Welcome Air Of Austria Accepts Brand New 328 Jet From 328 Support Services

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 media option capable of holding up to five stretchers.

Welcome Air will utilize 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.