Nextjet
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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 behalf of Sverigeflyg
. As of summer 2010 they also serve Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport from Mariehamn Airport
on the behalf of Air Åland
.
It also operates taxi and executive charter flights with two business jet
aircraft.
Its IATA airline designator is 2N, which is shared with the Ukrainian Південмашавіа / Yuzhmashair. Its ICAO airline designator is NTJ.
Many of the domestic routes operated by NextJet are subsidised by the Swedish government.
One of the airline's investors is former member of ABBA
, Björn Ulvaeus
.
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
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NextJet serve most of their domestic destinations from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm 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....
. As of summer 2010 they also serve a lot of domestic destinations from 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...
on the behalf of Sverigeflyg
Sverigeflyg
Sverigeflyg 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....
. As of summer 2010 they also serve Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport
Stockholm 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....
and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport from Mariehamn Airport
Mariehamn Airport
Mariehamn Airport is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010 and is operated by the state owned Finavia....
on the behalf of Air Åland
Air Åland
Air Åland AB is the provincial airline of Åland, with its head office on the grounds of Mariehamn Airport in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland. It operates scheduled services from Åland to Helsinki and Stockholm. Its main base is Mariehamn Airport..- History :...
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It also operates taxi and executive charter flights with two business jet
Business jet
Business jet, private jet or, colloquially, bizjet is a term describing a jet aircraft, usually of smaller size, designed for transporting groups of up to 19 business people or wealthy individuals...
aircraft.
Its IATA airline designator is 2N, which is shared with the Ukrainian Південмашавіа / Yuzhmashair. Its ICAO airline designator is NTJ.
Many of the domestic routes operated by NextJet are subsidised by the Swedish government.
One of the airline's investors is former member of ABBA
ABBA
ABBA was a Swedish pop group formed in Stockholm in 1970 which consisted of Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson and Agnetha Fältskog...
, Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Ulvaeus
Björn Kristian Ulvaeus is a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, writer, producer, a former member of the Swedish musical group ABBA , and co-composer of the musicals Chess, Kristina från Duvemåla, and Mamma Mia!...
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Destinations
NextJet serves the following destinations (as of July 2010) http://www.nextjet.se/English/Page.asp?PageId=187:- DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
- CopenhagenCopenhagenCopenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
(Copenhagen AirportCopenhagen AirportCopenhagen Airport is the main international airport serving Copenhagen, Denmark and the Oresund Region. It is located on the island of Amager, south of Copenhagen city centre, and west of Malmö city centre on the other side of the Oresund Bridge. The airport lies mainly in the municipality...
)
- Copenhagen
- 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...
- Mariehamn AirportMariehamn AirportMariehamn Airport is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010 and is operated by the state owned Finavia....
(Mariehamn AirportMariehamn AirportMariehamn Airport is located in Jomala, Åland, Finland, some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 48,672 passengers in 2010 and is operated by the state owned Finavia....
) - 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...
)
- Mariehamn Airport
- 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....
- ArvidsjaurArvidsjaurArvidsjaur is a locality and the seat of Arvidsjaur Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 4,644 inhabitants in 2005.Arvidsjaur is a large centre for the European car industry. During the winter months major car-manufacturers perform arctic trials in the Arvidsjaur Municipality area...
(Arvidsjaur AirportArvidsjaur AirportArvidsjaur Airport is situated 13 km from Arvidsjaur town in Sweden and had 42,664 passengers in 2009.-Airlines and destinations:The flights to Stockholm go 2-3 times per day, usually with a middle landing at Lycksele....
) - GällivareGällivareGällivare is a locality and the seat of Gällivare Municipality in Norrbotten County, Sweden with 8,480 inhabitants in 2005. The town was founded in the 17th century...
(Gällivare AirportGällivare AirportGällivare Airport is located about 7 km east from Gällivare, Sweden and about 10 km from Malmberget, Sweden.The airport was originally a military facility with an 800 metre airstrip. The airstrip was extended to 1 350 metres before being opened to regular civilian flights on April 19, 1971...
) - HagforsHagforsHagfors is a locality and the seat of Hagfors Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 5,403 inhabitants in 2005.Its history is traced to 1873, when it was decided to build two blast furnaces at the location....
(Hagfors AirportHagfors AirportHagfors Airport is an airport near Hagfors, Värmland County, Sweden . The number of regular passengers were 2805 in year 2005. The runway is 1500 m long.-Airlines and destinations:-References:*...
) - HemavanHemavanHemavan is a locality situated in Storuman Municipality, Västerbotten County, Sweden with 216 inhabitants in 2005.It is located on European route E12 between Storuman and Mo i Rana. Hemavan is most famous for being a family-friendly ski resort...
