Primera Air Nordic

This article is about the Latvian airline. For its Danish sister airline, see Primera Air.
PrimeraAir Nordic SIA
IATA ICAO Call sign
6F[1] PRW JETBIRD
Founded2014
Ceased operations2 October 2018
Operating bases
Fleet size7
Destinations14
Parent companyPrimera Travel Group
HeadquartersRiga, Latvia
Key peopleHrafn Thorgeirsson (CEO)
Websiteprimeraair.com

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.

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]

Destinations

Main article: List of Primera Air Destinations

Fleet

Primera Air Nordic Boeing 737-800

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
C Y Total
Boeing 737-700 2 — — 148 148
Boeing 737-800 5 — — 189 189
Total 7 —

References

  1. ^ "IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search". iata.org. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Corporate Info". Primera Air. Archived from the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2018-09-13.
  3. ^ primeraair.com - route map Archived 2017-02-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 4 August 2018
  4. ^ Welcome to Primera Air | [email protected] | primeraair.com Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Corporate Info - PrimeraAir". PrimeraAir. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-09-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ DELFI (25 August 2014). "'Primera Air' Rīgā veido lidojumu vadības centru, bet tiešos lidojumus no Latvijas pašlaik neplāno". Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Primera Air Ceases Operations". Primera Air. 30 September 2018. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  9. ^ "Fleet". Primera Air. Archived from the original on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2018.
  10. ^ "Primera Air Nordic Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 12 September 2018.

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