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Aug 02, 2010 (newstodate): Even before its first flight, it is "game over" for North Express, earlier named Norwegian Express.
Communicating via facebook, the spokesman for the project to set up a new regional carrier to serve the northern regions of Norway, Gota Aspen threw the handkerchief into the ring declaring the end of the venture on July 28, 2010.
-We did not succeed in convincing local authorities, investors and the business circles about the project despite the fact that we could provide an air travel solution at about half the ticket price of the existing alternatives, he says.
Plans were to set up a route network connecting destinations in Northern Norway served with a fleet of ATR42-500, delivered on a leasing contract, and cockpit and aircraft crews had already been hired.
Communicating via facebook, the spokesman for the project to set up a new regional carrier to serve the northern regions of Norway, Gota Aspen threw the handkerchief into the ring declaring the end of the venture on July 28, 2010.
-We did not succeed in convincing local authorities, investors and the business circles about the project despite the fact that we could provide an air travel solution at about half the ticket price of the existing alternatives, he says.
Plans were to set up a route network connecting destinations in Northern Norway served with a fleet of ATR42-500, delivered on a leasing contract, and cockpit and aircraft crews had already been hired.