Tor Air Explained

Airline:Tor Air
Fleet Size:4
Destinations:32
Iata:OD
Icao:OAI
Callsign:TORLINE
Founded:2008
Commenced:December 2008
Ceased:20 December 2011
Headquarters:Gothenburg, Sweden
Key People:Sven Roland Vinsell (Chairman)
Torbjorn Vinsell (President)
Bases:
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. 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.

History

The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008. It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737-400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation.[1] The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed. 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. 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.

Collapse

On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden's transportation board,[2] due to lack of sufficient financial resources.[3] All staff were made redundant.

Destinations

Tor Air operated charter flights, serving the following destinations (as of March 2011):

[Base]Base
[Seasonal]Seasonal service
CityCountryIATAICAOAirport
BaghdadBGWORBIBaghdad International Airport
BurgasBOJLBBGBurgas Airport
ChaniaCHQLGSAChania International Airport
Cologne/BonnCGNEDDKCologne Bonn Airport [Seasonal]
Corfu GreeceCFULGKRCorfu International Airport
DubrovnikDBVLDDUDubrovnik Airport
ErbilEBLORERErbil International Airport
FaroFAOLPFRFaro Airport
FriedrichshafenFDHEDNY
GothenburgGSEESGPGothenburg City Airport [Base]
GothenburgGOTESGGGöteborg Landvetter Airport
HeraklionHERLGIRHeraklion International Airport
Kalamata GreeceKLXLGKLKalamata International Airport
Kefalonia GreeceEFLLGKF
Kos GreeceKGSLGKO
Larnaca CyprusLCALCLK
LemnosLXSLGLM
LondonLGWEGKKGatwick Airport [Base]
Malmö SwedenMMXESMSMalmö Airport
ManchesterMANEGCCManchester Airport
Paphos CyprusPFOLCPH
Pula CroatiaPUYLDPLPula Airport
Preveza/Lefkada GreecePVKLGPZ
Rhodes GreeceRHOLGRP
Samos GreeceSMILGSMSamos International Airport
Santorini GreeceJTRLGSRSantorini National Airport
Sharm el-SheikhSSHHESHSharm el-Sheikh International Airport
Skiathos GreeceJSILGSK
Stockholm SwedenARNESSAArlanda Airport
SulaymaniyahISUORSU
TehranIKAOIIEImam Khomeini International Airport [Seasonal]
Thessaloniki GreeceSKGLGTS
Verona ItalyVRNLIPXVerona Airport
Volos GreeceVOLLGBLNea Anchialos National Airport
ZakynthosZTHLGZA

Fleet

The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011:

Tor Air Fleet
AircraftTotalOrdersPassengers
(Business/Economy)
Notes
Airbus A320-21210177 (0/177)Operated by BH Air
Boeing 737-30020148 (0/148)Operated by Small Planet Airlines
Boeing 737-40010150 (12/138)
Total40

References

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tor Air Selects Sabena Technics | AVIATION WEEK . Lee Ann Tegtmeie . aviationweek.com . 2011 . 5 May 2011.
  2. http://m.travelweekly.co.uk/Article.aspx?cat=news&id=39150 Tor Air licence revoked
  3. http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/aterkallad-licens-for-tor-air_6720427.svd Tor Air licence revoked – Swedish