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Mar 20, 2014 (newstodate): With new infrastructure in place at the Faeroe Islands' Vagar Airport, hopes are rising for attracting new airline traffic.
In May 2014, Vagar Airport expects to commission a new terminal and service building, and with the runway extended from 1,250m to 1,799m, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 Family aircraft can now operate without weight penalties, with regularity also boosted by new RNP navigation and ILS capabilities.
-We are happy to see the sustained increase in traffic by our home carrier Atlantic Airways, but we are also keen to attract new scheduled airline customers, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-Besides the traffic by Atlantic Airways, we are actually seeing increasing ad-hoc traffic also by other companies such as Wideroe and several Russian companies. But our hopes for scheduled traffic are still not materialized.
-I would for instance like to see a route between Vagar Airport and Aberdeen supporting the coming oil exploration projects starting up from this spring, but also reflecting the long-standing relationship between these two regions that have historically been very close and earlier served by a ferry line.
-Other hopes include scheduled flights between Vagar and points in Jutland, Denmark, such as Billund or Aalborg where we do see potentials as well.
-Atlantic Airways has been offering seasonal flights between the Faroe Islands and Milan and Barcelona, and I am convinced that there are markets here that could be developed, opening up also for more passengers from France, Holland and Germany as well.
-It might also pay off to offer direct traffic between Vagar and Keflavik, on Iceland, offering transit opportunities to Icelandair's Transatlantic route network.
-We are and have been in talks with several airlines but so far without concrete results. Much effort is being put into this and personally I remain convinced that we will eventually succeed in these endeavors, says Mr Kass.
In 2013, Vagar Airport set a new record of 236,181 passengers, up 4.7 percent, y-o-y, in spite of no offshore activities during the year.
Given the current traffic offerings, the main destination market is Denmark, followed by Norway, Iceland and the UK.
In May 2014, Vagar Airport expects to commission a new terminal and service building, and with the runway extended from 1,250m to 1,799m, Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 Family aircraft can now operate without weight penalties, with regularity also boosted by new RNP navigation and ILS capabilities.
-We are happy to see the sustained increase in traffic by our home carrier Atlantic Airways, but we are also keen to attract new scheduled airline customers, says Jakup Sverri Kass, Vagar Airport CEO.
-Besides the traffic by Atlantic Airways, we are actually seeing increasing ad-hoc traffic also by other companies such as Wideroe and several Russian companies. But our hopes for scheduled traffic are still not materialized.
-I would for instance like to see a route between Vagar Airport and Aberdeen supporting the coming oil exploration projects starting up from this spring, but also reflecting the long-standing relationship between these two regions that have historically been very close and earlier served by a ferry line.
-Other hopes include scheduled flights between Vagar and points in Jutland, Denmark, such as Billund or Aalborg where we do see potentials as well.
-Atlantic Airways has been offering seasonal flights between the Faroe Islands and Milan and Barcelona, and I am convinced that there are markets here that could be developed, opening up also for more passengers from France, Holland and Germany as well.
-It might also pay off to offer direct traffic between Vagar and Keflavik, on Iceland, offering transit opportunities to Icelandair's Transatlantic route network.
-We are and have been in talks with several airlines but so far without concrete results. Much effort is being put into this and personally I remain convinced that we will eventually succeed in these endeavors, says Mr Kass.
In 2013, Vagar Airport set a new record of 236,181 passengers, up 4.7 percent, y-o-y, in spite of no offshore activities during the year.
Given the current traffic offerings, the main destination market is Denmark, followed by Norway, Iceland and the UK.