Flybe Nordic
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Flybe Nordic is an airline, jointly owned by Flybe
and Finnair
, and began operations on 30 October 2011.
(FCA) and rebrand the airline Flybe Nordic, with Flybe and Finnair each holding a stake in the new entity. Under the terms of the agreement, contingent on approval by regulatory authorities, the purchase price of FCA was €
25 million, of which Flybe would pay €12 million and Finnair €13 million. Flybe has a majority stake in Flybe Nordic, holding a 60% stake in the airline, with Finnair holding the remaining 40%; Flybe has three seats on the airline's board of directors with Finnair having the other two. Flybe planned to invest a total of €23.6 million into the new airline, including expenses such as loan repayments in addition to the purchase price of FCA.
At the time of the announcement of Flybe Nordic's creation, Flybe planned to begin operating the new airline on 1 August 2011, with the FCA name being phased out, though the start date was later pushed back to 30 October. A new route network was also planned to be announced in mid-August.
s previously operated by FCA, as well as four ATR 42
s and two Embraer 170s, with one ATR 72s on order. The ATR 72s are owned by Finnair, which bought them from FCA at a cost of €104 million, and leased to Flybe Nordic, as the Embraer 170s, previously owned by Finnair. The ATR 42s are owned by Finncomm, FCA's parent company, and are also leased to Flybe Nordic.
The aircraft will be painted in the current Flybe livery, with web titles on the aft right side of the fuselage for the Estonian URL and on the left side the Finnish URL.
Flybe Nordic fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 25 August 2011):
Flybe
Flybe Group PLC is a British low-cost regional airline headquartered at the Jack Walker House at Exeter International Airport in Devon, England...
and Finnair
Finnair
Finnair Plc is the flag carrier and largest airline of Finland, with its headquarters on the grounds of Helsinki Airport in Vantaa, Finland, and its main hub at Helsinki Airport. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both the domestic and international air travel markets in Finland. The largest...
, and began operations on 30 October 2011.
History
The airline was announced on 1 July 2011, when Flybe and Finnair revealed plans to jointly purchase Finnish Commuter AirlinesFinncomm Airlines
Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy operating as Flybe Nordic, trading as Finncomm Airlines, was a regional airline with its head office on the grounds of Seinäjoki Airport in Ilmajoki, Finland, near Seinäjoki. The carrier operates flights to Estonia, Germany, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden and 16...
(FCA) and rebrand the airline Flybe Nordic, with Flybe and Finnair each holding a stake in the new entity. Under the terms of the agreement, contingent on approval by regulatory authorities, the purchase price of FCA was €
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
25 million, of which Flybe would pay €12 million and Finnair €13 million. Flybe has a majority stake in Flybe Nordic, holding a 60% stake in the airline, with Finnair holding the remaining 40%; Flybe has three seats on the airline's board of directors with Finnair having the other two. Flybe planned to invest a total of €23.6 million into the new airline, including expenses such as loan repayments in addition to the purchase price of FCA.
At the time of the announcement of Flybe Nordic's creation, Flybe planned to begin operating the new airline on 1 August 2011, with the FCA name being phased out, though the start date was later pushed back to 30 October. A new route network was also planned to be announced in mid-August.
Destinations
On 24 August 2011, Flybe Nordic announced its first 24 routes, including both former Finncomm routes as well as new ones. Flybe Nordic is also operating some of the routes for Finnair. The destinations are following:- Denmark:
- CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
(Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, south of Copenhagen city centre, and west of Malmö city centre on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality...
) [Begins 23 January]
- Copenhagen
- Estonia:
- TartuTartuTartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...
(Tartu AirportTartu AirportTartu Airport is south southwest of the city centre of Tartu in Estonia, near the Tartu–Võru highway. It is also called Ülenurme Airport due to its proximity to the village of Ülenurme....
) - TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport) Focus city
- Tartu
- Finland:
- EnontekiöEnontekiöEnontekiö is a municipality in the Finnish part of Lapland with approx. inhabitants. It is situated in the outermost northwest of the country and occupies a large and very sparsely populated area of about between the Swedish and Norwegian border...
(Enontekiö AirportEnontekiö AirportEnontekiö Airport is an airport located in Enontekiö, Finland, west southwest of Hetta, the municipal centre of Enontekiö.It is mainly used by charter flights, whose passengers account for 95% of the airport's passenger volume. Regular flights to Enontekiö are established only in the spring...
