DAT (airline)

DAT A/S,^[2] formerly named Danish Air Transport, is a Danish airline headquartered in Vamdrup, Kolding Municipality,^[3] operating scheduled and chartered passenger flights mainly from airports in Denmark, Norway, Italy and Germany.

DAT

IATA ICAO Call sign DX DTR DANISH
Founded	1989 (1989)
AOC #	DK.AOC.043
Hubs	Copenhagen Airport
Focus cities	Bornholm Airport
Subsidiaries	DAT LT Nordic Regional Airlines (60%)
Fleet size	21[1]
Destinations	16
Headquarters	Vamdrup, Denmark
Key people	Jesper Rungholm, President
Website	dat.dk

History

DAT was founded as Danish Air Transport and started operations in 1989, initially as a cargo airline. Soon special operations like the transport of live horses or supplies for the Paris Dakar Rally in Africa were offered, too. Passenger charter flights were added in 1994, with the subsequent launch of scheduled services on 18 November, 1996.^[4]

Since 2003, DAT also owns DAT LT which operates under its own Lithuanian AOC. Prior to 2020, the airline changed its legal name and brand from Danish Air Transport to the abbreviated DAT.^[5]

In September 2021, DAT retired their sole McDonnell Douglas MD-83 which was the last aircraft of its type operated in Europe.^[6]

Destinations

DAT Airbus A320-200

DAT ATR 72-200

Interline agreements

DAT have Interline agreements with the following airlines:^[7]

• Air Greenland^[8]
• Emirates
• Finnair
• Qatar Airways
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Widerøe

Fleet

As of January 2025, the DAT fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[9]

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers	Notes
Airbus A321-200	1	—	198
Airbus A320-200	5	—	180
ATR 72-600	2	—	72
ATR 72-200	5	—	66 / 70
ATR 42-500	2	—	48 / 50
ATR 42-300	5	—	46
Cessna Citation Excel	1	—
Total	21	—