Flugfélag Austurlands
| Flugfélag Austurlands | |
|---|---|
| IATA code : | EZ |
| ICAO code : | EGX |
| Call sign : | EXCURSION |
| Founding: | 1972 |
| Operation stopped: | 1998 |
| Seat: |
Egilsstaðir , Iceland
|
| Home airport : | Egilsstaðir Airport |
| Management: | Gustaf Gudmundsson |
| Number of employees: | 5 |
| Fleet size: | 1 |
| Aims: | national |
| Flugfélag Austurlands ceased operations in 1998. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. | |
Flugfélag Austurlands , Eastair Iceland in the mid-1990s , was an Icelandic airline that ceased operations in 1998.
history
Flugfélag Austurlands was founded in Egilsstaðir in 1972 to take over the national flight services of Flugjónustan, which was dissolved at the same time . Operations began in the same year with a Cessna 185 . From the end of the 1970s, the company operated regional scheduled flights within Iceland with one Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander and one Piper PA-31 aircraft . Around the same time, Icelandair acquired a 45 percent stake in the company. After the accident of their BN-2 Islander, Flugfélag Austurlands only used the remaining Piper PA-31 ( registration number : TF-EGU) from September 1980 until it ceased operations in 1998 .
Investors are planning a new airline with the same name and want to offer flights to tourists in the region with a Cessna 208 Grand Caravan .
Incidents
The Flugfélag Austurlands recorded one incident in its history:
- On September 22, 1980, the Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander ( license plate TF-RTO) had an accident en route from Bakkafjörður to Egilsstaðir on the (mountains) Smjörfjöll. All three people on board the aircraft were killed in the accident.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Flight International, November 7, 1981
- ↑ JP airline-fleets international, editions 1980 to 1999
- ↑ Rúnar Snær Reynisson: Flugfélag Austurlands mögulega á í loft sumar ( Icelandic ) RÚV . May 25, 2016. Retrieved June 2, 2016.
- ↑ Rebirth of an Icelandic regional airline , accessed May 31, 2016
- ↑ Data on the airline Flugfelag Austurlands in the Aviation Safety Network , accessed on May 31, 2016.
- ↑ Aircraft accident data and report in the Aviation Safety Network (English)
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