Great Dane Airlines

Great Dane Airlines A/S is a Danish airline based in Aalborg, Denmark.

A GDE Embraer E195-100LR
Great Dane Airlines
IATA ICAO Callsign
DW GDE[1] GREAT DANE[1]
Founded2018[2]
Commenced operations21 June 2019
Operating basesAalborg Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations15
HeadquartersAalborg, Denmark
Key peopleThomas Hugo Møller (founder), Eigild Bødker Christensen (owner)
Websitegreatdaneairlines.dk

History

Established in 2018,[2] the airline offers charter flights for a range of Danish tour operators, initially with fleet of two 118-seat Embraer 195 aircraft leased from Stobart Air,[3][4] staffed by eight pilots and twelve cabin crew.[5] The airline operated its maiden flight on 14 June 2019, which was a charter flight from Aalborg to Rhodes,[6] while its first scheduled flight was from Aalborg to Dublin on 21 June 2019.[7]

The airline was initially co-owned by Thomas Hugo Møller and by Huy Duc Nguyen, who resigned from his position as a board member, executive and owner in March 2019 after a newspaper revealed exaggerations in his résumé.[8] In March 2019, Eigild Bødker Christensen invested in Great Dane Airlines (via SEBC II ApS), leaving Great Dane Airlines co-owned by Thomas Hugo Møller (10%) and Eigild Bødker Christensen (90%).[9]

Destinations

In 2020, Great Dane Airlines operates charter flights to the following destinations:[10]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
CroatiaSplitSplit AirportSeasonal charter[10]
RijekaRijeka AirportSeasonal charter[10]
ZadarZadar AirportSeasonal charter[10]
DenmarkAalborgAalborg AirportBase[11]
GreeceCreteChania International AirportSeasonal charter[10]
RhodesRhodes International AirportSeasonal charter[10]
PrevezaPreveza AirportSeasonal charter[10]
IrelandDublinDublin AirportSeasonal charter[10]
ItalyBolognaBologna International AirportSeasonal charter[10]
NaplesNaples International AirportSeasonal charter[10]
NorwayLakselvLakselv AirportSeasonal charter[10]
PortugalMadeiraFunchal AirportSeasonal charter[10]
LisbonLisbon International AirportSeasonal charter[10]
SpainPalma de MallorcaPalma de Mallorca AirportSeasonal charter[10]
TurkeyAlanyaGazipaşa AirportSeasonal charter[10]
United KingdomEdinburghEdinburgh AirportSeasonal charter[10]

Fleet

As of January 2020, Great Dane Airlines operates the following aircraft:[12][13]

Great Dane Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service		 Orders Passengers Notes
Embraer 195 4[13] 1 118 Leased from SEBC II. Registration codes: OY-GDA, OY-GDB, OY-GDC, OY-GDE.[13]
Total 4 0

From September 2020, OY-GDB and OY-GDC are wet-leased to Bamboo Airways.[14]

References
  1. "Airline Code Full Details". Aviation Codes Central. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. "Vores Historie" [Our History]. Great Dane Airlines (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "Embraer Welcomes Great Dane Airlines to the E-Jets Family of Operators" (Press release). Embraer. 14 May 2019.
  4. Christensen, Ole Kirchert (14 February 2019). "Danmark har fået et nyt flyselskab" [Denmark has got a new airline]. Check-In.dk (in Danish). Travelmedia Nordic ApS. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. Nikel, David (17 February 2019). "Meet Scandinavia's Newest Airline". Forbes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. Peter Witten (14 June 2019). "Nyt flyselskab fik plaskvåd start i Aalborg". Nordjyske (in Danish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. "Tourism Ireland welcomes new Great Dane Airlines flight from Aalborg to Dublin" (Press release). Tourism Ireland. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. "Efter cv-snyd: Medejer af Great Dane Airlines trækker sig" [After misleading CV: Co-owner of Great Dane Airlines withdraws]. Nordjyske (in Danish). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  9. Elise Rasmussen (22 November 2019). "Kassen er tom efter skævert: Rigmand skyder millioner ind i nordjysk flyselskab". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish).
  10. "Destinations". greatdaneairlines.dk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. Liu, Jim (22 March 2019). "Great Dane Airlines outlines scheduled operations". Routesonline. UBM (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  12. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 13.
  13. "Great Dane Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. "Bamboo Airways begins Embraer E195 operations". Simple Flying. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.