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'''Dronning Maud Land Air Network''' Project (DROMLAN) is a coordinated project between eleven countries with bases in [[Queen Maud Land]], [[Antarctica]] ({{langx|no|Dronning Maud Land}}) to create a coordinated logistics service to reduce costs. The participating countries are Belgium, Finland, Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Sweden and United Kingdom. The services are operated using Russian Ilyushin 76, Norwegian and Swedish C-130 Hercules and Norwegian P-3 Orion aircraft, also occasionally visited by other types of aircraft <ref name=k175>Kyvik et.al (2008): 175</ref> The flights operate from [[Cape Town International Airport]] to [[Troll Airfield]], with a flight time of up to nine hours for a Hercules aircraft,<ref name=k177>Kyvik et.al (2008): 177</ref> and five and a half hours for an Il-76.<ref  name=k167>Kyvik et.al (2008): 167</ref>
Feeder services to other research stations are operated by two Basler BT-67 (type converted DC-3/C-47), operated by the South African company Antarctic Logistics Centre International or other operators.<ref name=k177 /> Services are operated to [[Aboa (research station)|Aboa]] (Finnish), [[Dome F]] (Japanese), [[Halley Research Station|Halley]] (British), [[Kohnen]] (German), [[Maitri (research station)|Maitri]] (Indian), [[Neumayer Station III|Neumayer]] (German), [[Novolazarevskaya Station|Novolazarevskaya]] (Russian), [[Princess Elisabeth Base|Princess Elisabeth]] (Belgian), [[SANAE IV]] (South African), [[Showa Station (Antarctica)|Showa]] (Japanese), [[Tor (research station)|Tor]] (Norwegian) and [[Wasa (research station)|Wasa]] (Swedish).<ref>Kyvik et.al (2008): 176</ref> In the 2007–08 season, 720 people were transported to Antarctica via DROMLAN.<ref name=k175 /> The airport is not open for commercial or other private flights.<ref name=nf>{{cite web |title=Antarktis, Troll Runway |url=http://generator.firmanett.no/%282cysatyam5co4555osqhws55%29/generator.aspx?PID=177063&M=0/ |publisher=Norske Flyplasser |accessdate=23 May 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724175717/http://generator.firmanett.no/(2cysatyam5co4555osqhws55)/generator.aspx?PID=177063&M=0/ |archivedate=24 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== References ==
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[[Category:Queen Maud Land]]
[[Category:Aviation in Antarctica]]