) Seasonal - HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
(Helsinki AirportHelsinki AirportHelsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, Finland, about west of Tikkurila, the centre of Vantaa, and north of Helsinki city centre...
) Base - JoensuuJoensuuJoensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...
(Joensuu AirportJoensuu AirportJoensuu Airport is an airport in Liperi, Finland, about northwest of Joensuu city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-Weather station:...
) - JyväskyläJyväskyläJyväskylä is the capital of Central Finland and the largest city on the Finnish Lakeland, north-east of Tampere and north of Helsinki, on northern coast of lake Päijänne. The city has been continuously one of the most rapidly growing cities in Finland since World War II. The city is surrounded...
(Jyväskylä AirportJyväskylä AirportOn August 2, 2010, Finncomm Airlines announced it will stop its service between Helsinki and Jyväskylä on August 16, 2010. However the break was very short as Finnair and Finncomm reached an agreement on September 2010 that Finncomm will take over several Finnair's domestic routes...
) - KajaaniKajaaniKajaani is a town and municipality in Finland.It is the capital of the Kainuu region. It is located southeast of Oulujärvi , which drains to the Gulf of Bothnia along the Oulujoki . There are inhabitants and city surface area is of which is water. The population density is . The town is...
(Kajaani AirportKajaani AirportKajaani Airport is an airport in Paltaniemi, Kajaani, Finland, approximately northwest of Kajaani city centre.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-External links:* *...
) - KemiKemiKemi is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located very near the city of Tornio. It was founded in 1869 by royal decree, because of its proximity to a deep water harbour....
(Kemi-Tornio AirportKemi-Tornio AirportKemi-Tornio Airport is an airport in Kemi, Finland. The airport is located near the district of Lautiosaari, east of the Kemijoki , north of Kemi city centre and east of Tornio city centre.The airport is owned and operated by Finavia....
) - KittiläKittiläKittilä is a municipality of Finland and a popular holiday resort.It is located in the province of Lapland, Finland. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
(Kittilä AirportKittilä AirportKittilä Airport is a general aviation and commercial airport located in Kittilä, Finland, inside the Arctic Circle. It is one of the main airports in Northern Finland and carried circa 215,000 passengers in 2010.-Airlines and destinations:-Fire:...
) Seasonal - KokkolaKokkolaKokkola is a town and municipality of Finland.The town is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is...
(Kokkola-Pietarsaari Airport) - KuopioKuopioKuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...
(Kuopio AirportKuopio AirportKuopio Airport is an airport in Siilinjärvi, Finland, about north of Kuopio city centre.It is currently the seventh busiest airport in Finland , as measured by the number of passengers...
) - KuusamoKuusamoKuusamo is a town and municipality in Finland. It is located in the Oulu province and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....
(Kuusamo AirportKuusamo Airport-Statistics:- External links :* *...
) Seasonal - OuluOuluOulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....
(Oulu AirportOulu AirportOulu Airport is located in the municipality of Oulunsalo, Finland, south-west of Oulu city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa airport, as measured by the number of passengers and the amount of freight transported. There are around twenty daily flights to...
) - PoriPoriPori is a city and municipality on the west coast of Finland. The city is located some from the Gulf of Bothnia, on the estuary of the Kokemäenjoki river, which is the largest in Finland. Pori is the most important town in the Satakunta region....
(Pori AirportPori AirportPori Airport is an airport in Pori, Finland. The airport is located south of the Pori town centre. It has two check-in desks, and a cafeteria service.During 2010 Pori Airport served 43,185 passengers, a decrease of 30.5% from previous year.- Facilities :...
) - SavonlinnaSavonlinnaSavonlinna is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region. The Finnish name of the town means "Castle of Savonia" and the Swedish name means "Newcastle".- History :...
(Savonlinna AirportSavonlinna Airport-Statistics:-External links:* *...
) - SeinäjokiSeinäjokiSeinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...
(Seinäjoki AirportSeinäjoki AirportSeinäjoki Airport is an airport in Ilmajoki, Finland, about south-southwest of Seinäjoki city centre. The airport is operated by Rengonharju-säätiö .-Facilities:...
) - TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
(Tampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, south-west of Tampere city centre. The airport is the third busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers , and the second busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers...
