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Mar 24, 2017 (newstodate): As expected, the Estonian capacity provider Regional Jet has been selected to take over the provision of SAS' regional ATR traffic as the current provider Jet Time winds down.
Starting from August 2017, Regional Jet will thus operate four ATR 72-600 aircraft for SAS on regional routes, primarily out of Copenhagen Airport.
Jet Time's contract with SAS was signed on April 5, 2013, comprising eight ATR 72-600 aircraft, but the remaining Jet Time production will be solved by a reduction in services and by redistributing existing capacity to other types of aircraft, the carrier says in a release.
Jet Time will now perform its last flight for SAS on September 2, 2017.
The agreement with Regional Jet spans six years but can be terminated after three.
Regional Jet was founded in 2015 as an independent company, supplying wet lease services to other companies.
Since November 2016, the company is owned 49 percent by Nordic Aviation Group - Nordica - and 51 percent by LOT Polish Airlines and operates three aircraft for LOT and five for Nordica and will thereby expand its fleet by four aircraft to operate flights for SAS.
Starting from August 2017, Regional Jet will thus operate four ATR 72-600 aircraft for SAS on regional routes, primarily out of Copenhagen Airport.
Jet Time's contract with SAS was signed on April 5, 2013, comprising eight ATR 72-600 aircraft, but the remaining Jet Time production will be solved by a reduction in services and by redistributing existing capacity to other types of aircraft, the carrier says in a release.
Jet Time will now perform its last flight for SAS on September 2, 2017.
The agreement with Regional Jet spans six years but can be terminated after three.
Regional Jet was founded in 2015 as an independent company, supplying wet lease services to other companies.
Since November 2016, the company is owned 49 percent by Nordic Aviation Group - Nordica - and 51 percent by LOT Polish Airlines and operates three aircraft for LOT and five for Nordica and will thereby expand its fleet by four aircraft to operate flights for SAS.