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Welcome Air of Austria accepts brand new 328 Jet from 328 Support Services

Written by thomas · Filed Under Aeronautics News 

August 20, 2008

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328 Support Services GmbH this week formally handed over a new-build Dornier 328 Jet to privately owned Welcome Air of Austria, the first all new aircraft to be completed at the Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany facility in four years.    OE-HRJ, configured with 31 all-leather seats plus a baggage bay access door, was previously earmarked for Hainan Airlines of China, but was never delivered.  328 Support has been working on the aircraft (Serial No 3206), including new external paint for the past three months, ready for delivery this month.   It will return in November to have long range fuel tanks fitted and the interior modified to feature six Quick Change VIP seats installed, plus a medivac option capable of holding up to five stretchers.

Welcome Air will utilise the aircraft for charter flights and on its regular daily scheduled services from Innsbruck to Germany and Scandinavia.  Its scheduled and charter and business VIP activity is complemented by its important air ambulance work.  Welcome Air subsidiary Tyrol Air Ambulance has been the EU’s leading air ambulance for the past three decades and it has transported 39,000 injured passengers home from all continents.

Its latest aircraft has been financed by the Rotorjet Group of Italy and it will also be used for Welcome Air’s partner companies in Italy and Switzerland – JetLife (for ambulance flights) and JetCom (for business charters).

“We are absolutely delighted to be adding this new Dornier 328Jet to our fleet.  The 328 Jet is extremely versatile, rugged and just perfect for the various flying activities we perform,” said Welcome Air Managing Director Jakob Ringler.  “Its cabin is generous and there really isn’t another aircraft on the market today that is on a par when it comes to affordable operating costs too,” he added.

Dave Jackson, 328 Support Services Managing Director added: “We are very pleased to place Aircraft No 3026 with Welcome Air, which has been a Dornier 328 customer since its formation in 1999.  It is one of the last of the new build 328s to leave our hangar, but we have a number of refurbishment and conversion programmes ongoing with used aircraft.  The 328 is proving a very popular type right now, especially in these difficult economic times,” he said.

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Left:  Dave Jackson, Managing Director 328 Support Services GmbH;  Carlo Sari, CEO, Rotorcraft; Jakob Ringler, CEO, Welcome Air.

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