Estonia’s national airline Nordica is preparing to make the transition from its summer to its winter flight schedule. In the first eight months of the year the airline flew almost 470,000 travellers, a more than 30% rise in passenger numbers compared to the same period in 2017.

Regional Jet, a subsidiary of Estonia’s national airline Nordica, made its inaugural flight on the Stockholm-Arvidsjaur-Gällivare route yesterday. The flights represent a domestic link commissioned by Swedish local governments, the public procurement for which Nordica and its subsidiary won in mid-August.

Nordica’s subsidiary Regional Jet OÜ, which provides aviation service to both its parent company and several other clients, won the contract to provide service on this Swedish domestic route.The routes in question are state-subsidized air links between the cities of Stockholm, Gällivare and Arvidsjauri and the newly signed procurement contract runs until October 2019. Flights between Stockholm and Gällivare and Arvidsjauri in the north of Sweden will start on 15 September.

Leisure Cargo, a 100% subsidiary of Zeitfracht, has taken over the belly freight of Estonian airline Nordica from 1st of June 2018. Leisure Cargo is providing its total cargo management services for the bellies of eight passenger aircraft – operating mainly in Northern and Central Europe. In the German-speaking area, Munich and Vienna are being served all-year-round while Hamburg and Berlin are being served with seasonal flights.

Estonian airline Nordica’s passenger numbers continued to grow in the second quarter of 2018. Compared to the same period a year ago, more than 36% more passengers flew with the national airline during the quarter. The spring-summer flight period started well for the company, with two new seasonal routes and one year-round route launched.

Jaan Tamm, Chairman of the Management Board of Estonian airline Nordica, submitted his resignation to the Supervisory Board of Nordic Aviation Group AS today, which was duly accepted.

Nordica’s second year of operations was a very successful one: although a loss of around 6 million euros had been forecast for the airline, it managed to earn almost 0.9 million euros in profit. This was primarily due to the 68% rise in passenger numbers Nordica experienced during the year.

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Nordica started operating flights to Copenhagen. Kastrup Airport, the biggest hub in Scandinavia, is well-located for connections for both transit passengers and those enjoying city breaks alike. Nordica aims to offer its clients suitable flight times on the principle that they depart from Tallinn and arrive at their destination early in the morning and return home the same evening.

Today, on the evening of 26 April Nordica will be flying to Zhuliany Airport in Kyiv for the first time. The second-largest international airport in the Ukrainian capital, Zhuliany is 10 km from the city centre, to which it enjoys quick and convenient access. In addition to daily service to Kyiv Borispol, flights from Tallinn to Zhuliany will take place on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays and from Zhuliany to Tallinn on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.