Saab SF-340A, an aircraft leased to Trade Air

Croatian air carrier Trade Air (C3/TDR) has started using Saab SF-340, an aircraft leased from Polish air carrier Sprint Air (P8/SRN), on domestic PSO routes. This aircraft has 33 seats, its registration number is SP-KPL, serial number 38 and it is 38 years old. The plane is based in Osijek and operates on domestic PSO routes from Osijek to Pula, Rijeka, Zadar and Zagreb, from Pula to Split, from Rijeka to Dubrovnik, Split and Zadar, and from Split to Dubrovnik.

The plane was bulit in 1985 for Swiss regional air carrier Crossair (LX/CRX). Further, it was operated in Germany, Australia, New Zealand, Poland and now in Croatia.

HB-AHG 01.11.1985. Crossair (LX/CRX)
D-CDIF  01.04.1990. Delta Air (DI/DEL) / Deutsche BA (DI/BAG)
HB-AHG 01.06.1996. Crossair (LX/CRX)
VH-ZLZ 31.10.1997. Hazelton Airlines (ZL/HZL) / REX Regional Airlines (ZL/RXA)
ZK-NLM 02.11.2002. Air Nelson / Air New Zealand Link (NZ/RLK)
VH-ZRX 17.07.2006. REX Regional Airlines (ZL/RXA)
SP-KPL 21.05.2009. Sprint Air (P8/SRN)

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