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Dec 20, 2016 (newstodate): Atlantic Airways has now taken delivery of its Airbus 320 aircraft at the manufacturer's site in Hamburg.
The carrier inked an MoU with Airbus on May 1, 2015, firming up the order in June 2015, the the delivery has been fully on schedule.
The new aircraft thus comes in time for being introduced in commercial service already around this Christmas and New Year season.
The new aircraft will primarily be serving Atlantic Airways' route between the Faroe Islands and Copenhagen that is seeing increasing demand requiring additional capacity compared to the carrier's Airbus A319 currently used in this segment.
One of the earlier three Airbus A319 aircraft has been redelivered to its owner, and after this the two remaining A319 aircraft will serve on the carrier's scheduled routes, with one aircraft dedicated to the shorter flights under the NORD strategy.
The carrier inked an MoU with Airbus on May 1, 2015, firming up the order in June 2015, the the delivery has been fully on schedule.
The new aircraft thus comes in time for being introduced in commercial service already around this Christmas and New Year season.
The new aircraft will primarily be serving Atlantic Airways' route between the Faroe Islands and Copenhagen that is seeing increasing demand requiring additional capacity compared to the carrier's Airbus A319 currently used in this segment.
One of the earlier three Airbus A319 aircraft has been redelivered to its owner, and after this the two remaining A319 aircraft will serve on the carrier's scheduled routes, with one aircraft dedicated to the shorter flights under the NORD strategy.