Nordica (airline)

Nordica
IATA code :	EE used by Regional Jet
ICAO code :	EST used by Regional Jet
Call sign :	REVAL used by Regional Jet
Founding:	2015 as Nordic Aviation
Seat:	Tallinn , Estonia
Home airport :	Tallinn Lennart Meri Airport
Company form:	State company
Fleet size:	4th
Aims:	international
Website:	www.nordica.ee

Nordica is an Estonian virtual airline based in Tallinn and a subsidiary of the Nordic Aviation Group holding . Its operation is carried out by the sister company Regional Jet and other airlines.

history

The company was founded under the name Nordic Aviation in autumn 2015 with government support following the closure of Estonian Air . Because the company did not have an Air Operator Certificate (AOC), it initially worked closely with the Slovenian Adria Airways . The operating recording was made on 8 November 2015, including flights from Adria Airways , later by bmi regional , Trade Air , NextJet and Carpatair in wetlease were conducted.

At the same time, Nordic Aviation founded a subsidiary called Regional Jet . This subsidiary took over its first aircraft in January 2016 with a leased Bombardier CRJ700 . In the course of a restructuring of the group of companies, the Nordic Aviation Group holding was created in spring 2016 , which owns the virtual companies Regional Jet and Nordic Aviation . The latter was renamed Nordica on April 1, 2016 to distinguish it from the new parent company . A new corporate identity was also developed for the virtual company. The company logo shows a dragonfly , which u. a. can also be seen on the vertical stabilizer of the aircraft.

Since then, Nordica has mainly used machines from its sister airline Regional Jet to carry out its operations. However, it continues to rent aircraft from other companies in wet lease.

At the end of June 2019, the company announced that it would discontinue its own flights on October 26 of the same year. As a reason, Nordica referred to the competition with other airlines, which makes profitable operation impossible.

Destinations

Nordica mainly serves destinations in Northern and Central Europe from Tallinn . In German-speaking countries , Munich and Vienna are served all year round and Berlin and Hamburg are served seasonally.

fleet

Rented Bombardier CRJ900 in the colors of Nordica

As of August 2020, Nordica's fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 9.1 years:

Aircraft type	number	ordered	Remarks	Seats
ATR 72-600	1		operated by Xfly	70
Bombardier CRJ900	3		operated by Xfly, two inactive	88/90
total	4th	-

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : Nordica  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Web presence of Nordica (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ news.postimees.ee - First plane of Nordic Aviation Group to take off in January, December 29, 2015 (English), accessed on February 13, 2016
2. ↑ news.postimees.ee - 1st NAG flight operated by own aircraft, crew to take off Wednesday evening, January 20, 2016 (English), accessed on February 13, 2016
3. ↑ nordica.ee - Nordic Aviation became Nordica today, March 30, 2016 (English), accessed on April 3, 2016
4. ↑ Nordica instead of Nordic Aviation: Estonia's new national airline annoys Air Baltic. In: aerotelegraph.com. Retrieved March 15, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Timo Nowack: Nordica stops all of its own flights. In: aeroTELEGRAPH. June 26, 2019, accessed June 26, 2019 . 
6. ↑ nordica.ee - Where we fly (English), accessed on April 18, 2017
7. ^ Nordica Fleet Details and History. Retrieved August 22, 2020 .