Golden Air
Encyclopedia
Golden Air is a regional airline
based in Trollhättan
, Sweden
. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Finland
, Norway
and Sweden
, as well as ad hoc charter services. Its main base is Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport
, with hubs at Helsinki Airport
, Stockholm-Bromma Airport
and Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
. All flights to and from Helsinki are operated for the Blue1.
Following the delivery of the ATR's, Aer Arann
cancelled some of their orders, which made Golden Air receiving aircraft in the Aer Arann livery, since they had already been painted.
Airline
An airline provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit...
based in Trollhättan
Trollhättan
Trollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It operates scheduled services to destinations in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, as well as ad hoc charter services. Its main base is Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport
Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport
Trollhättan-Vänersborg Airport, is situated outside Trollhättan, Sweden .-Airlines and destinations:...
, with hubs at Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport
Helsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, Finland, about west of Tikkurila, the centre of Vantaa, and north of Helsinki city centre...
, Stockholm-Bromma Airport
Stockholm-Bromma Airport
Stockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...
and Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport
-History:A military airforce base was opened here in 1945. In 1960 civilian passenger flights started from this airport. In 2002 the airforce left the airport, and it became a civilian only airport. The line to Stockholm has always had the largest number of passengers.-External links:*...
. All flights to and from Helsinki are operated for the Blue1.
History
The airline was originally registered in September 1976 and operated air taxi and charter services. It underwent several changes until being restructured under the current ownership in August 1993. It started operations on 15 August 1993. It is wholly owned by Erik Thun (shipping company) and has 56 employees (at March 2007).Destinations
Golden Air operates the following destinations (by February 2011):- EstoniaEstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
- TallinnTallinnTallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...
(Tallinn AirportTallinn AirportLennart Meri Tallinn Airport , formerly Ülemiste Airport is the largest airport in Estonia and home base of the national airline Estonian Air. Tallinn Airport is open to both domestic and international flights...
) (on behalf of Blue1)
- Tallinn
- FinlandFinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
- HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
(Helsinki AirportHelsinki AirportHelsinki Airport or Helsinki-Vantaa Airport is the main international airport of the Helsinki metropolitan region and the whole of Finland. It is located in Vantaa, Finland, about west of Tikkurila, the centre of Vantaa, and north of Helsinki city centre...
) (on behalf of Blue1) - OuluOuluOulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....
(Oulu AirportOulu AirportOulu Airport is located in the municipality of Oulunsalo, Finland, south-west of Oulu city centre. The airport is the second busiest in Finland after Helsinki-Vantaa airport, as measured by the number of passengers and the amount of freight transported. There are around twenty daily flights to...
) (on behalf of Blue1) - TampereTampereTampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
(Tampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala AirportTampere-Pirkkala Airport is located in Pirkkala, south-west of Tampere city centre. The airport is the third busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of passengers , and the second busiest airport in Finland, as measured by the number of international passengers...
) (on behalf of Blue1) - TurkuTurkuTurku is a city situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of the Aura River. It is located in the region of Finland Proper. It is believed that Turku came into existence during the end of the 13th century which makes it the oldest city in Finland...
(Turku AirportTurku AirportTurku Airport , is located in Turku, Finland, north of Turku city centre. It serves approximately 350,000 passengers per year, being the fourth busiest airport in Finland. Turku Airport is operated by a stated-owned company Finavia exclusively. The airport has a secondary passenger terminal...
) (on behalf of Blue1) - VaasaVaasaVaasa is a city on the west coast of Finland. It received its charter in 1606, during the reign of Charles IX of Sweden and is named after the Royal House of Vasa...
(Vaasa AirportVaasa AirportVaasa Airport is located in Vaasa, Finland, about south-east of Vaasa city centre. It is the 6th biggest airport in Finland in terms of passengers. In 2010, about 288,000 passengers traveled via the airport. In 2005, and again in 2008, Vaasa Airport was chosen as the Airport of the Year in...
) (on behalf of Blue1)
- Helsinki
- GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
- HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
(Hamburg AirportHamburg AirportHamburg Airport , also known as Hamburg-Fuhlsbüttel Airport , is an international airport serving Hamburg, Germany.It originally covered . Since then, the site has grown more than tenfold to . The main apron covers . The airport is north of the centre of the city of Hamburg in the Fuhlsbüttel...
)
- Hamburg
- SwedenSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
- KalmarKalmarKalmar is a city in Småland in the south-east of Sweden, situated by the Baltic Sea. It had 62,767 inhabitants in 2010 and is the seat of Kalmar Municipality. It is also the capital of Kalmar County, which comprises 12 municipalities with a total of 233,776 inhabitants .From the thirteenth to the...
(Kalmar AirportKalmar AirportKalmar Airport is an airport in southeastern Sweden. The airport is located only some 5 kilometers west of downtown Kalmar.The airfield was originally the home of the Swedish Air Force wing F 12 Kalmar....
