoldrick (who later went on to runRyanair andEUjet ).Trans Aer operated a number of
Airbus A300 ,Airbus A320 aircraft under Irish registrations. [ [http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?a=1&airlinesearch=TransAer%20International%20Airlines%7CTransMeridian%20Airlines%20%28TransAer%20International%20Airlines%29%7CNouvelair%20Tunisie%20%28TransAer%20International%20Airlines%29&nr_of_rows=114&first_this_page=0&page_limit=15&sort_order=photo_id+DESC&nr_pages=8&engine_version=6.0 Aviation Photos] ]Trans Aer started operations in February 1992 and went into
bankruptcy in October 2000. The collapse was blamed on the adverse effects of theKosovo war, a failed $18 million investment in American airlineTransMeridian and losses of $14 million incurred by Trans Aer's German and Greek charter airline business. The business failed with outstanding debts of £30 million and made 450 employees redundant. [ [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article548783.ece Collapse of EUjet is second airline failure for boss] ]Two of their aircraft were impounded in
Ireland byAer Rianta the day after the airline appointed a liquidator due to Trans Aer's faliure pay landing and handling fees amounting to over £200,000. [ [http://bankrupt.com/TCREUR_Public/001026.mbx] [http://www.ruudleeuw.com/rem-transaer.htm ] ] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article548783.ece] [http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2000/11/12/story260025138.asp] [http://www.ruudleeuw.com/rem-transaer.htm] [http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article548783.ece] [http://bankrupt.com/TCREUR_Public/001026.mbx]References
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