Estonian Air
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| IATA code : | OV |
| ICAO code : | ELL |
| Call sign : | ESTONIAN |
| Founding: | 1991 |
| Operation stopped: | 2015 |
| Seat: |
Tallinn , Estonia
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| Home airport : | Tallinn |
| IATA prefix code : | 960 |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | SAS EuroBonus |
| Fleet size: | 8 (+ 4 orders) |
| Aims: | national and continental |
| Website: | estonian-air.ee |
| Estonian Air ceased operations in 2015. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Estonian Air was the national airline of Estonia , based in Tallinn and based at Tallinn-Lennart Meri Airport .
history
The national airline of Estonia was founded as a public limited company on December 1, 1991 shortly after Estonia regained its independence . Since 1995 the Russian aircraft have been gradually replaced by Boeing 737-500 , a type with usually 100 to 110 and a maximum of 140 seats. The conversion to western-style aircraft was completed in 1996 with the leasing of two Fokker 50s from Mærsk Air . In April 2006 the fleet was strengthened by a Boeing 737-300 . This aircraft had 142 seats and previously flew for Air New Zealand .
The state airline was privatized by the Estonian state in 1996 . Of the 66% sold, 49% went to the Danish airline Mærsk Air and 17% to the Estonian investment company AS Cresco . Since 2003, SAS Scandinavian Airlines had a 49% stake in Estonian Air.
On March 6, 2008, the subsidiary Estonian Air Regional started its flight operations on regional routes with initially two Saab 340A .
The last Boeing 737s left the Estonian Air fleet by the end of 2012. In April 2013, the Saab 340s followed , which until then had operated under the now discontinued subsidiary brand Estonian Air Regional .
On November 27, 2013, Estonian Air canceled all contracts with Air Lituanica due to unpaid invoices. Until then, Estonian operated an Embraer 170 for the newly founded Lithuanian company.
The airline has only made losses since 2006. According to Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager , the EU Commission found that Estonian had received unauthorized aid from the government and therefore had to repay € 85 million plus interest. In addition, the Commission prohibited the payment of planned state aid amounting to € 40 million, as this would violate EU competition law. With effect from November 8, 2015, Estonian then ceased flight operations due to the high debt. As a precautionary measure, before the decision was made, the government founded a new state company called Nordic Aviation , which operates 8 connections from Tallinn, particularly in cooperation with Adria Airways .
Destinations
Estonian Air flew from its home base in Tallinn to Amsterdam , Brussels , Kiev , Moscow , St. Petersburg , Paris , Nice , Copenhagen , Oslo , Stockholm , Trondheim and Vilnius . In the German-speaking area , Munich and Berlin-Tegel were served seasonally in Germany and Vienna in Austria from April . Some other destinations - including Hanover , London and Riga - had been discontinued in the past.
fleet
As of June 2015, the Estonian Air fleet consisted of eight aircraft with an average age of 8 years:
| Aircraft type | active | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Bombardier CRJ900 | 3 | 88 | ||
| Embraer 170 | 4th | 3 | Two wet-lease for Austrian Airlines operated, Go again in December Finnair back | 76 |
| Embraer 190 | 1 | - open - | ||
| Saab 340B | 1 | operated by Nextjet | 33-36 | |
| total | 8th | 4th |
See also
Web links
- Estonian Air website (Estonian, English, Russian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ch-aviation - Estonian Air (English) accessed on June 24, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation.ch - Estonian Air Regional (English) accessed on April 28, 2013
- ↑ estonian-air.ee - Estonian Air terminates all its contractual relationships with Air Lituanica ( Memento from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English) November 29, 2013
- ↑ Estonia already has a new national airline , accessed on November 9, 2015
- ↑ estonian-air.ee - Destinations ( Memento of the original from April 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on March 3, 2015
- ↑ airfleets.net - Fleet age Estonian Air (English) accessed on June 24, 2015
- ^ Austrian Aviation Net: Estonian Air gets its first Embraer. In: austrianaviation.net. February 23, 2012, accessed March 6, 2013 .
- ↑ Estonian to ditch CRJs as it signs for more Embraer. In: flightglobal.com. February 27, 2012, accessed March 6, 2013 .
- ↑ estonian-air.ee - Fleet ( Memento of the original from February 28, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on March 3, 2015
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