Primera Air Nordic
PrimeraAir Nordic SIA[2] was a leisure airline headquartered in Riga, Latvia owned by the Primera Travel Group. It provided scheduled and charter passenger services to leisure destinations from Northern Europe.[3] It ceased operations on 2 October 2018.
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Founded | 2014 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 2 October 2018 | ||||||
Operating bases | |||||||
Fleet size | 7 | ||||||
Destinations | 14 | ||||||
Parent company | Primera Travel Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Riga, Latvia | ||||||
Key people | Hrafn Thorgeirsson (CEO) | ||||||
Website | primeraair.com |
History
The airline was founded in 2014 by the Primera Travel Group to complement the Danish based Primera Air Scandinavia.[4] The company also opened a Network Control Center in Riga for overseeing all operational matters of both Primera Air Scandinavia and Primera Air Nordic. Hrafn Thorgeirsson was appointed as the new CEO of both airlines.[5][6][7]
On 30 September 2018, Primera Air Group announced that the company was declaring bankruptcy and that the operations of both Primera Air and Primera Air Nordic would cease effective 2 October 2018, after failing to secure long term financing.[8]
Fleet
At the time of Primera Air Nordic's bankruptcy on 1 October 2018, the fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[9][10]
Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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C | Y | Total | ||||
Boeing 737-700 | 2 | — | — | 148 | 148 | |
Boeing 737-800 | 5 | — | — | 189 | 189 | |
Total | 7 | — |
References
- "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Corporate Info". Primera Air. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
- primeraair.com - route map Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 August 2018
- Welcome to Primera Air | info@primeraair.com | primeraair.com Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
- "Corporate Info - PrimeraAir". PrimeraAir. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-09-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- DELFI (25 August 2014). "'Primera Air' Rīgā veido lidojumu vadības centru, bet tiešos lidojumus no Latvijas pašlaik neplāno". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- "Primera Air Ceases Operations". Primera Air. 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
- "Fleet". Primera Air. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
- "Primera Air Nordic Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 12 September 2018.