Aviation History
The Faroe Islands are an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark with self-government over most domestic affairs. Their aviation history is defined almost entirely by Atlantic Airways, founded in 1987 as a joint venture between the Faroese home government and Danish carrier Cimber Air (fully Faroese-owned since 1989), which operates both scheduled jet service to Copenhagen and beyond and the territory's search-and-rescue helicopter fleet out of Vágar Airport, the islands' only airport.
Established on 10 November 1987 as a joint venture between the Faroese government (51%) and Cimber Air (49%).
Atlantic Airways began service on 28 March 1988 between Vágar and Copenhagen using a British Aerospace 146.
The Faroese government took full ownership of Atlantic Airways, cementing it as the territory's designated flag carrier.
Atlantic Airways took over domestic inter-island helicopter service and search-and-rescue duties, maintaining at least one helicopter on SAR standby at all times.
After remaining competitors ceased service, Atlantic Airways became the sole regularly scheduled airline serving the Faroe Islands.
The airline began replacing its BAe 146 fleet with Airbus A319 jets starting in March 2012, later moving to A320/A320neo aircraft.
Jóhanna á Bergi became CEO of Atlantic Airways in June 2015, reported as the first woman to lead a Nordic airline.
Atlantic Airways
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