Primera Air Nordic Explained
| Airline: | PrimeraAir Nordic SIA |
| Iata: | 6F[1] |
| Icao: | PRW |
| Callsign: | JETBIRD |
| Founded: | 2014 |
| Ceased: | 2 October 2018 |
| Bases: |
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| Fleet Size: | 7 |
| Destinations: | 14 |
| Parent: | Primera Travel Group |
| Headquarters: | Riga, Latvia |
| Key People: | Hrafn Thorgeirsson (CEO) |
| Website: | primeraair.com |
PrimeraAir Nordic SIA[2] was a leisure airline headquartered in Riga, Latvia owned by the Primera Travel Group. It provided scheduled and charter passenger services to leisure destinations from Northern Europe.[3] It ceased operations on 2 October 2018.
History
The airline was founded in 2014 by the Primera Travel Group to complement the Danish based Primera Air Scandinavia.[4] The company also opened a Network Control Center in Riga for overseeing all operational matters of both Primera Air Scandinavia and Primera Air Nordic. Hrafn Thorgeirsson was appointed as the new CEO of both airlines.[5] [6] [7]
On 30 September 2018, Primera Air Group announced that the company was declaring bankruptcy and that the operations of both Primera Air and Primera Air Nordic would cease effective 2 October 2018, after failing to secure long term financing.[8]
Fleet
At the time of Primera Air Nordic's bankruptcy on 1 October 2018, the fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[9] [10]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: IATA - Airline and Airport Code Search. iata.org. 1 November 2016.
- Web site: Corporate Info. Primera Air. 2018-09-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606180405/https://primeraair.com/about-us/corporate-info/. 2017-06-06. dead.
- https://primeraair.com/plan-trip/route-map/ primeraair.com - route map
- http://www.primeraair.com/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/ Welcome to Primera Air | info@primeraair.com | primeraair.com
- Web site: Corporate Info - PrimeraAir. PrimeraAir. 24 May 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170606180405/https://primeraair.com/about-us/corporate-info/. 6 June 2017. dead.
- Web site: Archived copy . 2018-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170808114034/http://www.primeragroup.com/news/news/2014/08/22/Primera-Air-Nordic-A-new-airline-in-Latvia-founded/ . 2017-08-08 . dead .
- Web site: 'Primera Air' Rīgā veido lidojumu vadības centru, bet tiešos lidojumus no Latvijas pašlaik neplāno. DELFI. 25 August 2014. 24 May 2017.
- News: Primera Air Ceases Operations. Primera Air. 30 September 2018. 1 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001223142/https://primeraair.com/about-us/corporate-news/ceases-operations/. 1 October 2018. dead.
- Web site: Fleet. Primera Air. 12 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804170110/https://primeraair.com/about-us/fleet/. 4 August 2018. dead.
- Web site: Primera Air Nordic Fleet Details and History. Planespotters.net. 12 September 2018.
