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Jun 13, 2016 (newstodate): The Faero Islands' carrier Atlantic Airways may be re-adjusting its fleet strategy.
The airline's existing strategy was formulated under its former CEO, Jorgen Holme in June 2014, comprising three axis: Denmark - the trunk routes between the Faroe Islands and Denmark, NORD - frequent connections between the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland and the UK, and SOL - flights from the Faroe Islands to leisure destinations with opportunities for the public to vote for favorite destinations.
While the other two segments were to be operated with two Airbus A320 Family aircraft, plans were to seek a suitable smaller aircraft to serve the NORD strategy.
But growing passenger volumes on the NORD routes have made the new management headed by Johanna a Bergi as CEO to rethink the issue of aircraft type.
According to a story by Sermitsiaq, the plan is now to serve also the NORD routes with Airbus A320 Family aircraft rather than Embraer, Bombardier or other smaller turboprop alternatives.
The carrier will thus be operating its current two Airbus A319 aircraft in addition to one Airbus A320 joining the fleet by the latter part of 2016.
During slack seasons, Atlantic Airways will also reconsider throwing excess capacity on the ACMI and charter markets, backed by a forthcoming IOSA certification, which marks another retreat from the current strategy that focused on tailoring aircraft capacity to fit own needs while retreating from earlier unprofitable attempts to play a role in the charter market.
The airline's existing strategy was formulated under its former CEO, Jorgen Holme in June 2014, comprising three axis: Denmark - the trunk routes between the Faroe Islands and Denmark, NORD - frequent connections between the Faroe Islands, Norway, Iceland and the UK, and SOL - flights from the Faroe Islands to leisure destinations with opportunities for the public to vote for favorite destinations.
While the other two segments were to be operated with two Airbus A320 Family aircraft, plans were to seek a suitable smaller aircraft to serve the NORD strategy.
But growing passenger volumes on the NORD routes have made the new management headed by Johanna a Bergi as CEO to rethink the issue of aircraft type.
According to a story by Sermitsiaq, the plan is now to serve also the NORD routes with Airbus A320 Family aircraft rather than Embraer, Bombardier or other smaller turboprop alternatives.
The carrier will thus be operating its current two Airbus A319 aircraft in addition to one Airbus A320 joining the fleet by the latter part of 2016.
During slack seasons, Atlantic Airways will also reconsider throwing excess capacity on the ACMI and charter markets, backed by a forthcoming IOSA certification, which marks another retreat from the current strategy that focused on tailoring aircraft capacity to fit own needs while retreating from earlier unprofitable attempts to play a role in the charter market.