Nordic Airways was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and wet lease services. The company's low-cost airline subsidiary Nordic Regional also operated a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and one international destination. Its main base was Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.[1]
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| Founded | 2004 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2009 | ||||||
| Hubs | Stockholm-Arlanda Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 2 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden | ||||||
| Key people | Gunnar Olsson, Managing Director | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Nordic Airways served charter flights for Airtours, Apollo and Neckerman as well as ACMI charters for SAS, Germanwings, Spanair, Sterling, LTE International Airways, Air Comet and Centralwings.
History
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On 2 January 2009, Nordic Airways operated the first commercial flight between Europe and Iraq in 17 years. The flight carried about 150 passengers and operated between Copenhagen and Baghdad.[2]
On 24 January 2009, Nordic Airways lost their operator certificate due to financial troubles.[3]
The successor of Nordic Airways is Air Sweden.
Fleet
editThe Nordic Airways fleet included the following aircraft (as of 8 September 2008):[4]
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (SE-DMT)
- 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (SE-RDM)
From 2007, there were five MD-80s in the fleet. Nordic Airways operated many domestic flights for SAS when its fleet of Dash 8 Q400 was grounded in 2007. Shortly thereafter, Nordic Airways also began operating flights throughout northern Europe for SAS. Two MD-80s were returned to their lessors in 2007 and 2008.
By the end of 2009, only SE-DMT and SE-RDM remained in the fleet. One SAAB 340A (SE-LMX) was also flying in northern Sweden, and one Cessna 525 (SE-RIO) was part of the fleet through Panaxia[clarification needed].
By late 2009, the airline declared bankruptcy and stopped flying.
References
edit- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-10. p. 56.
- ^ "European flight lands in Baghdad". BBC News. BBC. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
- ^ "Nordic Airways förlorar tillstånd". Svenska Dagbladet. 24 January 2009.
- ^ CH-Aviation - Nordic Airways
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