Looks like a troubling first day for NyxAir in Finland. Helsinki-Kemi-Kokkola triangular PSO route operated by the Saab 2000 started behind schedule with the first flight almost an hour late. The Saab must have also had pressurisation issues with all flights running at FL90.
NyxAir then positioned in the ATR from Tallinn late last night to operate the last one out of Helsinki leaving them short for the Estonian PSO once again which is running with an XFly CRJ900

Ryanair is launching ZAG-MMX flights, twice per week, starting from this September.

https://www.exyuaviation.com/2021/05/ry ... outes.html

OSL April 2021

Total: 247.272 +105,1%
Domestic: 198.882 +96,2%
International: 48.390 +151,9%

While of course a large growth vs April 2020, it was actually less passengers compared to March this year

CPH April, that announced it numbers both vs April 2019 and vs April 2020

Total: 182.094 +602% vs '20 -93% vs '19
Domestic: 38.203 +840% vs '20 -69% vs -19
Europe: 119.223 +566% vs '20 -94% vs '19
Intercontinetal: 24.668 +523% vs '20 -92% vs '19

BRA has restarted their Swedish domestic scheduled operations as of today

minilinde wrote:

SK has updated their schedule for ARN-EWR and OSL-EWR, with A321LR operations on select weekdays, as seen on their website.

Based on outbound, from 28JUN:
ARNEWR 321LR 4 weekly on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays & Saturdays
OSLEWR 321LR 2 weekly on Thursday and Sundays

Changed, as OSL-EWR now shows the 2 weekly operated with A330-300. I assume the demand or potential sale for more cargo capacity is driving this

But as always in these day....subject to change

SAS has announced a twice weekly seasonal LHR-LLA (Luleå) route. It will be flown from 17th December 2021 to 21st March 2022.

Bostrom wrote:

SAS has announced a twice weekly seasonal LHR-LLA (Luleå) route. It will be flown from 17th December 2021 to 21st March 2022.

Monday/Friday's I presume for Business travel or leisure oriented?

London-Lulea will operate from mid Dec 2021 to mid March 2022. When the route was due to be at Stansted, fares on LLA-LON were much higher on Monday than Friday, with a peak in late-Dec/early-Jan and another peak to coincide with UK school holidays in mid Feb

This looks like a leisure route to take UK residents for a few days in the snow

davidjohnson6 wrote:

London-Lulea will operate from mid Dec 2021 to mid March 2022. When the route was due to be at Stansted, fares on LLA-LON were much higher on Monday than Friday, with a peak in late-Dec/early-Jan and another peak to coincide with UK school holidays in mid Feb

This looks like a leisure route to take UK residents for a few days in the snow

They have also suggested here in Sweden that it’s a good option for those in Northern Sweden to visit London for a weekend break.

It will certainly be a good option for people in northern Sweden wanting to go to London for a weekend, but I guess they are looking at Londoners wanting a winter experience.

I also believe that quite a few seats on this flight either is or will be bought by various tour operators

Flyr has leased two ex-Pegasus Boeing 737-800s from Pembroke.

TC-CPI -> LN-FGA
TC-CPJ -> LN-FGB



The livery looks absolutely stunning.

msgpilot wrote:

Looks like a troubling first day for NyxAir in Finland. Helsinki-Kemi-Kokkola triangular PSO route operated by the Saab 2000 started behind schedule with the first flight almost an hour late. The Saab must have also had pressurisation issues with all flights running at FL90.
NyxAir then positioned in the ATR from Tallinn late last night to operate the last one out of Helsinki leaving them short for the Estonian PSO once again which is running with an XFly CRJ900

Xfly has operated the Estonian PSO quite often now . They also nearly did the inaugural flight for that one but Nyxair managed to get the ATR up an running with just a few hours to spare. Recently I saw Xfly going to Kuressaare again while the Nyxair ATR flew to Warsaw for whatever reason. It has been a good chance for local aviation lovers to get a cheap CRJ ride though, I know for a fact multiple of them took the opportunity to fly up and down to Kuressaare with the CRJ on one of these days where Xfly was operating.

Let's hope Nyxair gets their ducks in a row though, for the people needing those flights to be reliable.

TexasAirCorp wrote:

Flyr has leased two ex-Pegasus Boeing 737-800s from Pembroke.

TC-CPI -> LN-FGA
TC-CPJ -> LN-FGB



The livery looks absolutely stunning.

The first should be arriving at OSL sometimes in May, in order to finalize the AOC process.

The plan is still first scheduled flight June 30th, with tickets to go on sale +- a month before this date

ARN April
Domestic: 82.022 +542%
International: 153.904 +358%
Total: 235.926 +402%

HEL april
Domestic: 38.134 +1411%
International: 74.968 +300%
Total: 113.102 +432%

Relative passenger number is April, vs 2019 and changes from March

ARN: 11,6% +1,0pp
OSL: 11,0% -1,2pp
CPH: 7,3% +1,0pp
HEL: 6,3% -2,2pp
KEF: 4,0% +1,1pp

While OSL is still the largest in absolute numbers, compared to the 2019 level, ARN was in April slightly larger.

