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{{Short description|Defunct Irish airline}}
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| IATA =              T8<ref name="FI1999" />
| ICAO =              TLA<ref name="FI1999" />
| callsign =          TRANSLIFT
| founded =           October 1991
| commenced =         February 1992
| ceased =            {{end date|df=y|2000|10|20}}
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* [[London Gatwick]]<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|105}}
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| parent =            Translift Holdings<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|104}}
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| headquarters =      [[Dublin Airport]], Dublin, Ireland
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* Willie O'Byrne (CEO at the time of closure)<ref name="Nearly 300 Irish jobs lost as charter firm TransAer goes into liquidation" />
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[[File:Translift Airways (EI-TLD), Dublin, July 1993.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Translift Airways [[Douglas DC-8]] AT [[Dublin Airport]] in 1993]]

'''TransAer International Airlines''' was an Irish charter airline headquartered in the TransAer House, [[Dublin Airport]], Dublin, Ireland.<ref name="FI1999" />

==History==
The airline was previously known as Translift Airways.<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|104}} It was established in October 1991 and started operations in February 1992.<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|105}} Renaming took place on 10 April 1997.<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|104}} It was the brainchild of [[P. J. McGoldrick]] (who later went on to run [[Ryanair]] and [[EUjet]]).{{fact|date=July 2021}}

The airline operated a number of [[Airbus A300B4]] and [[Airbus A320-200]] aircraft.<ref name="FI2000" />{{rp|105}} Some [[Boeing 727]], [[Boeing 757]] and [[Boeing 737-200]] were also operated for a short period of time.{{citation needed|date=February 2017}} The company leased aircraft to [[Libyan Arab Airlines]] and [[Khalifa Airways]].<ref name="Irish fail AirKosova" />

TransAer went into liquidation on 20 October 2000.<ref name="Irish fail AirKosova" /> Prior to the collapse, an 18-month contract was signed in 2000 to help set up a new airline in [[Kosovo]].<ref name="TransAer wins $15m Kosovan airline deal" /> The collapse was blamed on the adverse effects of the [[Kosovo]] war, a failed $18&nbsp;million investment in American airline [[TransMeridian]] and losses of $14&nbsp;million incurred by TransAer's German and Greek charter airline business.  The business failed with outstanding debts of £30&nbsp;million and made 450 employees redundant.<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article548783.ece Collapse of EUjet is second airline failure for boss]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

Two of their aircraft were impounded in Ireland by [[Aer Rianta]] the day after the airline appointed a liquidator, due to TransAer's failure to pay landing and handling fees amounting to over £200,000.

==See also==
* [[List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom]]

== References ==
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<ref name="FI1999">{{cite journal|title= World Airline Directory – TransAer|journal= [[Flight International]]|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 155|issue= 4669|date= 24–30 March 1999|page= 108|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1999/1999%20-%200688.html}}</ref>
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*{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= World Airline Directory – TransAer International Airlines|journal= [[Flight International]]|issn= 0015-3710|volume= 147|issue= 4721|date= 28 March – 3 April 2000|page= 104|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200976.html}} }}
*{{allow wrap|{{cite journal|title= World Airline Directory – TransAer International Airlines|journal= [[Flight International]]|date= 28 March – 3 April 2000|page= 105|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/2000/2000%20-%200977.html}} }}
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<ref name="Irish fail AirKosova">{{cite news|title= Irish fail AirKosova|work= [[Flight International]]|date= 31 October 2000|url= https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/irish-fail-airkosova-122410/|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170212014805/https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/irish-fail-airkosova-122410/|archive-date= 12 February 2017}}</ref>
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<ref name="Nearly 300 Irish jobs lost as charter firm TransAer goes into liquidation">{{cite news|title= Nearly 300 Irish jobs lost as charter firm TransAer goes into liquidation|first= Arthur|last= Beesley|newspaper= [[The Irish Times]]|date= 21 October 2000|url= http://www.irishtimes.com/news/nearly-300-irish-jobs-lost-as-charter-firm-transaer-goes-into-liquidation-1.1111238|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170212143651/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/nearly-300-irish-jobs-lost-as-charter-firm-transaer-goes-into-liquidation-1.1111238|archive-date= 12 February 2017}}</ref>
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<ref name="TransAer wins $15m Kosovan airline deal">{{cite news|title= TransAer wins $15m Kosovan airline deal|first= Samantha|last= McCaughren|newspaper= [[Irish Independent]]|date= 2 October 2000|url= http://www.independent.ie/business/transaer-wins-15m-kosovan-airline-deal-26105599.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20170219131001/http://www.independent.ie/business/transaer-wins-15m-kosovan-airline-deal-26105599.html|archive-date= 19 February 2017|url-status= dead}}</ref>
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==External links==
{{commons category-inline|TransAer}}

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[[Category:Defunct airlines of the Republic of Ireland]]
[[Category:Airlines established in 1992]]
[[Category:Airlines disestablished in 2000]]
[[Category:Irish companies established in 1992]]
[[Category:2000 disestablishments in Ireland]]


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