Tor Air
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| Founded |
2008 |
| Commenced operations |
December 2008 |
| Ceased operations |
20 December 2011 |
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| Fleet size |
4 |
| Destinations |
32 |
| Headquarters |
Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Key people |
Sven Roland Vinsell (Chairman)
Torbjorn Vinsell (President) |
| Website |
www.torair.com |
A Tor Air Boeing 737–400.
Tor Air AB, operated as Tor Air, was a charter airline based in Gothenburg, Sweden. Its main base was Gothenburg City Airport.[1]
History
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The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008.[1] It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737–400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation.[2] The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed.[1] Tor Air later acquired two Boeing 737-300s to fly from Manchester to Preveza and Gothenburg, as well as London-Gatwick to destinations such as Faro, Skiathos, Bourgas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zante, Kos, Corfu and Rhodes.
On 25 April 2010, Tor Air's Boeing 737–400 operated the first commercial service between Baghdad and London in 20 years, while on a wet lease to Iraqi Airways.[3] It was a short lived service how ever as a lawyer for Kuwait tried to have the aircraft seized in London due to financial problems between Iraq and Kuwait, this was not possible though as the aircraft belonged to a Swedish company and not an Iraqi company.[4]
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On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden’s transportation board,[5] due to lack of financial assets.[6] All staff were made redundant.
Destinations
Tor Air operated charter flights, serving the following destinations (as of March 2011):
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Fleet
The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011:[1]
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