FlyNordic
IATA ICAO Callsign
LF NDC NORDIC
Founded1996 (as Reguljair)
Ceased operations2008
HubsStockholm-Arlanda Airport
Fleet size7
Destinations16
Parent companyFinnair Group acquired by Norwegian
HeadquartersStockholm, Sweden
Key peopleMaunu von Lüders (CEO)
WebsiteFlynordic.com

FlyNordic was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden.[1] It operated scheduled and charter services in Scandinavia and Europe. Its main base was Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Stockholm.[2] In 2007 the airline was bought by Norwegian Air Shuttle and became a fully integrated part of the latter.

History

Originally established as Reguljair in 1996, the airline operated domestic services with an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante. Its operating licence was revoked on 14 November 2000, and it relaunched in December as Nordic East. Finnair acquired the company in 2003 and 2004, establishing a new subsidiary, Nordic Airlink Holding, and rebranding as FlyNordic. FlyNordic bankrupted in 2005, while Nordic Airlink Holding was reorganised and took up the FlyNordic name.[2]

On 24 April 2007, Norwegian Air Shuttle announced that they had bought 100% of the FlyNordic shares from Finnair. This made Norwegian Scandinavia's largest low-cost airline. As a result of Finnair's ownership in FlyNordic, Finnair owned 5% of Norwegian Air Shuttle.[3]

On 14 March 2008, Norwegian Air Shuttle announced that FlyNordic would be re-branded Norwegian after 5 April 2008 in order to strengthen and unify the brand. This ended the story of FlyNordic.[4]

Destinations

FlyNordic operated the following services (at March 2008):

Fleet

The flyNordic fleet included the following aircraft (at January 2008):

A MD-82 in the final livery of the airline
flyNordic fleet
Type Total Passengers Routes Notes
McDonnell Douglas MD-82 3 149-164 European
McDonnell Douglas MD-83 4 149-164 European

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Company Info." FlyNordic. 18 December 2005. Retrieved on 7 December 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 84.
  3. ↑ Norwegian to strengthen Scandinavian network with FlyNordic acquisition ATW Daily News, April 25, 2007.
  4. ↑ "AIRwise News, March 14, 2008". Archived from the original on October 23, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2008.
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