Atlantic Airways is launching FAE-OSL from June 16th. 1x weekly, each Wednesday. Tickets on sales from today

RC434 FAE-OSL 08:45-11:20 3
RC435 OSL-FAE 12:05-12:50 3

I have not seen this posted before:

From November 2, 2020 Ryanair (FR) starts AAL-ARN 3 times a week (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday).

Source: aal.dk, ryanair.com and
https://www.routesonline.com/airports/6 ... hlight=aal

Wikipedia saying Ryanair to exit Skavsta on 30 October 2021. All routes from Skavsta on the Ryanair app seem to have been pulled from sale beyond 30 October. Ryanair from Vasteras remains on sale beyond 30 October

If this is correct about Skavsta, then Wizzair would be the only airline serving Skavstsa

There is a high level of overlap between Ryanair routes from Skavsta in summer 2021.... and routes that Ryanair is selling from Arlanda after the end of October 2021

I do not see Ryanair deciding to abort all their routes at Arlanda before they even start, especially after all the noise they made promoting the launch of Ryanair routes at Arlanda

Skavsta came from a few Ryanair flights a day and now to a few Wizz a day. I wonder if there are any other carriers they could realistically attract.

Perhaps something to Turkey offering connections to the Middle East for VFR traffic for the communities south of Stockholm.

OSL will re-open Pier North (Gates C domestic and Gates D Schengen) from May 31st

I just checked Wikipedia and it says that SK flies from AAL to Oslo and Copenhagen. CPH I understand since its their hub but what's the logic behind flying to OSL but not to ARN for example? There should be some demand to Sweden.

Blerg wrote:

I just checked Wikipedia and it says that SK flies from AAL to Oslo and Copenhagen. CPH I understand since its their hub but what's the logic behind flying to OSL but not to ARN for example? There should be some demand to Sweden.

SAS have flown AAL-ARN relatively recently, but there simply wasn't enough demand for it to stay. There's is quite a close relation between Northern Jutland and Norway, both in terms of business but also leisure travelles.

SASViking wrote:

Blerg wrote:

I just checked Wikipedia and it says that SK flies from AAL to Oslo and Copenhagen. CPH I understand since its their hub but what's the logic behind flying to OSL but not to ARN for example? There should be some demand to Sweden.

SAS have flown AAL-ARN relatively recently, but there simply wasn't enough demand for it to stay. There's is quite a close relation between Northern Jutland and Norway, both in terms of business but also leisure travelles.

Thank you. Do you remember what plane they used and what frequency they operated? I guess FR's low fares might stimulate and create new demand. I can't imagine SK was particularly cheap on this route.

Blerg wrote:

SASViking wrote:

Blerg wrote:

I just checked Wikipedia and it says that SK flies from AAL to Oslo and Copenhagen. CPH I understand since its their hub but what's the logic behind flying to OSL but not to ARN for example? There should be some demand to Sweden.

SAS have flown AAL-ARN relatively recently, but there simply wasn't enough demand for it to stay. There's is quite a close relation between Northern Jutland and Norway, both in terms of business but also leisure travelles.

Thank you. Do you remember what plane they used and what frequency they operated? I guess FR's low fares might stimulate and create new demand. I can't imagine SK was particularly cheap on this route.

Four weekly on a Saab 2000.

minilinde wrote:

davidjohnson6 wrote:

Wikipedia saying Ryanair to exit Skavsta on 30 October 2021. All routes from Skavsta on the Ryanair app seem to have been pulled from sale beyond 30 October. Ryanair from Vasteras remains on sale beyond 30 October

If this is correct about Skavsta, then Wizzair would be the only airline serving Skavstsa

Perharps a negotiating strategy/tactic to get a even better deal for NYO.

I don't think NYO are in a position to offer a better deal given their current financial losses.

Double MAX delivery for Icelandair yesterday

737 MAX 8 TF-ICP
https://www.flightradar24.com/ICE6082/27d11b29

737 MAX 9 TF-ICC
https://www.flightradar24.com/ICE6094/27d15998

Is there a date planned for the closure of Stockholm Bromma? Tonight I was looking at flightradar24.com and to my surprise seven aircraft took off shortly after each other. Two Saab 340's, two Saab 2000's and three ATR-72's.

I had four flights planned to and from Bromma in April last year. For the first time I would travel with BRA, on the ATR-72 and the Fokker 50. For the first time I would use the small airport, after having had to cancel a trip a few years earlier. All four flights were cancelled because of anti corona measures. Somewhere I have a digital travel voucher from BRA. I was pretty sure that I would not be able to redeem it, but maybe I was wrong. It is good to see BRA back in the air. Now open up the borders as soon as possible.

MartijnNL wrote:

Is there a date planned for the closure of Stockholm Bromma?

