Feel Air Explained

Founded:2009
Hubs:Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Stockholm Arlanda Airport
Fleet Size:2 (unconfirmed)
Destinations:4
Headquarters:Bærum, Norway
Website:www.feelair.com

Feel Air was a Norwegian low-cost airline that had announced plans to operate intercontinental flights from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen in Norway and Stockholm Arlanda Airport in Sweden. The plans were launched on 2 October 2009 and the announced starting date was spring 2011 with Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Services would be from both Oslo and Stockholm to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States and Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand.

The airline never came on its own feet, and late in 2011 it dropped the whole plan. The airline had a plan to have 160 employees at start-up and a share capital of 240 million Norwegian krone, sold by DNB Markets.

The company is led by Kai Holmberg and Otto Lagarhus[1] [2] [3] and based at Ramstad in Bærum, Norway.[4] Management has stated that the airline will have a cost structure similar to Ryanair, while taking the operation and business model from AirAsia X and the employment and branding philosophy from Virgin Atlantic.

Feel Air will target leisure travelers and plans to weight frequencies toward New York in the summer and Thailand in the winter. It predicted EBITA of NOK 48 million next year based on yield of $0.05, load factor rising from 49% to 76% and fleet utilization of 16.7 hours per day.[5]

Planned destinations

CityAirport codesAirport nameAircraft usedNotes
IATAICAO
Norway
OsloOSLENGMOslo Airport, GardermoenAirbus A330-200Hub
Sweden
StockholmARNESSAStockholm Arlanda AirportAirbus A330-200Hub
Thailand
BangkokBKKVTBSSuvarnabhumi AirportAirbus A330-200Starts 2011
New York CityJFKKJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportAirbus A330-200Starts 2011

Notes and References

  1. News: Nytt norsk flyselskap vil fly langt og billig . . 2 October 2009 . 2 October 2009 . Norwegian . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003142222/http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/nyheter/article3299431.ece . 3 October 2009 . dead .
  2. News: - Vi skal fly langt, vi skal fly billig . . 2 October 2009 . 2 October 2009 . Norwegian.
  3. News: Vil starte lavprisfly til New York og Bangkok . Boarding . 2 October 2009 . 2 October 2009 . Norwegian . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721120148/http://www.boarding.no/art.asp?id=38470 . 21 July 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Feel Air AS . Brønnøysund Register Centre . Brønnøysund Register Centre . 2 October 2009 . Norwegian.
  5. News: ATW Daily News Feel Air . . 10 November 2009 . 10 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120515223835/http://atwonline.com/news/other.html?issueDate=11%252F10%252F2009 . 15 May 2012 . dead .
  6. Web site: Oslo-New York: 1500 kroner tur/Retur - Aftenposten Reise . 2009-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003134219/http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/nyheter/article3299905.ece . 3 October 2009 .