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Dec 17, 2018 (newstodate): It will mark a significant break-through for the Faroe Islands' Vagar Airport if plans materialize for setting up direct flights to New York by autumn 2019. Atlantic Airways will take delivery of the first of two Airbus A32oneo aircraft by spring 2019, and the range of the new aircraft will allow the carrier to think outside its current geography. -We are so far planning for a series of four to six rotations between Vagar Airport and New York during September-October 2019, with one flight per week, says Johanna a Berghi, Atlantic Airways CEO. -It will be a milestone, but not a regular year around route - yet. Meanwhile, both local and US tour operators have showed great interest, although we just plan these very few trips in 2019. -We operate regular flights to among others Copenhagen and Keflavik, on Iceland, where there are very good opportunities to connect further to the US all year round, and we are also working on code-share agreements to support the coming new North American flights, says Ms a Berghi. So far, Atlantic Airways have filed for an exemption and foreign air carrier permit with the US authority for opening the flights and if granted, a similar access would be allowed to a US carrier under the open skies agreement between Denmark and the USA.