(Hemavan AirportHemavan AirportHemavan Airport is an airport in Hemavan, Sweden. The nearest villages are Hemavan and Tärnaby, both of which are ski resorts. It is located in Storuman Municipality , the only municipality in Sweden with two airports operating scheduled flights...
) - KramforsKramforsKramfors is a locality and the seat of Kramfors Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden with 6,235 inhabitants in 2005.Geographically the town is situated on the western shore of the Ångerman River. This river was the reason that Kramfors was founded, because in the 19th century it was a...
(Kramfors AirportKramfors AirportKramfors Airport is an airport located between the towns of Kramfors and Sollefteå, Sweden .The number of passengers in 2007 was 26,111, dropping sharply from 62,000 in 2000...
) - LinköpingLinköpingLinköping is a city in southern middle Sweden, with 104 232 inhabitants in 2010. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality with 146 736 inhabitants and the capital of Östergötland County...
(Linköping SAAB AirportLinköping SAAB AirportLinköping City Airport, is situated in Linköping, Sweden. The airport is shared between the civil aviation and Saab.-Airlines and destinations:-External links:*...
) - LuleåLuleå- Transportation :Local buses are run by .A passenger train service is available from Luleå Centralstation on Sweden's national SJ railway service northbound to Narvik on the Norwegian coast, or southbound to Stockholm. See Rail transport in Sweden....
(Luleå AirportLuleå AirportLuleå Airport is located about 5 km south-southeast of Luleå, Sweden, near the village of Kallax. The airport had a 995,581 passenger total in 2008, and is thus Sweden's sixth largest airport...
) - LyckseleLycksele- References :...
(Lycksele Airport) - Mora (Mora-Siljan AirportMora-Siljan AirportMora-Siljan Airport , is located about 7 km or 3.3 NM southwest of Mora, Sweden. Its Fixed Base Operator , AB Dalaflyget, which also operates the Dala Airport, is constituted of the municipalities of Mora, Falun, Borlänge and the Dalarna County, in Central Sweden. Dalaflyget also provides the...
) - SvegSvegSveg is a locality and the seat of Härjedalen Municipality in Jämtland County, Sweden with 2,633 inhabitants in 2005.The Swedish author Henning Mankell was brought up in Sveg, and it is the setting for his crime novel Danslärarens återkomst .- References :...
(Sveg AirportSveg AirportSveg Airport is an airport in Sveg, Sweden ....
) - StockholmStockholmStockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...
- (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....
) Hub - (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 Airport
- TorsbyTorsbyTorsby is a locality and the seat of Torsby Municipality in Värmland County, Sweden with 4,012 inhabitants in 2005.Fortum Ski Tunnel Torsby, the world's longest ski tunnel, is located in Torsby. Sebra Film is located in Torsby. Football manager Sven-Göran Eriksson and footballer Marcus Berg are...
(Torsby AirportTorsby Airport-Airlines and destinations:...
) - UmeåUmeå- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport...
(Umeå Airport) - VilhelminaVilhelminaVilhelmina is a locality and the seat of Vilhelmina Municipality in Västerbotten County, Sweden with 3,633 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...
(Vilhelmina Airport) - VisbyVisby-See also:* Battle of Visby* Gotland University College* List of governors of Gotland County-External links:* - Visby*...
(Visby AirportVisby AirportVisby Airport , is located about 3.5 km north of Visby, Gotland, Sweden.Visby airport is Gotland's only commercial airport and the 12th largest airport in Sweden. The airport had about 305,000 passengers in 2009. The traffic has a large seasonal variation with many more passengers in the...
) - ÖrebroÖrebro-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
(Örebro AirportÖrebro Airport-References:-External links:*...
) - ÖstersundÖstersundÖstersund is an urban area in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth largest lake, Storsjön, opposite the island Frösön, and is the only city in Jämtland. Östersund is the...
(Åre Östersund Airport) Hub
- Arvidsjaur
Fleet
The NextJet fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2011):- 4 × BAe ATP (68 seats) Leased from West AtlanticWest AtlanticWest Atlantic was created in 2008 through the merger of two of Europe's most established independent cargo airlines, West Air Europe of Sweden, West Air Europe of Luxembourg and Atlantic Airlines of the UK....
- 1 × Beech 1900DBeechcraft 1900The Beechcraft 1900 is a 19-passenger, pressurized twin-engine turboprop airplane manufactured by the Beechcraft Division of the Raytheon Company . It was designed, and is primarily used, as a regional airliner...
(19 seats) - 7 × Saab 340A (33-36 seats)
- 5 × Saab 340B (33-36 seats)