Harrier Jump Jet II Plus configuration) was delivered in December 2003, ending the Harrier production line. The Harrier Jump Jet, capable of taking off vertically, can only do so at less than its maximum loaded weight. In most cases, a short take off is performed, using forward speed to achieve aerodynamic lift, which uses fuel more economically than a vertical take off. On aircraft carriers, a ski-jump ramp is employed at the bow of the carrier to assist the aircraft in becoming airborne. Landings are typically performed very differently. Although a conventional landing is possible, the range of speeds at which this can
Tyrolean Jet Services from Innsbruck to Vienna and Zurich. In the first year in business, 38,500 passengers took the flight, which justified a second machine from May 1981. In 1985 Tyrolean Airways operated a twin-engine de Havilland Canada Dash 8 with 37 seats and the company was renamed Tyrolean Jet Service. Tyrolean Air Ambulance was divided into the Tyrol Air Ambulance and the helicopter division Heliair which was split off. In 1988 Tyrolean became a public company and Leipnik Lundenburger AG acquired 25%. ÖAMTC acquired Heliair and in 1995, Austrian Airlines acquired the scheduled flight operations. Thereafter TJS focused exclusively on business travel.