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== Fleet ==
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As of January 2018 FlyViking operates the following aircraft:<ref>https://www.planespotters.net/airline/FlyViking</ref>
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Revision as of 20:47, 4 January 2018

FlyViking
IATA ICAO Call sign
VF FVK BALDER
Founded2016
Commenced operations27 March 2017
Ceased operations12 January 2018
HubsTromsø-Langnes
Fleet size3
Destinations10
Parent companyViking Air Norway AS
HeadquartersLyngseidet, Troms, Norway
Key peopleOla Olsen (chairman) Heine Richardsen (CEO)
Websiteflyviking.no

FlyViking AS is a Norwegian regional airline with head office in Lyngseidet, Troms and based in Tromsø. FlyViking operates regional flights in the northern parts of Norway.

History

FlyViking was founded in 1989 as Lofotfly. It was renamed as Fly Taxi Nord in 2000 and operated Piper PA-31 aircraft, on both cargo- and passenger air charter flights. In November 2015, Ola O.K Giæver Jr., a former employee of Norwegian airline Widerøe, bought the airline and later renamed it FlyViking.

In 2016 FlyViking lost the tender competition on a five-year contract by the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications to operate 13 of Norway's Public Service Obligation routes starting in April 2017. FlyViking and Danish Air Transport lost the tender round, while Widerøe won all of the 13 PSO routes. On February 14, 2017, FlyViking was awarded a new air operator's certificate (AOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway, the new AOC allowing FlyViking to transport more than 20 passengers on each flight. The airline operated its first scheduled service on 27 March 2017 from Tromsø to Hammerfest and Bodø using a Bombardier Dash 8-100.[1]

On 29 December 2017, FlyViking announced that it would be ceasing operations on 12 January 2018 due to its financial situation.[2]

Destinations

The airline operates to the following destinations within Norway[3]:

City Airport Notes Ref
Alta Alta Airport
Bodø Bodø Airport
Hammerfest Hammerfest Airport
Kirkenes Kirkenes
Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Stokmarknes Stokmarknes Airport
Tromsø Tromsø Airport Mainbase
Trondheim Trondheim Airport, Værnes
Vadsø Vadsø
Ørland Ørland Airport Base

Fleet

As of January 2018 FlyViking operates the following aircraft:[4]

FlyViking fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers Notes
Dash 8-100 & Q100 3 1 39 4th aircraft was never delivered
Total 3 1

References

  1. ^ "Viking Invasion". Airliner World (May 2017): 7. {{cite journal}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  2. ^ "FlyViking legger ned driften". E24 (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved December 29, 2017.
  3. ^ http://www.flyviking.no
  4. ^ https://www.planespotters.net/airline/FlyViking