FlyNordic was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden."Company Info." FlyNordic. 18 December 2005. Retrieved on 7 December 2010. It operated scheduled and charter services in Scandinavia and Europe. Its main base was Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Stockholm. 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 Its operating licence was revoked on 14 November 2000, and it relaunched in December as Nordic East.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.
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.Norwegian to strengthen Scandinavian network with FlyNordic acquisition ATW Daily News, April 25, 2007.
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.
Destinations FlyNordic operated the following services (at March 2008): Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo (Sarajevo International Airport) Croatia Dubrovnik (Dubrovnik Airport) Split (Split Airport) Denmark Copenhagen (Copenhagen Airport) Estonia Tallinn (Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport) [seasonal] France Bordeaux (Aéroport de Bordeaux Mérignac) Nice (Côte d'Azur International Airport) Paris (Orly Airport) Italy Alghero (Fertilia Airport) [seasonal] Ireland Dublin (Dublin Airport) [seasonal] Norway Bergen (Bergen Airport, Flesland) [seasonal] Oslo (Oslo Airport, Gardermoen) Poland Kraków (John Paul II International Airport) Warsaw (Frederic Chopin Airport) Serbia Belgrade (Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport) Spain Alicante (Alicante Airport) Málaga (Málaga Airport) Sweden Kiruna (Kiruna Airport) Luleå (Luleå Airport) Malmö (Malmö Airport) Östersund (Åre Östersund Airport) Stockholm (Stockholm-Arlanda Airport) Umeå (Umeå Airport) Switzerland Geneva (Geneva Cointrin International Airport) Turkey Istanbul (Sabiha Gökçen Airport)
Fleet The FlyNordic fleet included the following aircraft as of January 2008:
+ flyNordic fleetTypeTotalPassengersRoutesNotesMcDonnell Douglas MD-823149-164EuropeanMcDonnell Douglas MD-834149-164European
See also Airlines Transport in Sweden
References
External links
FlyNordic (archive) FlyNordic (archive) FlyNordic fleet "Finnair acquires controlling interest in Nordic Airlink." Finnair Group. 19 August 2003. "Norwegian Air Shuttle to acquire 100% of FlyNordic." Norwegian Air Shuttle. 24 April 2007.