We very much hoped we wouldn’t be forced into discussing our new name in such a fashion, because we wanted all the details to be in place and for us to be able to decide where and when to present our new face to the world. But it’s difficult keeping anything to yourself for very long in a place as small as Estonia. That’s why it’s better for us to confirm here and now that our national carrier, which currently goes by the name of Nordic Aviation Group, will soon be known simply as Nordica.

In addition to its previously announced summer destinations, Nordic Aviation, in cooperation with Adria Airways, will also be launching a new route to Odessa.

In addition to its previously announced summer destinations, Nordic Aviation, in cooperation with Adria Airways, will also be launching summer flights to Rijeka in Croatia and Edinburgh in Scotland.

Nordic Aviation and its partner Adria Airways served 17,267 passengers and made 568 flights in the first month of 2016. Amsterdam and Stockholm were the most popular routes.

This spring, Nordic Aviation will start flying to several new destinations in cooperation with Adria Airways. Year-round direct flights from Tallinn to Berlin and Vienna will start at the end of March. Flights to Munich, which so far have only taken place in winter, will continue year-round and become more frequent. As for summer flights, Paris will be added to existing destinations Nice and Split in spring.

The first own aircraft of Nordic Aviation will take off to Amsterdam at 18.10 EET on 20 January 2016 with Estonian crew on board. It is a Bombardier CRJ700, which will be predominantly serving the longer routes – Amsterdam, Brussels, Kiev.

Nordic Aviation, which started operating on 8 November, has carried out 1,368 flights and served a total of 48,351 passengers in cooperation with Adria Airways. The clients of the company have booked 34,990 tickets until October this year.

Nordic Aviation and its partner airline Adria Airways will start organising flights to Munich from 19 December. The return flights will initially take place once a week, and twice a week on Saturdays from February until the end of March.

Nordic Aviation, its partner Adria Airways and the biggest Estonian ski tour operators Germalo Reisid and Mainor Meelis will start organising regular charter flights to popular European ski resorts from the second half of February. This is the first contract in the area of charter flights for Nordic Aviation.

Nordic Aviation, which started operating on 8 November, completed 726 flights and served 26,370 passengers in cooperation with Adria Airways during its first month of operations. The airline’s clients have so far booked 56,750 tickets up to October 2016.