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About us
If you fly Golden Air, it
will take you less than an hour to get to Stockholm City or vice versa, to
the entertainment capital of Trollhättan. This is the fastest connection
between the West-coast and Stockholm City.
Golden Air offers low-price flights between Stockholm/Bromma -
Arlanda and Trollhättan. We are able to offer these low prices thanks to you
yourself booking tickets via the Internet, and carrying out the
payment via our homepage.
Golden Air is a regional company, with its base at Trollhättan -
Vänersborg’s Airport. Golden Air is part of the Thun Group, which is active
in the field of shipping, real estate management and the aviation industry.
Erik Thun AB is the name of the group’s
mother company. This company looks back on a 65 years-old tradition in
Swedish and international shipping, with a focus on coastal- and regional
shipping.
Golden Air conducts its business in Sweden and Finland. For more information
and bookings for Finland, please go to
www.goldenair.fi.
Our booking system is simple and has very few limitations. Our Business
tickets cost SEK 1995, including fees and VAT and offer you full
flexibility. If you’re alert, you can profit from our red prices, and
travel from SEK 395 including VAT and fees.
Those customers who require more service, may pay for it themselves.
This applies to booking your ticket through our Customer Service or
paying against invoice instead of by credit card or bank transfer. If
you travel at our red prices, you’ll not be entitled to free coffee and
sandwiches, breakfast, and lunch. However, this is included if you
hold one of our Business tickets.
http://www.goldenair.se
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Aircraft |
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Golden Air Flyg AB is the largest flight operator in Europe using only
SAAB aircraft. Below, you’ll find some facts about our aircraft. |
| SAAB340B |
| The
SAAB340B was built in Linköping, and when production of this aircraft
was discontinued in September 1999, 459 aircraft had seen the light of
day. Up until the year 2000, this aircraft has transported approximately
166 million passengers, a task that has been carried out by around 35
operators of the SAAB340, all across the globe. This aircraft is
considered to be one of the world’s safest passenger aircraft, due to it
having been involved in very few serious accidents. The aircraft belongs
to the category turboprop, which means that it has a jet engine driving
a propeller. In this way, the jet engine’s reliability is combined with
the propeller’s advantages. A propeller-driven aircraft requires shorter
runways for take-off and landing than a similar, jet-driven aircraft,
which makes it particularly suitable for flying to and from airports
with shorter runways. It features two engines, each with a maximum
performance of 1870 hp. Should an engine for any reason fail, the power
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provide enough thrust for ascent - a requirement the authorities have
instated for all passenger aircraft in order to obtain certification. We
normally travel at an altitude of 17-18 000 feet, which corresponds to
5200-5500 meters, at a speed of 270 knots or 500 km/h, in windless
conditions. At this kind of altitude, however, the wind speeds can be
quite high, up to 75 m/s, and there have been cases in which forceful
tailwinds have enabled cruising speeds of up to 700 km/h! Where fuel
consumption is concerned, we can mention that the flight between
Trollhättan and Bromma requires approximately 500 litres of kerosene,
i.e. 12.5 litres per 10 km. If the aircraft holds its maximum capacity
of 36 passengers, the fuel consumption would correspond to 0.35 litres
per 10 km per passenger. At this point, Golden Air Flyg AB owns 11
SAAB340 aircraft. Normally, the SAAB340 is operated for flights with a
flight time of about 1 hour, but they have even been chartered for
flights to Kiev and the Shetland Islands. |
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SAAB2000 |
| The
SAAB2000 comprises the newest addition to our fleet. This aircraft was
also built in Linköping, but due to the demand for turboprop aircraft
decreasing, and the increasing interest on the market for smaller jet
aircraft, SAAB in Linköping decided to discontinue production after
having delivered 59 aircraft, of which most were purchased by Crossair
in Switzerland. The SAAB2000 is more than just a long version of the
SAAB340, it’s an entirely new aircraft in which only the cabin is
identical to that of the 340. Still today, the SAAB2000 is a leader in
its class, a particularly successful combination of the very best there
is to be had with respect to performance and cockpit layout. The
SAAB2000 has, contrary to the 340, so-called drop-down oxygen masks for
all passengers in the cabin, which resulted in it being certified to fly
up to an altitude of 31,000 feet, or 9,400 m. The aircraft is equipped
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Allison
engines with a maximum output of 4,152 hp each. The engines are slightly
modified C-130’s, which are also used by the air force, in an aircraft
known as the "Hercules", and have ample power to perform their task. In
the SAAB2000, this means a performance that is comparable to jet power.
The cruising speed is 370 knots or 685 km/h. We usually choose to travel
at an altitude of 26-28,000 feet or 7,900-8,500 m. Due to the number of
revolutions of the propeller being lower than on the SAAB340, i.e. 950
rpm as compared to 1230 rpm on the 340, as well as the SAAB2000 being
equipped with ANR (Active Noise Reduction) passengers experience this
aircraft as being very silent. At this point in time, Golden Air owns
five SAAB2000s. The aircraft, in Golden Air’s version, rooms 50
passengers, but there are reputed to be flight operators that have
versions with 58 seats.
Text updated 01-03-2005 |
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