Amapola Flyg

Amapola Flyg
IATA code :	HP
ICAO code :	APF
Call sign :	AMAPOLA
Founding:	2004
Seat:	Stockholm , Sweden;
Home airport :	Stockholm / Arlanda Airport
Company form:	FROM
Management:	Peter Korning ( CEO ), Tony Larsson ( COO )
Alliance :	no
Fleet size:	16
Aims:	Destinations in Europe
Website:	www.amapola.nu

Amapola Flyg is a Swedish cargo airline based in Stockholm . It operates cargo flights for the Swedish Post Office ( PostNord Sverige ), the Swedish express cargo company Jetpak and the Italian cargo airline MiniLiner . It also operates passenger flights.

history

Amapola Flyg was founded in 2004 and is wholly owned by the Swedish investment company Salenia AB . On her first assignment, she carried out 50 transport flights with Fokker for the Swedish Post in the north of Sweden. On July 1, 2018, Amapola Flyg started passenger air traffic with regional routes in Sweden, as its own passenger aircraft are rented out, 2 subcontractors will fly the lines. Amapola Flyg worked with the Swedish virtual airline Svenska Direktflyg on bookings , through whose website the flights could be booked. The flights from Stockholm / Arlanda via Lycksele to Vilhelmina are flown by the Danish airline Danish Air Transport (DAT) with an ATR 42 with 48 seats and the flights from Stockholm / Arlanda via Kramfors to Hemavan are operated by the Polish airline Sprintair with a Saab 340 flown. At the end of July 2019, the Swedish transport authority announced that, from October 2019, Amapola Flyg will operate the route from Stockholm / Arlanda via Hagfors to Torsby in addition to the two other routes . The route Stockholm / Arlanda via Hagfors to Torsby is flown by the Dutch AIS Airlines with a BAe Jetstream 32 with 19 seats. In December 2019 it was announced that Svenska Direktflyg was merging its activities with Amapola Flyg.

Destinations

Amapola Flyg serves the following destinations:

Country	city	IATA	ICAO	Airport	Remarks
Sweden Sweden	Ängelholm	AGH	ESTA	Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
	Hagfors	HFS	ESOH	Hagfors airport
	Hemavan	HMV	ESUT	Hemavan airport
	Kramfors	KRF	ESNK	Kramfors Airport
	Lycksele	LYC	ESNL	Lycksele Airport
	Malmo	MMX	ESMS	Malmo Airport
	Örnsköldsvik	OER	ESNO	Örnsköldsvik Airport
	Stockholm	ARN	ESSA	Stockholm / Arlanda Airport	Base
	Stockholm	BMA	ESSB	Stockholm / Bromma Airport	Base
	Torsby	TYF	EAT	Torsby Airport
	Vilhelmina	VHM	ESNV	Vilhelmina airport
	Visby	VBY	ESSV	Visby airport

fleet

Fokker 50 of Amapola in cargo version.

As of May 2020, the Amapola Flyg fleet consists of 16 aircraft with an average age of 30.6 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
Passenger planes
Fokker 50	08th		partly operated for BRA Braathens Regional Airlines	50
Cargo planes
Fokker 50	08th		Amapola Flyg is the world's largest operator of the Fokker 50	-Freight-
total	16	-

Amapola Flyg wants to reduce its fleet from the previous 20 Fokker 50s to 15 Fokker 50s. This is to be done by selling 5 cargo planes. The airline no longer sees a market for it in Sweden. The business area is to be shifted more to wet lease .

Web links

Commons : Amapola Flyg - collection of images, videos and audio files

Amapola Flyg website (English)
Photos of the Amapola Flyg on Airliners.net

Individual evidence

↑ Amapola Flyg: The secret of success is called Fokker 50. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 27, 2019, accessed on May 23, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).
↑ Två flygbolag tar upp norrlandstrafik (Swedish), on flygtorget.se, accessed on June 2, 2018
↑ Per Eriksson: Upphandlingsyra i Torsby och Kramfors. In: inkopsradet.se. June 20, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019 (Swedish).
↑ Flygplan. In: amapola.nu. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (Swedish).
↑ Sweden's Direktflyg merges operations into Amapola Flyg. In: ch-aviation.com. December 17, 2019, accessed June 23, 2020 .
↑ amapola.nu - Book tickets around Sweden. In: amapola.nu. Retrieved on August 15, 2020 .
↑ ^a ^b Amapola Flyg Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 20, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 .
↑ Amapola Flyg: The secret of success is called Fokker 50. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 27, 2019, accessed on May 23, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

[1] Amapola Flyg: The secret of success is called Fokker 50. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 27, 2019, accessed on May 23, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).

[2] Två flygbolag tar upp norrlandstrafik (Swedish), on flygtorget.se, accessed on June 2, 2018

[3] Per Eriksson: Upphandlingsyra i Torsby och Kramfors. In: inkopsradet.se. June 20, 2019, accessed December 22, 2019 (Swedish).

[4] Flygplan. In: amapola.nu. Retrieved December 22, 2019 (Swedish).

[5] Sweden's Direktflyg merges operations into Amapola Flyg. In: ch-aviation.com. December 17, 2019, accessed June 23, 2020 .

[6] amapola.nu - Book tickets around Sweden. In: amapola.nu. Retrieved on August 15, 2020 .

[planespotters-7] Amapola Flyg Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. April 20, 2020, accessed on May 23, 2020 .

[8] Amapola Flyg: The secret of success is called Fokker 50. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. May 27, 2019, accessed on May 23, 2020 (Swiss Standard German).