Höga Kusten Flyg

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Höga Kusten Flyg
A BAe ATP from Nextjet
IATA code : 2J (Nextjet)
ICAO code : NTJ (Nextjet)
Call sign :
Founding: 2007
Operation stopped: 2017
Seat: Örnsköldsvik , SwedenSwedenSweden 
Home airport : Örnsköldsvik Airport
Fleet size: (no own planes)
Aims: national
Website: www.hogakustenflyg.se
Höga Kusten Flyg ceased operations in 2017. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation.

Höga Kusten Flyg was a Swedish virtual regional airline based in Örnsköldsvik . It did not operate its own aircraft, but used machines rented from other airlines and their ICAO and IATA codes, e.g. B. its subsidiary Nextjet . The brand name was abandoned in 2017.

history

Höga Kusten Flyg was founded in Örnsköldsvik in 2007 by several local companies as a regional airline in order to provide the region with reliable and inexpensive flight connections. It is currently operated or funded by more than 40 companies.

In December 2012, the company took over the much larger Swedish company Nextjet. However, both companies retained separate brand appearances.

Destinations

From Örnsköldsvik the company operated a route to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport .

fleet

Höga Kusten Flyg did not have its own fleet. There were Turboprop airplanes of the type 340 Saab (33 passengers) and BAe ATP (68 passengers) rented, formerly ATR 72 (66 passengers). These were operated by Danish Air Transport , Braathens Regional and Nextjet.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Sweden's NextJet Group discontinues Höga Kusten Flyg brand. ch-aviation , May 8, 2017.
  2. Höga Kusten Flyg: "Vårt Uppdrag" (Our Mission) (Swedish), accessed on January 6, 2016
  3. Flygtorget, December 13, 2012 (Swedish), accessed January 6, 2016
  4. ch-aviation - Sweden's Höga Kusten Flyg begins leasing a DAT ATR72-200 (English), accessed on December 26, 2015
  5. Höga Kusten Flyg: "Flygplansflotta" (Swedish), accessed on January 6, 2016