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Apr 14, 2023 (newstodate): The Icelandic virtual carrier Niceair was looking into a strong summer 2023 traffic - and then it all crashed, temporarily at least, on March 25, 2023.
Niceair's flights have so far been operated by the Portuguese ACMI and charter carrier HiFly allocating one Airbus A319 aircraft to serve on Niceair's route network - but the aircraft was arrested at Copenhagen Airport, taken over by its lessor due to lack of lease payments by HiFly.
-This is indeed sad. We are placed in a very tough situation. We were looking at a strong summer when we lost our only plane, at no fault of our own, says Thorvaldur Ludvik Sigurjonsson.
- It is still too early to tell what the next few days and weeks will bring, but I hope we will be able to sort out some capacity for the summer to continue.
Since the launch of flights between Akureyri and Copenhagen on June 2, 2022, passenger volumes had grown, and the carrier was to add a third daily frequency on the route from the start of June '23.
The additional daily flight would allow for same-day return travels to benefit both leisure and business traffic, as well as offering further potentials for onward travels via Copenhagen Airport; transit traffic already accounted for about 1/3 of the total passenger volume.
Niceair's flights have so far been operated by the Portuguese ACMI and charter carrier HiFly allocating one Airbus A319 aircraft to serve on Niceair's route network - but the aircraft was arrested at Copenhagen Airport, taken over by its lessor due to lack of lease payments by HiFly.
-This is indeed sad. We are placed in a very tough situation. We were looking at a strong summer when we lost our only plane, at no fault of our own, says Thorvaldur Ludvik Sigurjonsson.
- It is still too early to tell what the next few days and weeks will bring, but I hope we will be able to sort out some capacity for the summer to continue.
Since the launch of flights between Akureyri and Copenhagen on June 2, 2022, passenger volumes had grown, and the carrier was to add a third daily frequency on the route from the start of June '23.
The additional daily flight would allow for same-day return travels to benefit both leisure and business traffic, as well as offering further potentials for onward travels via Copenhagen Airport; transit traffic already accounted for about 1/3 of the total passenger volume.