Braathens Regional Airways
| Braathens Regional Airways | |
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| IATA code : | DC |
| ICAO code : | BRX (previously GAO) |
| Call sign : | BRAATHENS (previously GOLDEN) |
| Founding: | 1976 (as Golden Air) |
| Operation stopped: | 2020 |
| Seat: |
Trollhättan , Sweden
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| Turnstile : | |
| Fleet size: | 13 |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | www.flygbra.se |
| Braathens Regional Airways ceased operations in 2020. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Braathens Regional Airways (from 1976 to the beginning of 2013 Golden Air , until 2015 Braathens Aviation ) is a Swedish regional airline based in Trollhättan and a subsidiary of Braganza AB . It operates ACMI services between multiple domestic destinations in Sweden for its sister company the virtual airline BRA Braathens Regional Airlines and ad hoc charter services.
history
Braathens Regional Airlines was founded on September 16, 1976 under the name Golden Air in Karlstad as an air taxi company . Operations began at the end of the 1970s with one Cessna 310 and one Cessna 402 each . In the 1980s, the company set up the first international line between Örebro via Karlstad and Oslo . At the same time, the company operated national routes from Karlstad to Linköping and to Stockholm / Bromma and Stockholm / Arlanda airports with Cessna 402, Cessna 404 and Swearingen Metro aircraft .
In January 2013, Golden Air changed its name to Braathens Aviation. The company was renamed Braathens Regional Airways in 2015 and has been using the brand name BRA in its external appearance since then, based on the Swedish word "bra", which means "good".
In the course of the COVID-19 pandemic , BRA ceased operations and filed for insolvency under self-administration.
Destinations
Braathens Regional Airlines mainly offers flights from Stockholm / Bromma Airport to numerous domestic destinations such as Sundsvall , Halmstad and Visby as well as to Brussels . Some routes are also operated on behalf of smaller regional airlines such as Gotlandsflyg .
fleet
As of August 2020, the Braathens Regional Airways fleet consists of 13 aircraft with an average age of 4.1 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Seats | Remarks | operated for |
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| ATR 72-500 | 1 | - | 72 | BRA Braathens Regional Airlines | |
| ATR 72-600 | 12 | 2 | 72 | ||
| total | 13 | - | |||
Web links
- Braathens Regional website (English, Swedish)
Individual evidence
- ^ Aero, issue 210, year 1987, page 5862
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Braathens Regional new brand for Golden Air from January 2013 (English) November 18, 2012
- ↑ Stefan Eiselin: Airline chooses names that already exist. In: Aero Telegraph. February 1, 2015, accessed February 1, 2015 .
- ↑ Regional airline Braathens suspends all flights . Aero Telegraph. April 6, 2020. Accessed April 10, 2020.
- ↑ goldenair.se - Destinations (English) accessed on October 14, 2011
- ^ Braathens Regional Airlines Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. August 7, 2020, accessed on August 22, 2020 .
