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Founded | 2008 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | December 2008 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 20 December 2011 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 4 | ||||||
Destinations | 32 | ||||||
Headquarters | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||||||
Key people | Sven Roland Vinsell (Chairman) Torbjorn Vinsell (President) | ||||||
Website | www.torair.com |
Tor Air AB, operated as Tor Air, was a charter airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden, that operated between December 2008 and December 2011. Its main base was Gothenburg City Airport. [1] This airline should not be mixed up with another Swedish charter airline named Tor-Air, which operated from 1964 and 1966 with Curtiss Commando and Douglas DC-3 aircraft out of the former Gothenburg/Torslanda Airport.
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The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008. [1] It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737-400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation. [2] The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed. [1] Tor Air later acquired two Boeing 737-300s to fly from Manchester to Preveza and Gothenburg, as well as London-Gatwick to destinations such as Faro, Skiathos, Bourgas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zante, Kos, Corfu and Rhodes.
On 25 April 2010, Tor Air's Boeing 737-400 operated the first commercial service between Baghdad and London in 20 years, while on a wet lease to Iraqi Airways. [3] It was a short lived service however as a lawyer for Kuwait tried to have the aircraft seized in London due to financial problems between Iraq and Kuwait, this was not possible though as the aircraft belonged to a Swedish company and not an Iraqi company. [4]
On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden's transportation board, [5] due to lack of sufficient financial resources. [6] All staff were made redundant.[ citation needed ]
Tor Air operated charter flights, serving the following destinations (as of March 2011):
[Base] | Base |
[Seasonal] | Seasonal service |
The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011: [1]
Aircraft | Total | Orders | Passengers (Business/Economy) | Notes |
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Airbus A320-212 | 1 | 0 | 177 (0/177) | Operated by BH Air |
Boeing 737-300 | 2 | 0 | 148 (0/148) | Operated by Small Planet Airlines |
Boeing 737-400 | 1 | 0 | 150 (12/138) | |
Total | 4 | 0 | ||
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BAGHDAD (AFP) -The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years – operated by Swedish carrier Tor Air...When the airplane arrived at [the airport] in London, the lawyer for the Kuwaiti authority tried to seize it, but he failed, because the airplane belongs to a Swedish company [wet-lease carrier Tor Air]...