Odin Air was an Icelandic airline which was based in Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, which operated from 1964 to 1998.
History Founded in 1964, Helgi Jonossonar Air Taxi was a charter airline and flew the Piper PA-23 Apache and Piper Navajo to Denmark and other airports in Iceland. It was founded by the owners of the renowned Flugskoli Helga Jonsonnar. Their first flight was operated by TF-AIB, a Cessna 140. In 1989 it rebranded as Odin Air, and bought three Handley Page Jetstream. It flew to more remote parts of Iceland and carried passengers and cargo across Iceland in the 1960s. This continued into the 70s and flew charter flights across Iceland.
In 1989, the airline finally decided to operate scheduled flights and abandon taxi flights across the rough gravel and snow. The airline bought three Jetstream aircraft, (TF-ODI,TF-ODM and TF-ODN) and bought more aircraft with more capacity.
In the 90s, the airline flew across the country doing scheduled flights. They also occasionally flew to the United States.
However, by 1997, Odin Air couldn't compete with the likes of Air Iceland Connect, Icelandair, and Loftleiðir.
As a result, Odin Air was no longer profitable and by 1998, was officially declared no longer operational by the Icelandic Air Agencies.
Fleet Current fleet As of 1998, Odin Air operated the following aircraft.
+ Odin Air Fleet Aircraft Orders Passengers NotesTotal3 TF-ODN, TF-ODM, TF-ODETotal3 TF-FHM,TF-FHL,TF-FHJ
Former fleet Prior to 1991, Odin Air operated the following aircraft types: Piper PA-23 119641989Handley Page JetstreamTF-BAA.Piper Navajo119651989Handley Page JetstreamTF-ODE.Cessna 140119641964Piper PA-23 ApacheTF-AIB. See also List of defunct airlines of Iceland List of airlines of Iceland
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