OLT
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OLT Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH (OLT) is an airline
based in Emden
in Germany. It operates regional scheduled and charter flights linking northern Germany to other parts of the country and Bremen to other European destinations. Its main base is Bremen Airport
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it has 120 employees (118 in March 2007).
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Emden
Emden
Emden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
in Germany. It operates regional scheduled and charter flights linking northern Germany to other parts of the country and Bremen to other European destinations. Its main base is Bremen Airport
Bremen Airport
Bremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen serves the German city of Bremen and is located south of the city. There were 2.4 million passengers in 2008.-History:The beginnings of the airport date back to the early 20th century...
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History
- OLT was founded on 1 November 1958 by Martin Dekker and Jan Janssen as Ostfriesische Lufttaxi - Dekker und Janssen OHG, initially operating air taxi flights to islands in the North SeaNorth SeaIn the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
from Emden. The first aircraft was a KZ VII Lerche from Skandinavisk Aero Industri A/S in Copenhagen.
- In 1961 the airline hired its first own staff: a pilot and a ´groundstewardess´. OLT had 1968 5 aircraft and operated 13,174 flights.
- After Janssen's death the company AGIV (Aktiengesellschaft für Verkehrswesen) and the shipping company Reederei Visser & van Doornums became 1970 new shareholders and the airlines was renamed into Ostfriesische Lufttaxi GmbH. A schedule service from Emden to Bremen and Hamburg was introduced then.
- Soon later AGIV became the single shareholder of OLT and positioned the new CEO Christian Ulrich Baron von Kaltenborn-Stachau. In 1972 the airlines was renamed again, now into Ostfriesische Lufttransport GmbH (OLT) and Kaltenborn-Stachau took over 26%. Several new schedule services were introduced like from Kassel, Dusseldorf to Cologne (1973), Hanover, Saarbrucken and Stuttgart or Munster/Osnabruck and Frankfurt (1974).
- For the regional airlines business strategy the company DLT (Deutsche Lufttransport-Gesellschaft mbH) was created and OLT was renamed into DLT Luftverkehrsgesellschaft. But soon later AGIV decided to split the Emden (OLT) operation away from DLT. This unit (Emden operation) was sold then to AG EMS and OLT restart its old core activities.
- To ensure a flexible operation, especially in the charter sector, OLT organised 1976 a joint platform called OFD with the participating airlines OLT, FLN and Dollart GmbH.
- At the beginning 1990s, with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the airlines faced an increase of their business activities. OLT started operations in the former East German provinces and 1990 took over Roland Air (Bremen). In 1991 OLT set up a base in Bremen and started with its scheduled services there. In 1996 all OFD activities were integrated into OLT and therefore under the control of AG EMS.
- OLT is one of very few airlines that has succeeded in driving a low-cost rival off a route. In December 2005, easyJetEasyJetEasyJet Airline Company Limited is a British airline headquartered at London Luton Airport. It carries more passengers than any other United Kingdom-based airline, operating domestic and international scheduled services on 500 routes between 118 European, North African, and West Asian airports...
started daily flights between Bristol and its base in Hamburg. OLT was operating twice-daily weekday-only services. The route being a predominantly business route, frequency won out over price and easyJet cancelled the route at the end of October 2006.
- OLT announced on 4 August 2011 to undergo a major restructure after losing its shuttle flights contract with Airbus Industries. Effective October 2011 all Fokker and Saab aircraft operations will stop and 100 of its 120 employees are under notice to leave. Therefore only the ´islands jumper´ services from EmdenEmdenEmden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
to Helgoland and BorkumBorkumBorkum is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.-Geography:Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait , to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea...
with small aircraft will remain.
it has 120 employees (118 in March 2007).
- In August 2011, OLT was bought by Polish building society Amber Gold. AmberGold also bought Polish regional carrier Jet AirJet AirJet Air Sp. z o.o. is a Polish air operator that provides leasing services as well as a branded operation on domestic and intra-European flights.-History:...
. The two companies combined as OLT Jetair
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- Former OLT owners incl.: Reederei Agems (74.9%) and FLN Frisia Luftverkehr (Reederei Norden-Frisia) (25.1%). Martin Dekker (founder), Jan Janssen (founder), AGIV - Aktiengesellschaft für Verkehrswesen (up to 100%), CEO Christian Ulrich Baron von Kaltenborn-Stachau (26%)
Destinations
OLT operates the following services :- Domestic scheduled destinations:
- BorkumBorkumBorkum is an island and a municipality in the Leer District in Lower Saxony, northwestern Germany.-Geography:Borkum is bordered to the west by the Westerems strait , to the east by the Osterems strait, to the north by the North Sea, and to the south by the Wadden Sea...
– Borkum Airfield - Bremen – Bremen AirportBremen AirportBremen Airport or Flughafen Bremen serves the German city of Bremen and is located south of the city. There were 2.4 million passengers in 2008.-History:The beginnings of the airport date back to the early 20th century...
- BremerhavenBremerhavenBremerhaven is a city at the seaport of the free city-state of Bremen, a state of the Federal Republic of Germany. It forms an enclave in the state of Lower Saxony and is located at the mouth of the River Weser on its eastern bank, opposite the town of Nordenham...
– Bremerhaven AirportBremerhaven AirportBremerhaven Airport is a regional airport in Luneort, a district of Bremerhaven, Germany, 7.6 km from the city center.Ostfriesische Lufttransport flies two daily services to Düne Island ,... - EmdenEmdenEmden is a city and seaport in the northwest of Germany, on the river Ems. It is the main city of the region of East Frisia; in 2006, the city had a total population of 51,692.-History:...
– Emden AirportEmden AirportEmden Airport is an airfield serving Emden, a city in the East Frisia region of the German state of Lower Saxony.- Facilities :... - Heide-Büsum – Heide-Büsum AirportHeide-Büsum AirportHeide-Büsum Airport is an airport serving Heide, a town in the Dithmarschen district in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The airport is located northeast of Büsum, a town located about southwest of Heide.-Facilities:...
- Helgoland – Helgoland AirportHelgoland AirportHeligoland Airport is a small airport on the German island of Düne, the smaller of the two isles of the Heligoland archipelago in the North Sea, about from the mainland...
- Borkum
- International scheduled destinations:
- BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
- Brussels AirportBrussels AirportBrussels Airport is an international airport northeast of Brussels, Belgium. The airport is partially in Zaventem and partially in the Diegem area of Machelen, both located in the Flemish Region of Belgium.Brussels Airport currently consists of 54 contact gates, and a total of 109 gates... - CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
– Kastrup Airport - GdanskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
- Gdansk Airport - ToulouseToulouseToulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
– Toulouse Blagnac Airport - ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
– Kloten Airport
- Brussels
Fleet
the Ostfriesische Lufttransport fleet includes the following aircraft:- 2 Fokker 100
- 3 Saab 2000Saab 2000|-See also:-References:* Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0 7106 1066 1....
- 1 Saab 340Saab 340The Saab 340 is a discontinued Swedish two-engine turboprop aircraft designed and initially produced by a partnership between Saab and Fairchild Aircraft in a 65:35 ratio...
- 3 Britten-Norman IslanderBritten-Norman IslanderThe Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander is a 1960s British light utility aircraft, regional airliner and cargo aircraft designed and originally manufactured by Britten-Norman of the United Kingdom. The Islander is one of the best-selling commercial aircraft types produced in Europe. Although designed in...
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- 1 Cessna 172Cessna 172The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a four-seat, single-engine, high-wing fixed-wing aircraft. First flown in 1955 and still in production, more Cessna 172s have been built than any other aircraft.-Design and development:...