Barents AirLink was a
Swedish
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based
airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...
. It was established as Nordkalottflyg in 1974 and operated scheduled domestic and international services. The name was changed to Barents AirLink in 2006. It was based at
Luleå Airport
Luleå Airport is located about 7 km (4.3 mi) south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a total of 1,177,443 passengers in 2015, and is thus Sweden's fifth largest airport. It is the largest airp ...
. Barents Air Link (2006-2016) merged into
Babcock Scandinavian AirAmbulance.
Services
Barents AirLink does not operate any scheduled services and closed down the company in 2012.
It has previously operated the following scheduled services, all from
Luleå:
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Pajala
Pajala () is a locality and the seat of Pajala Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden, with 1,958 inhabitants in 2010. It is located in Swedish Lapland.
Pajala is in the Torne Valley and was dominated by people speaking a Finnish dialect u ...
,
Sweden (until October 2011).
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Tromsø
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Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the ...
,
Norway
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(discontinued February 2008).
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Murmansk
Murmansk (Russian: ''Мурманск'' lit. "Norwegian coast"; Finnish: ''Murmansk'', sometimes ''Muurmanski'', previously ''Muurmanni''; Norwegian: ''Norskekysten;'' Northern Sámi: ''Murmánska;'' Kildin Sámi: ''Мурман ланнҍ'') ...
,
Russia
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(discontinued 2007).
See also
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Airlines
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in whic ...
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Transport in Sweden
Transportation in Sweden is carried out by car, bus, train, tram, boat or aeroplane.
Railways in Sweden
Rail transport is operated by SJ, DSBFirst, Green Cargo, Vy Tåg and more. Most counties have companies that do ticketing, marketing and fi ...
Fleet
The Barents AirLink fleet consisted of the following aircraft in May 2008:
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BAe Jetstream 32
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Beechcraft Super King Air 200
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Piper PA-31 Navajo/Chieftain
External links
Barents AirLink official website
Defunct airlines of Sweden
Airlines established in 1974
Airlines disestablished in 2016
Swedish companies established in 1974
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