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Bergen Air
Transport was founded in 1998 by Geir Hellsten and HĂĄkon Lie-Nielsen, and commenced operations the following year. Initial operations consisted of charter services, using a Cessna 421B. In 2000, the company replaced this aircraft with a Cessna 421C, and started the scheduled route between
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September 2007, the company bought a new hangar at Notodden, giving it ample space for expansion, and new arrival and departure facilities., At the same time, the airline bought its first jet, a Cessna Citation CJ2. That year saw the airline transport 3441 passengers on 552 flights on the
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in revenue. To begin with, it made four round trips per week, but in 2001 it chose to increase to five, after experiencing high cabin loads. It transported 1,000 passengers in 2000, and 1,500 the following year. During the summer of 2002, the company also attempted to fly from
Notodden to
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Notodden Airport. In 2005, the company had a revenue of NOK 10.3 million; this increased to NOK 20.1 million in 2006, giving a profit of NOK 2.8 million, when the airline transported 2,841 passengers.
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Airport in 2003, and at the same time the airline was certified as a mechanical aviation workshop. The following year, the Cessna 421 was replaced with a
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Beechcraft. The company is owned by Geir Hellsten and HĂĄkon Lie-Nielsen.
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Bergen–Notodden route. The airline ceased operation of the route in 2017 and ceased all operative services the same year.
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aircraft. The service to
Notodden started in 2000; a
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220:Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
207:Kristiansund Airport, Kvernberget
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537:Aulie, Kjell (29 October 2007).
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407:"Ny flyrute til Kristiansund"
375:"Solid økning i flytrafikken"
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1147:Vestlandske Luftfartsselskap
281:. Zürich-Airport, 1970–1977.
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1037:Norsk Forurensningskontroll
187:Bergen Air Transport (1961)
166:. The airline operated two
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1205:Defunct airlines of Norway
1077:Norwegian Overseas Airways
912:Det Norske Luftfartsrederi
907:Det Norske Luftfartselskap
539:"Solid pluss i Bergen Air"
506:"Sjekker alle passasjerer"
341:Vik, Glenn (9 July 2001).
250:Skien Airport, Geiteryggen
234:Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport
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156:Bergen Airport, Flesland
92:Bergen Airport, Flesland
16:Former Norwegian airline
774:Norsk Helikopterservice
573:"Flyplassen er lønnsom"
164:Notodden Airport, Tuven
148:Bergen Air Transport AS
1172:Widerøe & Bjørneby
982:Lotsberg & Skappel
812:Air Europe Scandinavia
759:CHC Helikopter Service
712:Norse Atlantic Airways
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691:Scandinavian Airlines
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1067:Norwegian Air Norway
882:Busy Bee Air Service
867:Braathens Helikopter
842:Bergen Air Transport
817:Air Executive Norway
742:Primarily helicopter
20:Bergen Air Transport
1127:Telemark Flyselskap
1072:Norwegian Long Haul
1062:Norwegian Air Lines
957:Helikopter Services
779:Norsk Luftambulanse
684:Primarily scheduled
172:Cessna Citation CJ2
131:Geir Hellsten (CEO)
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61:BERGEN AIR
1199:Categories
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1012:Nordic Air
967:Hesnes Air
927:FlyNonstop
837:Arctic Air
827:Air Norway
749:Airlift AS
625:25 October
589:25 October
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522:25 October
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423:25 October
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359:25 October
326:25 October
316:"Historie"
265:References
180:Cessna 441
176:Cessna 421
128:Key people
98:Fleet size
1157:Vildanden
1137:Varangfly
1122:Teddy Air
1107:SAS Norge
1027:Norsk Air
1002:Nor-Wings
977:Krohn Air
942:FlyViking
902:Color Air
897:Coast Air
862:Braathens
832:Air Stord
764:Helitrans
733:Sundt Air
154:based at
1092:Polarfly
1087:Partnair
952:GuardAir
922:Fjellfly
917:Feel Air
877:Busy Bee
822:Air Leap
802:Agderfly
705:Low-cost
673:Airlines
450:Archived
417:Archived
385:Archived
353:Archived
49:Callsign
1052:Norving
992:Mørefly
987:Mey-Air
807:Airwing
789:Defunct
696:Widerøe
236:in 2005
193:History
152:airline
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136:Website
70:Founded
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118:Bergen
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