Nordic Airways was an

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based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and

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services. The company's

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subsidiary Nordic Regional also operated a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and one international destination. Its main base was

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. Nordic Airways served charter flights for Airtours, Apollo and Neckerman as well as ACMI charters for SAS,

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, Sterling,

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History

On 2 January 2009, Nordic Airways operated the first commercial flight between

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in 17 years. The flight carried about 150 passengers and operated between

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. On 24 January 2009, Nordic Airways lost their operator certificate due to financial troubles. The successor of Nordic Airways is Air Sweden.

Fleet

The Nordic Airways fleet included the following aircraft (as of 8 September 2008):CH-Aviation - Nordic Airways
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(SE-RDM) From 2007, there were five MD-80s in the fleet. Nordic Airways operated many domestic flights for SAS when its fleet of Dash 8 Q400 was grounded in 2007. Shortly thereafter, Nordic Airways also began operating flights throughout northern Europe for SAS. Two MD-80s were returned to their lessors in 2007 and 2008. By the end of 2009, only SE-DMT and SE-RDM remained in the fleet. One

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(SE-LMX) was also flying in northern Sweden, and one Cessna 525 (SE-RIO) was part of the fleet through Panaxia. By late 2009, the airline declared bankruptcy and stopped flying.

References

External links

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{{Airlines_of_Sweden Defunct airlines of Sweden Airlines established in 2004 Airlines disestablished in 2009