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Nordic Airways

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Swedish airline

Nordic Airways was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and wet lease services. The company's low-cost airline subsidiary Nordic Regional also operated a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and one international destination.2 It ceased to exist in 2009.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2005Founded1
  • HeadquartersStockholm1
Nordic Leisure MD87 SE-RBA
Photo: Juergen Lehle, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Nordic Airways was an airline based in Stockholm, Sweden. It operated extensive charter and wet lease services. The company's low-cost airline subsidiary Nordic Regional also operated a scheduled network of services linking five domestic and one international destination. Its main base was Stockholm-Arlanda Airport.2

Corporate structure

Nordic Airways sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

On 2 January 2009, Nordic Airways operated the first commercial flight between Europe and Iraq in 17 years. The flight carried about 150 passengers and operated between Copenhagen and Baghdad.

On 24 January 2009, Nordic Airways lost their operator certificate due to financial troubles.

The successor of Nordic Airways is Air Sweden.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nordic Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Products and brands

The Nordic Airways fleet included the following aircraft (as of 8 September 2008):

1 McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (SE-DMT)

1 McDonnell Douglas MD-83 (SE-RDM)

From 2007, there were five MD-80s in the fleet. Nordic Airways operated many domestic flights for SAS when its fleet of Dash 8 Q400 was grounded in 2007. Shortly thereafter, Nordic Airways also began operating flights throughout northern Europe for SAS. Two MD-80s were returned to their lessors in 2007 and 2008.

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By the end of 2009, only SE-DMT and SE-RDM remained in the fleet. One SAAB 340A (SE-LMX) was also flying in northern Sweden, and one Cessna 525 (SE-RIO) was part of the fleet through Panaxia.

By late 2009, the airline declared bankruptcy and stopped flying.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nordic Airways, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Jan 24, 2009Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2005Founded Founded1

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