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Air Leap (Norway)
(Virtual airline)
Founded	2018 (as Next Move)
Headquarters	Oslo
Key people	Heine Richardsen (CEO)
Website	www.airleap.no

Air Leap (Sweden)
Founded	2018
Commenced operations	2018
Ceased operations	24 January 2022
Hubs	Stockholm-Arlanda; Stockholm-Bromma;
Focus cities	Oslo; Visby;
Fleet size	6
Destinations	13
Headquarters	Stockholm
Key people	Jon Melkersson (CEO)
Website	www.airleap.se

Air Leap was^[4] the trading name of the Norwegian Virtual airline Air Leap AS and the Swedish airline Air Leap Aviation AB.

History

Air Leap was founded by the same owners as the airline FlyViking. After FlyViking ceased operations in January 2018, the virtual airline Next Move was founded in March 2018 to continue operating the Ørland - Oslo Gardermoen route. Next Move was renamed Air Leap^[5] after the company bought parts of the bankrupt Swedish airline Nextjet.^[6] The parts of Nextjet became the Swedish Air Leap,^[7] but lacked an Air operator's certificate (AOC) to operate the Swedish routes, which is why all flights in the beginning were operated by Denmark's Danish Air Transport (DAT), the Estonian NyxAir and the Dutch AIS Airlines, among others.

On 11 June 2018 flights were resumed in Sweden. On 19 October 2018, the Swedish Transport Agency awarded Air Leap^[8] Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and registered the company as the official operator of three Saab 340Bs. The first flight under new AOC took place on 21 October 2018 from Stockholm-Arlanda to Mariehamn.^[9]

On 24 January 2022, the company suspended operations and filed for reorganization, citing financial issues as a result of a lack of government aid from the COVID-19 pandemic.^[4]

Destinations

This is a list of destinations operated by Air Leap:^[10]

Country	City	Airport	Notes	Refs
Åland	Mariehamn	Mariehamn Airport
Finland	Turku	Turku Airport
Norway	Oslo	Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
	Ørland	Ørland Airport
	Røros	Røros Airport
Sweden	Ängelholm	Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport	Terminated
	Gothenburg	Göteborg Landvetter Airport	Terminated
	Halmstad	Halmstad Airport
	Jönköping	Jönköping Airport	Terminated
	Karlstad	Karlstad Airport	Terminated
	Malmö	Malmö Airport	Terminated
	Örnsköldsvik	Örnsköldsvik Airport		^[11]
	Ronneby	Ronneby Airport	Terminated	^[12]
	Stockholm	Stockholm Arlanda Airport	Base
	Stockholm	Stockholm Bromma Airport	Base Terminated
	Sundsvall	Sundsvall–Timrå Airport	Terminated
	Visby	Visby Airport	Base	^[13]

Fleet

As of January 2022, prior to the suspension of all operations, the Air Leap fleet consists of the following aircraft:^[14]

**Air Leap (Sweden) fleet**
Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers
ATR72-500	1	—	72
Saab 340B	4	—	33-34
Total	5	—

References

^ Andersson, Jane (June 21, 2018). "Air Leap har inget tillstånd" – via www.svt.se.
^ "Jon Melkersson blir ny VD för flygbolaget Air Leap AB" (in Swedish). mynewsdesk.com. 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2020-02-02.
^ "Air Leap". www.facebook.com.
^ ^a ^b Solheim, Marita (2022-01-24). "Flyselskapet Air Leap innstiller alle flyvninger". NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål). Retrieved 2022-01-24.
^ "Air Leap (Norway)". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Air LEAP" (in Norwegian). snl.no. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Air Leap (Sweden)". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Air Leap utökar kapaciteten på flera linjer" (in Swedish). mynewsdesk.com. 2018-10-23. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Nyt svensk flyselskab har fået driftstilladelse" (in Danish). check-in.dk. 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2018-11-15.
^ "Booking". ecom-airleap.worldticket.net. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
^ "Air Leap börjar trafikera sträckan Örnsköldsvik-Arlanda efter SAS" (in Swedish). mynewsdesk.com. 2019-10-31. Retrieved 2019-10-31.
^ "Air Leap AB". Mynewsdesk.
^ "Air Leap startar ny linje" (in Swedish). flygtorget.se. 2019-05-02. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
^ "Air Leap Fleet Details and History". www.planespotters.net. Retrieved 2020-09-28.