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Oct 02, 2018 (newstodate): The Estonian carrier Nordica seems to be flying in turbulent conditions.
Nordica has announced that while the total number of flights from Tallinn will remain at winter 2017-2018 levels, Nordica will suspend flights to Gothenburg in Sweden and Kiev Zhuliany Airport from the start of the new winter season, and will be reducing the number of flights on its routes to Munich and Oslo.
While no official news have been released, newstodate learns that Nordic Aviation Group has installed a new leadership core at Nordica including an interim CEO, and released other top execs including Sven Kukemelk, till late September 2018 serving as Nordica Exec Director Business Development.
Earlier, Nordica surprisingly announced on July 31, 2018, the resignation of its Chairman of the Board from the start in October 2015, Jan Tamm.
The Board has since been headed by Hannes Saarpuu, member of the Supervisory Board, as an interim solution.
Speculations, now flaming up again, are that rifts between Nordica and LOT have developed over Nordica's and specifically the Nordica/LOT JV Regional Jet's future strategies, supported by the presence of LOT's CEO, Rafal Milczarski, at a Nordica meeting at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in the week preceding Mr Tamm's resignation.
It is also known that representatives from Nordic/LOT have met repeatedly since then, while no statements have so far been made.
Despite repeated efforts, newstodate has still not succeeded in obtaining any response by Nordica to the current situation of the company.
Nordica was set up in the aftermath of Estonian Air's demise in September 2015, with flights operated by various capacity providers, and in November 2016, LOT acquired 49 percent of the stake in Regional Jet, a Nordica subsidiary and capacity provider to Nordica with own AOC.
Under the new strategic partnership, Nordica also moved its commercial platform unto LOT Polish Airlines from November 18, 2016.
Nordica has announced that while the total number of flights from Tallinn will remain at winter 2017-2018 levels, Nordica will suspend flights to Gothenburg in Sweden and Kiev Zhuliany Airport from the start of the new winter season, and will be reducing the number of flights on its routes to Munich and Oslo.
While no official news have been released, newstodate learns that Nordic Aviation Group has installed a new leadership core at Nordica including an interim CEO, and released other top execs including Sven Kukemelk, till late September 2018 serving as Nordica Exec Director Business Development.
Earlier, Nordica surprisingly announced on July 31, 2018, the resignation of its Chairman of the Board from the start in October 2015, Jan Tamm.
The Board has since been headed by Hannes Saarpuu, member of the Supervisory Board, as an interim solution.
Speculations, now flaming up again, are that rifts between Nordica and LOT have developed over Nordica's and specifically the Nordica/LOT JV Regional Jet's future strategies, supported by the presence of LOT's CEO, Rafal Milczarski, at a Nordica meeting at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications in the week preceding Mr Tamm's resignation.
It is also known that representatives from Nordic/LOT have met repeatedly since then, while no statements have so far been made.
Despite repeated efforts, newstodate has still not succeeded in obtaining any response by Nordica to the current situation of the company.
Nordica was set up in the aftermath of Estonian Air's demise in September 2015, with flights operated by various capacity providers, and in November 2016, LOT acquired 49 percent of the stake in Regional Jet, a Nordica subsidiary and capacity provider to Nordica with own AOC.
Under the new strategic partnership, Nordica also moved its commercial platform unto LOT Polish Airlines from November 18, 2016.