Tor Air AB, operated as Tor Air, was a charter airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden, that operated between December 2008 and December 2011. Its main base was Gothenburg City Airport. This airline should not be mixed up with another Swedish charter airline named Tor-Air, which operated from 1964 and 1966 with Curtiss Commando and Douglas DC-3 aircraft out of the former Gothenburg/Torslanda Airport.
History
The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008. It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737-400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation. The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed. Tor Air later acquired two Boeing 737-300s to fly from Manchester to Preveza and Gothenburg, as well as London-Gatwick to destinations such as Faro, Skiathos, Bourgas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zante, Kos, Corfu and Rhodes.
On 25 April 2010, Tor Air's Boeing 737-400 operated the first commercial service between Baghdad and London in 20 years, while on a wet lease to Iraqi Airways. It was a short lived service however as a lawyer for Kuwait tried to have the aircraft seized in London due to financial problems between Iraq and Kuwait, this was not possible though as the aircraft belonged to a Swedish company and not an Iraqi company.
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On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden's transportation board,Tor Air licence revoked due to lack of sufficient financial resources.Tor Air licence revoked – Swedish All staff were made redundant.
Destinations Tor Air operated charter flights, serving the following destinations (as of March 2011):
[Base]Base[Seasonal]Seasonal service
CityCountryIATAICAOAirportBaghdadBGWORBIBaghdad International AirportBurgasBOJLBBGBurgas AirportChaniaCHQLGSAChania International AirportCologne/BonnCGNEDDKCologne Bonn Airport [Seasonal]CorfuCFULGKRCorfu International AirportDubrovnikDBVLDDUDubrovnik AirportErbilEBLORERErbil International AirportFaroFAOLPFRFaro AirportFriedrichshafenFDHEDNYFriedrichshafen Airport GothenburgGSEESGPGothenburg City Airport [Base] GothenburgGOTESGGGöteborg Landvetter AirportHeraklionHERLGIRHeraklion International AirportKalamataKLXLGKLKalamata International AirportKefaloniaEFLLGKFKefalonia Island International Airport KosKGSLGKOKos Island International Airport LarnacaLCALCLKLarnaca International Airport LemnosLXSLGLMLemnos International Airport LondonLGWEGKKGatwick Airport [Base]MalmöMMXESMSMalmö AirportManchesterMANEGCCManchester AirportPaphosPFOLCPHPaphos International Airport PulaPUYLDPLPula AirportPreveza/LefkadaPVKLGPZAktion National Airport RhodesRHOLGRPRhodes International Airport SamosSMILGSMSamos International AirportSantoriniJTRLGSRSantorini National AirportSharm el-SheikhSSHHESHSharm el-Sheikh International AirportSkiathosJSILGSKSkiathos Island National Airport StockholmARNESSAArlanda AirportSulaymaniyahISUORSUSulaymaniyah International Airport TehranIKAOIIEImam Khomeini International Airport [Seasonal]ThessalonikiSKGLGTSThessaloniki International Airport VeronaVRNLIPXVerona AirportVolosVOLLGBLNea Anchialos National AirportZakynthosZTHLGZAZakynthos International Airport
Fleet The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011:
+Tor Air FleetAircraftTotalOrdersPassengers(Business/Economy)NotesAirbus A320-21210177 (0/177)Operated by BH AirBoeing 737-30020148 (0/148)Operated by Small Planet AirlinesBoeing 737-40010150 (12/138)Total40
References Endres 2010, p. 149
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