- Viking Airlines
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airline = Viking Airlines
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fleet_size = 1
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IATA = 4P
ICAO = VIK
callsign = SWEDJET
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founded =2003
headquarters =Stockholm ,Sweden
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website = http://www.vikingair.se/Viking Airlines is a privately owned
charter airline with head office inStockholm ,Sweden and main ground bases inAthens andHeraklion ,Greece . It operates charter flights for European tour operators. The airline was established in2003 and started operations on10 May 2003 . Viking Airlines has its own flight training programme andaircraft maintenance technician s. The GSA (General Sales Agent) for Viking Airlines in Italy and Belgium is Anglo European Ltd (www.angloeuropean.com) based in the United Kingdom.History
Viking Airlines started operations on
10 May 2003 , with twoMcDonnel Douglas MD-83 , with 161 economy seats in leather which are used for charter operations throughout Europe.In2004 another sister aircraft was added to the fleet and in2006 the fourth MD-83 was introduced.Number of passengers by year:
*2003: 160,000
*2004: 200,000
*2005: 290,000
*2006: 350,000
*2007: 340 000Services
Since late 2005, Viking has operated regular flights to
Erbil inIraq . The airline plans flights from Stockholm toAthens andBeirut fromMarch 2006 , though the Beirut flight launch has been delayed toApril 2006 and was indefinitely suspended due to the2006 Lebanese-Israeli war and conflict in the region.Viking also operates regular flights fromDublin andLisbon toHeraklion , and vice versa. Since 2008, fromNewcastle toHeraklion and visa versa, on behalf of the Kosmar/XL leisure group. Passengers always have a meal and complimentry drinks onboard, and if the flight is longer than 3 hours, a hot meal is guaranteed.Fleet
The Viking Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at
18 June 2008 ):*1
McDonnell Douglas MD-83
*2Boeing 737-800 being added end of 2008The other 3 they had were respectively sold to (2)
Sky Wings and the other one toKhors Aircompany who operates it forKish Air 2 boeing 737-800 are on order and will be in the fleet by the end of 2008
As of
21 September 2008 , the average age of the Viking Airlines fleet is 19.1 years ( [http://www.airfleets.net/ageflotte/Viking%20Airlines.htm] ).External links
* [http://www.vikingair.se/ Viking Airlines]
* [http://www.ch-aviation.ch/aircraft.php?search=set&airline=VIK&al_op=4 Viking Airlines Fleet]References
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