List of defunct airlines of Denmark

Last updated

This is a list of defunct airlines of Denmark including the Faroe Islands and Greenland. [1] [2]

AirlineImage IATA ICAO Callsign Commenced
operations
Ceased
operations
Notes
A
Aalborg Air Taxi Piper PA-31 Turbo Navajo Aalborg Air Taxi, Kolding-Vamdrup (EKVD), Denmark PP1122403131.jpg 19962007Operated Cessna Citation I, Aérospatiale Corvette, Piper Navajo, Piper Twin Comanche, Piper Cherokee [3]
Aero-Nord 19651965
Air Alpha Greenland Air Alpha Cessna 208B.jpg GDAHAAIR ALPHA19942006Purchased by Air Greenland
Air Business Air Business Embraer EMB-110P1 Bandeirante.jpg 19811988Purchased by Maersk Air in 1984 and later renamed Maersk Commuter
Air Karlog KLG19941995 [4]
Alkair Flight Operations LKLKAALKAIR19782000Operated Beech King Air, Fokker F27, Cessna Citation III, Embraer Bandeirante [5]
Alpeflyet Alpeflyet, LZ-MDO, Airbus A320-214 (47630663631).jpg OY20182019Operated Airbus A320-200 [6]
Arctic Travel Group 20002010Greenland
Aviation Assistance Beech B300 Super King Air 350 Aviation Assistance, ZRH Zurich (Zurich-Kloten), Switzerland PP1226138087.jpg 7WVIS19912006Operated Beech Super King Air
B
BackBone Aviation BOS20112018Operated Canadair CRJ-100
C
Cimber Bombardier CRJ-200ER, Cimber Air JP6406849.jpg QACIMCIMBER20122018Merged into CityJet
Cimber Air DH.104 Dove 6 OY-DHZ Cimber Air HAJ 02.05.70 edited-3.jpg QICIM19502009Rebranded as Cimber Sterling
Cimber Sterling Cimber Sterling Boeing 737-7L9 OY-MRG.jpg QACIMCIMBER20092012Went bankrupt
Comefly 20112013 Virtual airline
Conair of Scandinavia Airbus A300B2-320, Conair of Scandinavia JP5918958.jpg OYOYC19651993Merged with Scanair to form Premiair
Copenhagen Air Services 19771977Acquired by Sterling Airlines [7]
D
Danair DXDENDANISH19711995Joint venture between Scandinavian Airlines System, Maersk Air and Cimber Air
Danish Air Lines Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Dania.jpg DDDDL19181951Merged with Swedish Intercontinental Airlines and Norwegian Air Lines to form Scandinavian Airlines
Dansk Luftfart Service 19631963Aerial photography [8]
Dansk Lufttransport 19231924Merged into Danish Air Lines
E
Europas 20072007
F
Falck Air 19681998Established as Falck Air Service. Acquired by North Flying [9]
Faroe Airlines 19461946
Faroe Airways Douglas DC-3.C-53D OY-DNP Faroe Kastrup 10.03.68.jpg FAIRLINE19651967
FaroeJet FaroeJet Avro RJ100 Lebeda.jpg F6RCKROCKROSE20052006
FlyClassic
Fly European Airlines E7FLE19992000
Flying Enterprise 19591965Renamed Conair of Scandinavia after going bankrupt
Flyvsmart BDI20052006Operated Embraer Bandeirante [10]
G
GLACE 19942004Greenland
Great Dane Airlines Great Dane EI-GGB E195-100LR.jpg DWGDEGREAT DANE20182021
Greenlandair Kangerlussuaq-airport-air-greenland-sikorsky-s61n.jpg GLGRLGrønlandsfly19602002Rebranded as Air Greenland
Greenland Express Greenland Express Fokker F100 at Lviv International Airport (original).jpg 20132014Renamed Sky Greenland
H
Hom-Fly 19761979 [11]
I
Internord Internord Douglas DC-7 Soderstrom-2.jpg 19651968Formed by the merger of Aero-Nord with Osterman Air Charter. Operated Douglas DC-7, Convair 990 [12]
J
Jet Time Boeing 737-3L9, Jet Time AN1939374.jpg JPJTGJET TIME20062020
K
Karlog Air Charter KLG20042010Operated Cessna Citation, Piper Seneca [13]
M
Maersk Air Canadair CL-600-2B19 Regional Jet CRJ-200LR, Maersk Air AN0250217.jpg DMDANMAERSKAIR19692005Merged into Sterling Airlines
Maersk Commuter Air Business Short 360-100.jpg 19811990Merged into Maersk Air
Metro Airways 19791992Operated Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner, Mitsubishi MU-300 Diamond [14]
Midtfly 19851992Operated Swearingen Merlin, Piper Apache [15]
Muk Air OY-MUH ATR.42-300 Muk Air CPH 16AUG00 (5934231857).jpg ZRMUKMUKAIR19792001Operated ATR 42, BN-2 Islander, Beech 99, Short 330, Short 360, Swearingen Merlin [16]
MyTravel Airways Airbus A321-211 MyTravel DK OY-VKD, GRQ Groningen (Eelde), Netherlands PP1175455114.jpg DKVKG20022008Rebranded as Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
N
NewAir Fairchild F-27, Newair AN0207913.jpg 8LNAW19772003Operated Fairchild F-27
