Partnair
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Partnair was a Norwegian charter airline company owned by Terje and Rolf Thoresen. The company was formed by a merger including Nor-Fly Charter in 1985. The company operated mainly in the ad hoc
marked with oil companies as their primary customer. The company operated a mixed fleet of business jets and larger turboprop transport airplanes.
The merger with Nor-Fly Charter, Partnair was left with a fleet of Convair
CV-440 and CV-580. Convair
CV-440 was by 1985 outdated for passenger operations, and the CV-440 fleet was put up for sale. The two Convair
CV-580, added by a third was kept until company ceased operation.
A mixed fleet of Beechcraft King Air and Cessna 550 Citation II was also added to the fleet.
The company, headquartered at Fornebu Airport in Fornebu
, Bærum
and an affiliate of Tenvig Aviation A/S, was formally established on 30 June 1971.
In 1988 it operated a fleet of three Convair CV-580 and six Super King Air 200
.
Ad hoc
Ad hoc is a Latin phrase meaning "for this". It generally signifies a solution designed for a specific problem or task, non-generalizable, and not intended to be able to be adapted to other purposes. Compare A priori....
marked with oil companies as their primary customer. The company operated a mixed fleet of business jets and larger turboprop transport airplanes.
The merger with Nor-Fly Charter, Partnair was left with a fleet of Convair
Convair
Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
CV-440 and CV-580. Convair
Convair
Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
CV-440 was by 1985 outdated for passenger operations, and the CV-440 fleet was put up for sale. The two Convair
Convair
Convair was an American aircraft manufacturing company which later expanded into rockets and spacecraft. The company was formed in 1943 by the merger of Vultee Aircraft and Consolidated Aircraft, and went on to produce a number of pioneering aircraft, such as the Convair B-36 bomber, and the F-102...
CV-580, added by a third was kept until company ceased operation.
A mixed fleet of Beechcraft King Air and Cessna 550 Citation II was also added to the fleet.
The company, headquartered at Fornebu Airport in Fornebu
Fornebu
Fornebu is a peninsular area in the suburban municipality of Bærum in Norway, bordering western parts of Oslo.Oslo Airport, Fornebu served as the main airport for Oslo and the country since before WWII and until the evening of October 7, 1998, when it was closed down...
, Bærum
Bærum
is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....
and an affiliate of Tenvig Aviation A/S, was formally established on 30 June 1971.
In 1988 it operated a fleet of three Convair CV-580 and six Super King Air 200
Beechcraft Super King Air
The Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation . The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into two families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series , Model 200 series and Model 300 series...
.
Fleet
- Beech King Air-100
- Beechcraft Super King AirBeechcraft Super King AirThe Beechcraft Super King Air family is part of a line of twin-turboprop aircraft produced by the Beech Aircraft Corporation . The King Air line comprises a number of model series that fall into two families: the Model 90 series, Model 100 series , Model 200 series and Model 300 series...
-200 - Cessna 550 Citation IICessna 550 Citation IIThe Cessna Citation II was the first of the Model 550 series of Citation jets, which are light corporate jet built by Cessna. A direct development of the Citation I, the Citation II led to the later development of the Citation II/SP, the...
- Convair CV-580
Incidents and accidents
- On 13 March 1987, a chartered Beechcraft King Air (LN-PAG) with six passengers crashed during landing at Stord Airport, SørstokkenStord Airport, SørstokkenStord Airport, Sørstokken is a municipal regional airport located at Sørstokken in Stord, Norway. Located from Leirvik, it is the only airport with scheduled services in Sunnhordland. The airport consists of a single asphalted long 15–33 runway. It is classified as an airport of entry.Danish...
, 20 metres ahead of the runway. The aircraft skidded for about 100 metres before coming to rest in a snow bank. There were no injuries. - On 8 September 1989, Partnair Flight 394Partnair Flight 394Partnair Flight 394 was a chartered flight which crashed on 8 September 1989 off the coast of Denmark 18 km north of Hirtshals. All 50 passengers and 5 crew members on board the aircraft perished, making it the deadliest civilian aviation accident involving an all-Norwegian airline company. It...
, a Convair CV-580 chartered by a Norwegian shipping company to fly from OsloOsloOslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
to HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
crashed off the Skagerrak coast in Denmark near Hirtshals, killing 55 people.