) - TurkuTurkuTurku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
(Turku AirportTurku AirportTurku Airport , is located in Turku, Finland, north of Turku city centre. It serves approximately 350,000 passengers per year, being the fourth busiest airport in Finland. Turku Airport is operated by a stated-owned company Finavia exclusively. The airport has a secondary passenger terminal...
) - VaasaVaasaVaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
(Vaasa AirportVaasa AirportVaasa Airport is located in Vaasa, Finland, about south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 6th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2010, about 288,000 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008, Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in...
) - VarkausVarkausVarkaus is a Middle-Savonian industrial town and municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of the Northern Savonia region. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is .The municipality is...
(Varkaus AirportVarkaus AirportVarkaus Airport is an airport in Joroinen, Finland, about south of Varkaus.-Airlines and destinations:-Statistics:-External links:* – Official website*...
)
- Enontekiö
- Åland Islands:
- MariehamnMariehamnMariehamn is the capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government and Parliament of Åland, and 40% of the population of Åland live in the city...
(Mariehamn AirportMariehamn AirportMariehamn Airport is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010 and is operated by the state owned Finavia....
)
- Mariehamn
- Germany:
- StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
(Stuttgart AirportStuttgart AirportStuttgart Airport is an international airport located approximately south of Stuttgart, Germany....
)
- Stuttgart
- Latvia:
- RigaRigaRiga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
(Riga Airport)
- Riga
- Norway:
- TrondheimTrondheimTrondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
(Trondheim Airport, VærnesTrondheim Airport, VærnesTrondheim Airport, Værnes is an international airport located in Stjørdal, east of Trondheim, Norway. Operated by the state-owned Avinor, it shares facilities with Værnes Air Station of the Royal Norwegian Air Force. In 2010, the airport had 3,521,734 passengers and 55,747 air movements,...
)
- Trondheim
- Poland:
- GdańskGdanskGdańsk is a Polish city on the Baltic coast, at the centre of the country's fourth-largest metropolitan area.The city lies on the southern edge of Gdańsk Bay , in a conurbation with the city of Gdynia, spa town of Sopot, and suburban communities, which together form a metropolitan area called the...
(Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport)
- Gdańsk
- Sweden:
- NorrköpingNorrköpingNorrköping is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County. The city has a population of 87,247 inhabitants in 2010, out of a municipal total of 130,050, making it Sweden's tenth largest city and eighth largest...
(Norrköping AirportNorrköping AirportCharter flights from the list above are available to book on following tour operators: , , , , , .-External links:* Norrköping airport homepage...
) - SkellefteåSkellefteå-Industry:*Boliden AB, a big mining and smelting company*Alimak*Natural User Interface Technologies AB - NUITEQ, a promising emerging technology start-up company-Sports:*Skellefteå AIK, an ice hockey team in the highest Swedish league, Elitserien....
(Skellefteå AirportSkellefteå Airport-External links:*...
) - StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
(Stockholm-Bromma AirportStockholm-Bromma AirportStockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...
) - UmeåUmeå- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...
(Umeå Airport)
- Norrköping
- Switzerland:
- GenevaGenevaGeneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
(Geneva Airport)
- Geneva
- United Kingdom:
- ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
(Manchester Airport)
- Manchester
Fleet
Flybe Nordic operates with eleven ATR 72ATR 72
The ATR 72 is a twin-engine turboprop short-haul regional airliner built by the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR. ATR and Airbus are both built in Toulouse, and share resources and technology...
s previously operated by FCA, as well as four ATR 42
ATR 42
-Civil operators:The largest operators of the ATR-42 are FedEx Express, Airlinair, TRIP Linhas Aéreas,and Mexico City-based Aeromar respectively. Number of aircraft as of 2010:Some 70 other airlines operate smaller numbers of the type....
s and two Embraer 170s, with one ATR 72s on order. The ATR 72s are owned by Finnair, which bought them from FCA at a cost of €104 million, and leased to Flybe Nordic, as the Embraer 170s, previously owned by Finnair. The ATR 42s are owned by Finncomm, FCA's parent company, and are also leased to Flybe Nordic.
The aircraft will be painted in the current Flybe livery, with web titles on the aft right side of the fuselage for the Estonian URL and on the left side the Finnish URL.
Flybe Nordic fleet includes the following aircraft (as of 25 August 2011):
| Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 42-500 | 4 | 0 | 48 |
| ATR 72-500 | 11 | 1 | 68–72 |
| Embraer E170 | 2 | 0 | 76 |
| Total | 17 | 1 |
External links
- Flybe Nordic //