No, it hasn't been formally decided to close it yet. The government just proposed to close it, but it got voted down in the Swedish Parliament

Air France will return to HEL after 20 years of absence, four flights per week starting July 6th, daily from July 19th: https://corporate.airfrance.com/en/news/air-france-link-paris-charles-de-gaulle-helsinki-finland-6-july-2021

DLBOIFIN wrote:

Air France will return to HEL after 20 years of absence, four flights per week starting July 6th, daily from July 19th: https://corporate.airfrance.com/en/news/air-france-link-paris-charles-de-gaulle-helsinki-finland-6-july-2021

I wasn't aware that Air France hadn't operated HEL for over 20 years

Someone83 wrote:

MartijnNL wrote:

Is there a date planned for the closure of Stockholm Bromma?

No, it hasn't been formally decided to close it yet. The government just proposed to close it, but it got voted down in the Swedish Parliament

The effects of a closure is being investigated, the investigation is planned to be ready in August I think. The proposal was voted down in the relevant parliamentary committee but I don't think parliament as a whole has voted on it yet. However, the government can do a lot without parliamentary approval, they can just remove Bromma from the list of airports Swedavia has to operate, allowing Swedavia to close the airport.

And anyway, the airport will most likely close no later than 2038 no matter what happens.

Wizz seems to have cancelled all their domestic Norwegian routes after June 13

Someone83 wrote:

Wizz seems to have cancelled all their domestic Norwegian routes after June 13

That did not last long. Thanks for the update. I have not seen anything about this in media so far, but I trust your intel

Oykie wrote:

Someone83 wrote:

Wizz seems to have cancelled all their domestic Norwegian routes after June 13

That did not last long. Thanks for the update. I have not seen anything about this in media so far, but I trust your intel

Nothing official from Wizz, but Norwegian media is reporting the same. And as said: you cannot book any flight with them after June 13

Someone83 wrote:

Oykie wrote:

Someone83 wrote:

Wizz seems to have cancelled all their domestic Norwegian routes after June 13

That did not last long. Thanks for the update. I have not seen anything about this in media so far, but I trust your intel

Nothing official from Wizz, but Norwegian media is reporting the same. And as said: you cannot book any flight with them after June 13

It's not their custom to make an announcement if they stop something. Only of they (plan to) start something. Doubly so this time as it's quite a defeat for them against a country and its citizens respecting worker's rights.

Wizz, through they communication director, is confirmning its withdrawal from domestic Norwegian traffic, and closure of their OSL base.

Is this related to Norwegian being out of bankruptcy or poor yield and empty planes? If they earned money on these routes i doubt that they would care about bad publicity.

Oykie wrote:

Is this related to Norwegian being out of bankruptcy or poor yield and empty planes? If they earned money on these routes i doubt that they would care about bad publicity.

Probably both, but they have definately not made any money on these flights

New Norwegian airline Flyr started initial, and limited, ticket sales today. Basically carefully start opening up bookings for those subscribing to their newsletter.

First flight will be FS408 OSL-TOS on June 30th

Oykie wrote:

Is this related to Norwegian being out of bankruptcy or poor yield and empty planes? If they earned money on these routes i doubt that they would care about bad publicity.

One other reason might be that they were due to get inspected by the Norwegian CAA on the 16th of June and close up shop 2 days before . No exact source on the image below but it looks fairly legit compared to what I have seen from other CAA notifications in the past.

CAA Inspection Notification

Flyr's initial program:

Starting carefully with 2 737-800 between Oslo and Northern Norway for the Summer holiday
TOS: up to 3x daily, from June 30
EVE: up to 2x daily, from July 1
BOO: 1x daiy, from July 1

Then more aircraft is obviously added after the summer holiday:
BGO: Up to 5x daily from August 16
TRD: Up to 5x daily from August 16

Then the first international routes start August 21, with ALC with 1x weekly and NCE and AGP both 2x weekly. All flights on Saturday/Sundays

SAS is opening a SAS-Ireland base in Copenhagen.

https://check-in.dk/sas-goer-klar-til-s ... ase-i-cph/
https://check-in.dk/sas-opsagte-piloter ... andidater/

Say what you want about SAS cutting costs, but Parc Aviation who run SAIL are human trash. I know, because I had the misfortune of working for that dump of a company in the past.

VSMUT wrote:

SAS is opening a SAS-Ireland base in Copenhagen.

https://check-in.dk/sas-goer-klar-til-s ... ase-i-cph/
https://check-in.dk/sas-opsagte-piloter ... andidater/

Say what you want about SAS cutting costs, but Parc Aviation who run SAIL are human trash. I know, because I had the misfortune of working for that dump of a company in the past.

I'm sure all those who wanted to boycott Wizz Air because it was destroying Nordic values will be quick to criticise and boycott SAS now.

Eurowings is starting a 2x weekly route between Pristina and Malmø, from late June

In Danish:
https://check-in.dk/eurowings-etablerer ... ra-malmoe/