Nordair Nordhavet 19601964Operated Douglas DC-6 [17]
Nordic Air NDI19942002Acquired by North Flying. Operated Lockheed L-188 Electra, Embraer Brasilia [18]
Norfly Skole og Rundflyvning 19631971Founded by J. Steffensen. Acquired Aalborg Flying Center in 1970. Renamed to North Flying [19]
Nuna Air 20002012Greenland
P
Premiair A/S Airbus A320-211, Premiair JP6113666.jpg DKVKG19942002Rebranded as MyTravel Airways A/S
Primera Air OY-PSF (15270224995).jpg PFPRIPRIMERA20092018Went bankrupt
S
SAS Commuter LN-RNB F.50 SAS Commuter CPH 16AUG00 (6870249045).jpg SKSASScandinavian19882004
Scan Con Airways Nord 262 ScanCon Airways OY-IVA, TED Thisted, Denmark PP1122398996.jpg 20022004Operated Nord 262, Saab 340
Scanair Scanair Douglas DC-8-63 JetPix-2.jpg DKVKGVIKING19611993Merged with Conair of Scandinavia to form Premiair
Scandinavian Air Taxi 19781994Formed by the merger of Aalborg Air Taxi, BK-Fly, Interair Business Aviation, Midt-Fly, Superflite [20]
Sky Greenland DNMDENIM20142016 Virtual airline
Snowflake Boeing 737-883, Snowflake (Scandinavian Airlines - SAS) AN0383454.jpg SKSASScandinavian20032004 Virtual airline, now used as a brand for discounted tickets on European destinations
Sønderjyllands Flyveselskab 19501950Acquired by Cimber Air [21]
Sterling Airlines Sterling Caravelle in Basel.jpg NBSNBSTERLING20002008
Sterling Airways Douglas DC-6B OY-EAR Sterling Kastrup 10.03.68 edited-2.jpg NB19621993Went into bankruptcy. Succeeded by Sterling European Airways [22]
Sterling European Airlines Boeing 727-2J4-Adv(RE) Super 27, Sterling European Airlines AN0425303.jpg 19942000Renamed to Sterling Airlines
Suluit Air 20002012Greenland
T
Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia OY-VKD A321 Thomas Cook ACE 31-03-17 (34299393723).jpg DKVKGVIKING20082019Rebranded as Sunclass Airlines
TRANSair 19631965Operated Airspeed Consul, Airspeed Oxford, Beech C-45 Expeditor [23]
Transavia Denmark Boeing 737-8K2, Transavia Airlines AN1703698.jpg PHTDKTDK20082011
U
United Europe Airways 19921992 [24]
W
Wings of Bornholm ETSEXTRANS20092010
Z
Zone-Redningskorpset 19611961Operated Lockheed 12A, SAI KZ III, SAI KZ IV, SAI KZ VII [25]

See also

References

  1. "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  2. "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2019-01-13.
  3. "Aalborg Air Taxi". Air Britain. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  4. "Air Karlog". Airline History. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  5. "Alkair Flight Operations". Air Britain. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  6. "Alpeflyet". Airline History. Retrieved 13 October 2021.
  7. "Copenhagen Air Services". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  8. "Dansk Luftfart Service". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  9. "Falck Air". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  10. "Flyvsmart". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  11. "Hom-Fly". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  12. "Ikaros Fly". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  13. "Karlog Air Charter". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  14. "Metro Airways". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  15. "Midtfly". Airline History. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  16. "Muk Air". rzjets. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  17. "Nordair Nordhavet". rzjets. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  18. "Nordic Air". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  19. "Norfly Skole og Rundflyvning". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  20. "Scandinavian Air Taxi". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  21. "Sønderjyllands Flyveselskab". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  22. "Sterling Airways". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  23. "TRANSair". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  24. "United Europe Airways". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
  25. "Zone-Redningskorpset". Airline History. Retrieved 16 October 2021.