) (on behalf of Blue1) - RonnebyRonnebyRonneby is a locality and the seat of Ronneby Municipality in Blekinge County, Sweden with 11,767 inhabitants in 2005.Ronneby is regarded as the heart of "the Garden of Sweden", and in 2005 the park "Brunnsparken" in Ronneby was voted Sweden's most beautiful park. 2006 the park was voted Europe's...
(on behalf of BlekingeflygSverigeflygSverigeflyg is the main brand for the seven local airlines Blekingeflyg, Flysmaland, Gotlandsflyg, Kalmarflyg, Kullaflyg, and Sundsvallsflyg. The actual air operator is their own operator Avitrans, or sometimes Golden Air....
, to Stockholm) - Stockholm-Bromma AirportStockholm-Bromma AirportStockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...
- Stockholm-Arlanda AirportStockholm-Arlanda AirportStockholm Arlanda Airport , is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly , by road, south-east of Uppsala....
- SundsvallSundsvall-External links:* - Official site from Nordisk Familjebok - Sundsvalls tourist information bureau. - The alternative guide to Sundsvall. - Blog with photos from Sundsvall....
(on behalf of SundsvallsflygSundsvallsflygSundsvallsflyg is an airline based in Sundsvall, Sweden. They lease aircraft and pilots from Golden Air. Their own staff works partly as ground personnel and as cabin crew on the aircraft.-Destinations:...
, to Stockholm) - TrollhättanTrollhättanTrollhättan is a city and the seat of Trollhättan Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden with 44,498 inhabitants in 2005. It is located 75 km north of Sweden's second-largest city, Gothenburg....
(to Stockholm) - VisbyVisby-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...
(on behalf of GotlandsflygSverigeflygSverigeflyg is the main brand for the seven local airlines Blekingeflyg, Flysmaland, Gotlandsflyg, Kalmarflyg, Kullaflyg, and Sundsvallsflyg. The actual air operator is their own operator Avitrans, or sometimes Golden Air....
, to Stockholm) - Ängelholm-Helsingborg AirportÄngelholm-Helsingborg Airport-History:A military airforce base was opened here in 1945. In 1960 civilian passenger flights started from this airport. In 2002 the airforce left the airport, and it became a civilian only airport. The line to Stockholm has always had the largest number of passengers.-External links:*...
(on behalf of KullaflygKullaflygKullaflyg is an airline based in Ängelholm/Helsingborg, Sweden. They lease aircraft and pilots from Golden Air. Their own staff works partly as ground personnel and as cabin crew on the aircraft...
, to Stockholm) - ÖrnsköldsvikÖrnsköldsvikÖrnsköldsvik is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 28,617 inhabitants in 2005.Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the High Coast area. It is well known as an exporter of paper products...
(on behalf of Höga Kusten FlygHöga Kusten FlygHöga Kusten Flyg is an airline based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. It operates scheduled services in Sweden.- History :The airline was established in 2007 to operate domestic flights between Stockholm, Sweden and Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.- Destinations :...
, to Stockholm)
- Kalmar
Fleet
1The Golden Air fleet includes the following aircraft (as of June 2011):| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 72-200 | 1 | Aircraft is operated for Blue1 | |
| ATR 72-500 | 5 | 66 | Two aircraft are operated for Blue1, one for Gotlandsflyg and two for Kullaflyg Kullaflyg Kullaflyg is an airline based in Ängelholm/Helsingborg, Sweden. They lease aircraft and pilots from Golden Air. Their own staff works partly as ground personnel and as cabin crew on the aircraft... |
| Saab 2000 Saab 2000 |-See also:-References:* Lambert, Mark. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1993–94. Coulsdon, UK:Jane's Data Division, 1993. ISBN 0 7106 1066 1.... |
9 | 50 | Two aircraft are operated for Blue1, one for Sundsvallsflyg Sundsvallsflyg Sundsvallsflyg is an airline based in Sundsvall, Sweden. They lease aircraft and pilots from Golden Air. Their own staff works partly as ground personnel and as cabin crew on the aircraft.-Destinations:... , two for Höga Kusten Flyg Höga Kusten Flyg Höga Kusten Flyg is an airline based in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. It operates scheduled services in Sweden.- History :The airline was established in 2007 to operate domestic flights between Stockholm, Sweden and Örnsköldsvik, Sweden.- Destinations :... and one for Blekingeflyg |
| Saab 340A | 2 | 33 | Both aircraft are leased to Estonian Air Regional |
| Saab 340B | 4 | 33 | One aircraft is leased to Nextjet Nextjet NextJet is the largest regional airline in Sweden. The company is based in Frösundavik just north of Stockholm.NextJet serve most of their domestic destinations from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. As of summer 2010 they also serve a lot of domestic destinations from Stockholm-Bromma Airport on the... |
| Total | 21 |
Following the delivery of the ATR's, Aer Arann
Aer Arann
Aer Arann is a regional airline based in Dublin, Ireland. Aer Arann operates scheduled services from Ireland and the Isle of Man to destinations in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and France, with a fleet of 18 aircraft. Aer Arann has expanded from a single aircraft to Ireland's third largest airline...
cancelled some of their orders, which made Golden Air receiving aircraft in the Aer Arann livery, since they had already been painted.