AirGotland

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Air Gotland Express AB
(Virtual airline)
Founded2020;3 years ago (2020)
Commenced operations13 August 2020;2 years ago (2020-08-13)
Hubs Visby
Focus cities Stockholm Bromma
Fleet size1
Destinations2
Headquarters Visby
Key peopleTiina Mykkänen (CEO) Michael Juniwik (Chairman) [1]
Website https://www.airgotland.se/

AirGotland is the trading name of the Swedish Virtual airline Air Gotland Express AB .

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History

AirGotland was first founded by a local initiative on the Swedish island of Gotland, under the working title Nya Gotlandsflyget (The new Gotland airplane). And on 28 May 2020, they announced the new name AirGotland, after a name contest. [2] On 17 July 2020, AirGotland announced their new commercial partner Polish airline SprintAir. The Polish airline will operate a Saab 340 on behalf of AirGotland on their routes. [3] The airline's first route will be Visby - Stockholm Bromma, and plans to start flying during August 2020.

The airline commenced operations 13 August 2020, with one to three daily flights between Visby and Stockholm Bromma.

Destinations

This is a list of destinations operated by AirGotland: [4]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Sweden Stockholm Stockholm Bromma Airport
Visby Visby Airport Base

Fleet

As of August 2020, the AirGotland fleet consists of the following aircraft:[ needs update ]

AircraftIn ServiceOrdersPassengersNotes
Saab 340 133Operated by SprintAir
Total1

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References

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  2. "Namntävlingen är avgjord" (in Swedish). mynewsdesk.com. 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  3. "AirGotland är redo att lyfta!" (in Swedish). mynewsdesk.com. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
  4. AirGotland booking page