FlyViking

FlyViking AS was a short-lived, Norwegian regional airline with head office in Lyngseidet, Troms and based in Tromsø. FlyViking operated regional flights in the northern parts of Norway.

FlyViking
IATA ICAO Callsign
VF FVK BALDER
Founded2016
Commenced operations27 March 2017
Ceased operations12 January 2018
HubsTromsø-Langnes
Fleet size3
Destinations11
Parent companyViking Air Norway AS
HeadquartersLyngseidet, Troms, Norway
Key peopleOla Olsen (chairman), Heine Richardsen (CEO), Ola O.K Giæver (founder)
Websiteflyviking.no

History

FlyViking was founded in 1989 as Lofotfly. It was renamed 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 it would cease all operations on 12 January 2018 due to its financial situation.[2] All northern routes were closed that day. While the route between Ørland and Oslo are operated by Danish Air Transport/DOT LT for a new virtual airline created by parent firm Viking Air Norway AS. All flights out of Tromsø have been taken over by its competitor, Widerøe.

Destinations

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

City Airport Notes Ref
Alta Alta Airport
Bodø Bodø Airport
Hammerfest Hammerfest Airport
Harstad/Narvik Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes
Kirkenes Kirkenes Airport
Oslo Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Stokmarknes Stokmarknes Airport
Tromsø Tromsø Airport Main base
Trondheim Trondheim Airport, Værnes
Vadsø Vadsø Airport
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
gollark: I didn't, actually...
gollark: Many TTA members *have* potatoes, but potatoes are not members.
gollark: I do not believe that any potatoes are members of the TTA.
gollark: I did declare war, but only on potatoes.
gollark: I never actually agreed to that, so...

References
  1. "Viking Invasion". Airliner World (May 2017): 7.
  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
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.