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Defunct provincial airline of Aland, Finland
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Air Aland Saab 340 at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Air Aland AB
was the provincial
airline
of
Aland
, with its head office on the grounds of
Mariehamn Airport
in
Mariehamn
,
Aland
,
Finland
.
[1]
It operated scheduled services from Aland to
Helsinki
and
Stockholm
. Its main base was Mariehamn Airport.
[2]
Starting from 1 July 2012, its operations were handed over to the Sweden-based company
NextJet
.
[3]
History
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The airline was founded on 14 January 2005 as
Flyg & Far Aland
and started operation on 29 October 2005,
[4]
with a broad base of owners within the trade and business of the Aland islands. The airline never had an own
AOC
(Air Operator Certificate), the flight operations were operated through the years by different air operators. The goal of the owners was to maintain air traffic with good quality for a low price to mainland Finland and Sweden. Operations started on 29 October 2005.
[2]
Starting from 1 July 2012, its operations were handed over to the Sweden-based company
NextJet
.
[3]
Destinations (before 2012)
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In January 2011, Air Aland served the following destinations:
[5]
Fleet (before 2012)
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In 2010, the Air Aland fleet consisted of 2
Saab 340A
operated by
Nextjet
.
[6]
References
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