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249:, as well as from Kirkenes to Vardø. The latter route was won in September, after Arctic Air had bid 37 million kroner for the route. The incumbent, Widerøe, had bid 102 million. The contract, effective 1 April 2000 through 31 March 2003, was awarded in September. At the time the airline lacked suitable aircraft to operate the routes. Arctic Air was met with local opposition. While flown by
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The company had a revenue of 20 million kroner in 2001, of which 13 million was state subsidies. At the time it employed twelve people. By
November 2001 the airline was discussing the possibility of bidding for and taking over large or the entirety of the Finnmark network. The airline claimed it
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Widerøe won back the Vardø contract in August 2002, thus curtailing Arctic Air from operating the route. Also the
Fagernes route was lost. However, Arctic Air was experiencing record-high patronage on the Fagernes route, up eighteen percent from the previous year. Russian authorities decided in
327:. The contract awarded a subsidy of 8.3 million kroner, with two daily round trips. This caused the airline to procure a second Dornier 228 and station it at Gardermoen. The one-year contract had been called following the bankruptcy in
261:. With Arctic Air operating, only a feeder service would be provided. By December the population was generally satisfied with the thrice-daily service, and patronage had increased by fifteen percent since they had taken over.
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could withstand. Subsequently, Arctic Air was forced to terminate its route from 25 October. Arctic Air subsequently operated its last scheduled flight on 30 March 2003. The airline filed for bankruptcy in
November 2003.
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would be able to provide cheaper and more frequent services than Widerøe through using smaller
Dornier 228 aircraft. Two months later the airline stated that was considering the possibility of launching a
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The following is a list of aircraft operated by Arctic Air. It states the model, total number of aircraft operated, and the year the first entered service and the last left service with the airline.
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Arctic Air was established by eleven businessmen in
Kautokeino. It registered its two first aircraft, both Cessna 206s, in May 1996. The company began flying general aviation charter missions, with
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The airline started with two new commercial services from 2 April 2001, to better utilize their aircraft. The first was an onward connection from Vardø to
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which operated between 1996 and 2003. From 2000 to 2003 it built up a network of scheduled services, in part based on
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as major customers. Operations were summer-only, and based out of various lakes in the municipality.
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Lillesund, Geir (1 July 1999). "Regionrutene i nord attraktive for småselskaper" (in
Norwegian).
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October 2002 that Arctic Air would have to fly at a higher altitude than their aircraft without
190:, the airline leased its first Dornier 228. A year later services were also introduced to Alta,
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In 1999 the airline chose to bid for public service obligation contracts with the
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Rapp, Ole Magnus (18 December 2000). "Arctic Air ønsker å fly til
Murmansk".
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The following destinations were served by Arctic Air as scheduled services.
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Gustad, Ragnhild (10 February 2001). "Arctic Air flyr til
Murmansk".
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Endresen, Rune (22 February 2002). "Arctic Air flyr
Fagernes–Oslo".
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Instead the airline in
February 2002 won a PSO contract to fly from
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886:"Arctic Air legger ned flyruten Kirkenes–Murmansk" (in Norwegian).
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Taarnesvik, Geir (29 August 2002). "Arctic Air tapte luftkampen".
206:. After losing both contracts in the 2003 tender, the company was
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Rein, Marit (23 January 2003). "Arctic Air vil fly Alta–Oslo".
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Rapp, Ole Magnus (30 May 2001). "Finnair slår SAS i Finnmark".
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Endresen, Rune (11 September 2002). "Arctic Air med suksess".
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Fonbæk, Dag (25 March 2000). "Miniputter på norske flyruter".
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Grande, Arne (22 February 2002). "Himmelhøy statsstøtte".
606:(in Norwegian). Drammen: Hagby. pp. Hagby: 160, 197.
272:. The route connected with flights at Kirkenes onwards to
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Johnsen, Oddny (21 September 1999). "Disse fikk rutene".
198:. From 2002, the airline won a PSO contract to link from
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had been connected to a network westwards as well as to
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Rein, Marit (2 November 2001). "Flypriser Arctic Air".
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from Vardø, corresponding with the Finnair flights.
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924:(in Norwegian). 19 November 2003. p. 36.
794:Sætra, Gunnar (3 August 2002). "Kautofly".
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627:"Helikopter-klage avvist" (in Norwegian).
907:(in Norwegian). 5 April 2003. p. 52.
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1272:Lotsberg & Skappel
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1002:Norse Atlantic Airways
918:"Arctic Air konkurs".
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1422:Trans Polar
763:Aftenposten
721:Aftenposten
565:Dornier 228
276:, Alta and
165:Dornier 228
1533:Categories
1312:Nordsjøfly
1302:Nordic Air
1257:Hesnes Air
1217:FlyNonstop
1127:Arctic Air
1117:Air Norway
1039:Airlift AS
613:8299475201
584:References
547:Cessna 206
310:Boeing 737
247:Hammerfest
208:liquidated
180:Kautokeino
176:Cessna 206
121:Fleet size
20:Arctic Air
1511:Companies
1447:Vildanden
1427:Varangfly
1412:Teddy Air
1397:SAS Norge
1317:Norsk Air
1292:Nor-Wings
1267:Krohn Air
1232:FlyViking
1192:Color Air
1187:Coast Air
1152:Braathens
1122:Air Stord
1054:Helitrans
1023:Sundt Air
538:Last out
535:First in
357:Location
290:Rovaniemi
239:Sørkjosen
224:Statkraft
1499:Aviation
1382:Polarfly
1377:Partnair
1242:GuardAir
1212:Fjellfly
1207:Feel Air
1167:Busy Bee
1112:Air Leap
1092:Agderfly
995:Low-cost
963:Airlines
455:Murmansk
415:Kirkenes
395:Fagernes
360:Airport
329:GuardAir
306:low-cost
286:Helsinki
200:Fagernes
196:Murmansk
132:5 (2003)
124:2 (2003)
49:Callsign
1485:Portals
1342:Norving
1282:Mørefly
1277:Mey-Air
1097:Airwing
1079:Defunct
986:Widerøe
872:Nordlys
855:Nordlys
814:Nordlys
797:Nordlys
780:Nordlys
743:Nordlys
687:Nordlys
667:Nordlys
541:Ref(s)
435:Lakselv
369:Ref(s)
294:Lakselv
282:Finnair
251:Widerøe
214:History
192:Lakselv
157:airline
90: (
75: (
70:Founded
1523:Norway
1407:Sørfly
967:Norway
610:
529:Model
363:Start
274:Tromsø
243:Hasvik
235:Tromsø
145:Norway
516:Fleet
495:Vardø
1222:Flyr
1087:Aero
608:ISBN
575:2003
572:2000
557:2000
554:1996
532:Qty
507:2003
504:2000
487:2003
484:2002
475:Oslo
467:2002
464:2001
447:2001
444:2001
427:2003
424:2000
407:2003
404:2002
387:2003
384:2001
375:Alta
366:End
288:via
278:Oslo
245:and
204:Oslo
169:Alta
141:Alta
92:2003
88:2003
77:1996
73:1996
58:AKR
44:ICAO
39:IATA
965:of
323:to
292:to
237:to
202:to
186:to
55:8A
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