Landsflug
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| Founded | 2003 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | 2004 | ||||||
Ceased operations | 2008 | ||||||
| Hubs | Reykjavik Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 5 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Reykjavik Airport | ||||||
| Website | landsflug.is | ||||||
Landsflug (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈlan(t)sˌflʏːɣ], lit. 'Air Domestic') was an airline based in Reykjavík, Iceland. It operated domestic passenger services out of its base at Reykjavik Airport.[1]
History
[edit]The airline was established in 2004 and started operations on 1 October 2004,[1] taking over the domestic operations of Islandsflug.[2] The owners of City Star Airlines, a ticket sales office based in Aberdeen, Scotland, acquired the controlling shares of the airline in 2005 in order to acquire JAR OPS 1 licensed operator for its expanding Aberdeen operation. In March 2007, Landsflug had 80 employees.[1] In 2008, the company was disestablished.[3]
Destinations
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Landsflug operated scheduled services to the following destinations: Vestmannaeyjar, Höfn, Sauðárkrókur, Bíldudalur and Gjögur. Landsflug was also contracted by the Icelandic government to operate medical emergency flights.[2]
Accidents
[edit]- 31 August 2004, a Dornier 228 belly-landed at Siglufjordur Airport. The aircraft was written off and stored at Reykjavik Airport before being moved to the Flugsafn (Air Museum) in Akureyri in 2010.
Fleet
[edit]In March 2007 the Landsflug fleet included:[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 104.
- 1 2 Landsflug Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 24 November 2006
- ↑ "Landsflug has stopped all flight operations". Landsflug website. Archived from the original on 2007-06-09. Retrieved 2007-06-06.
External links
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Media related to Landsflug at Wikimedia Commons
