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Dec 12, 2016 (newstodate): The Faroese carrier Atlantic Airways is preparing to the delivery of its new airbus A320 aircraft.
The handing-over ceremony is to take place at Airbus' facility at Hamburg shortly, and the aircraft will then perform its first landing at Vagar Airport on December 20, 2016.
Atlantic Airways signed an MoU with Airbus on May 1, 2015, firming up the agreement in June, 2015, with delivery to take place before the end of 2016 - which will also be the case.
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.
The aircraft will be equipped with Required Navigation Performance capability, which enables the aircraft to fly precisely along predefined routes using state-of-the-art on-board navigation systems.
Atlantic Airways was the first airline in Europe to use the Required Navigation Performance approach on its Airbus A319 aircraft now in service with the carrier.
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.
Besides these scheduled operations, Atlantic Airways has also returned to the charter business including landing a five-year contract to fly Folkeferie tourists to a number of Mediterranean and other leisure destinations starting from Summer 2016.
The handing-over ceremony is to take place at Airbus' facility at Hamburg shortly, and the aircraft will then perform its first landing at Vagar Airport on December 20, 2016.
Atlantic Airways signed an MoU with Airbus on May 1, 2015, firming up the agreement in June, 2015, with delivery to take place before the end of 2016 - which will also be the case.
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.
The aircraft will be equipped with Required Navigation Performance capability, which enables the aircraft to fly precisely along predefined routes using state-of-the-art on-board navigation systems.
Atlantic Airways was the first airline in Europe to use the Required Navigation Performance approach on its Airbus A319 aircraft now in service with the carrier.
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.
Besides these scheduled operations, Atlantic Airways has also returned to the charter business including landing a five-year contract to fly Folkeferie tourists to a number of Mediterranean and other leisure destinations starting from Summer 2016.