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.[1] 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.

Tor Air
IATA ICAO Call sign
OD OAI TORLINE
Founded2008
Commenced operationsDecember 2008
Ceased operations20 December 2011
Operating bases
Fleet size4
Destinations32
HeadquartersGothenburg, Sweden
Key peopleSven Roland Vinsell (Chairman)
Torbjorn Vinsell (President)
Websitewww.torair.com
A Tor Air Boeing 737-400.

History

The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008.[1] It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737-400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation.[2] The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed.[1] 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.[3] 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.[4]

Collapse

On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden's transportation board,[5] due to lack of sufficient financial resources.[6] All staff were made redundant.[citation needed]

Destinations

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

[Base] Base
[Seasonal] Seasonal service
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
Baghdad   Iraq BGW ORBI Baghdad International Airport
Burgas   Bulgaria BOJ LBBG Burgas Airport
Chania   Greece CHQ LGSA Chania International Airport
Cologne/Bonn   Germany CGN EDDK Cologne Bonn Airport [Seasonal]
Corfu   Greece CFU LGKR Corfu International Airport
Dubrovnik   Croatia DBV LDDU Dubrovnik Airport
Erbil   Iraq EBL ORER Erbil International Airport
Faro   Portugal FAO LPFR Faro Airport
Friedrichshafen   Germany FDH EDNY Friedrichshafen Airport
Gothenburg   Sweden GSE ESGP Gothenburg City Airport [Base]
Gothenburg   Sweden GOT ESGG Göteborg Landvetter Airport
Heraklion   Greece HER LGIR Heraklion International Airport
Kalamata   Greece KLX LGKL Kalamata International Airport
Kefalonia   Greece EFL LGKF Kefalonia Island International Airport
Kos   Greece KGS LGKO Kos Island International Airport
Larnaca   Cyprus LCA LCLK Larnaca International Airport
Lemnos   Greece LXS LGLM Lemnos International Airport
London   United Kingdom LGW EGKK Gatwick Airport [Base]
Malmö   Sweden MMX ESMS Malmö Airport
Manchester   United Kingdom MAN EGCC Manchester Airport
Paphos   Cyprus PFO LCPH Paphos International Airport
Pula   Croatia PUY LDPL Pula Airport
Preveza/Lefkada   Greece PVK LGPZ Aktion National Airport
Rhodes   Greece RHO LGRP Rhodes International Airport
Samos   Greece SMI LGSM Samos International Airport
Santorini   Greece JTR LGSR Santorini National Airport
Sharm el-Sheikh   Egypt SSH HESH Sharm el-Sheikh International Airport
Skiathos   Greece JSI LGSK Skiathos Island National Airport
Stockholm   Sweden ARN ESSA Arlanda Airport
Sulaymaniyah   Iraq ISU ORSU Sulaymaniyah International Airport
Tehran   Iran IKA OIIE Imam Khomeini International Airport [Seasonal]
Thessaloniki   Greece SKG LGTS Thessaloniki International Airport
Verona   Italy VRN LIPX Verona Airport
Volos   Greece VOL LGBL Nea Anchialos National Airport
Zakynthos   Greece ZTH LGZA Zakynthos International Airport

Fleet

The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011:[1]

Tor Air Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
(Business/Economy)
Notes
Airbus A320-212 1 0 177 (0/177) Operated by BH Air
Boeing 737-300 2 0 148 (0/148) Operated by Small Planet Airlines
Boeing 737-400 1 0 150 (12/138)
Total 4 0

References

  1. ^ a b c d Endres 2010, p. 149
  2. ^ Lee Ann Tegtmeie (2011). "Tor Air Selects Sabena Technics | AVIATION WEEK". aviationweek.com. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Baghdad to London flights resume". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 10 August 2010.
  4. ^ AFP / The Swedish Wire (30 April 2010). "Baghdad. Kuwaiti authority tried to seize Swedish airplane". The Swedish Wire online. Retrieved 10 August 2010. BAGHDAD (AFP) -The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years – operated by Swedish carrier Tor Air...When the airplane arrived at [the airport] in London, the lawyer for the Kuwaiti authority tried to seize it, but he failed, because the airplane belongs to a Swedish company [wet-lease carrier Tor Air]...
  5. ^ Tor Air licence revoked
  6. ^ Tor Air licence revoked – Swedish

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