Estonian Air (Estonian Airlines) (Tallinn) yesterday (April 8) launched a new route from its Tallinn base to Tbilisi, Georgia. The new route will be operated four days a week with Bombardier CRJ900s.
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Estonian Air (Talinn) has taken delivery of theย first 76-seater Embraer 170. The new arrival landed at Tallinn Airport yesterday (February 22). ERJ 170-100 ES-AEA (msn 17000093, ex OH-LEE) was delivered to Estonian Air under a lease agreement with Finnair (Helsinki). The aircraft is the first one carrying the new livery announced a week ago. Altogether Estonian Air will get four Embraer ERJ-170s aircraft from Finnair.
The first Embraer will make its first regular revenue flight in a few days. The other three aircraft will be delivered to Estonia in the coming weeks.
Estonian Air has selected Embraer E-Jet family to support its long-term strategy. Estonian Air is estimating a requirement for 12 Embraer E-Jet aircraft that will enable the company to increase flight frequencies, open new destinations and to operate at least double daily services to its main destinations in Europe.
The company is currently negotiating with the manufacturer and lessors on the delivery schedules and conditions for the further eight aircraft. These aircraft will be a mix of ERJ-175 and ERJ-190 models, which offer 88 and 112 seats respectively. The aircraft are scheduled to enter the fleet in the 2013-2015 time period.
Concerning the new livery, the airline released the following information:
“The new livery is part of Estonian Air brand renewal to emphasize the companyโs important attributes: comfort, smartness, reliability and positively surprising. New livery includes the well-known and traditional Estonian Air colors, which have became very popular among our customers, but presents them in a fresh and modern way. Estonian national flower โ the cornflower โ ornaments have been added as well as a new rising line, which covers Estonian Air fresh brand concept and symbolizes being forward-looking and innovative.”
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Estonian Air Boeing 737-505 ES-ABO (msn 24646) (Talinn-European Capital of Culture 2011) ARN (Stefan Sjogren) (special color scheme), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Estonian Air (Tallinn) continues to announce new European routes as the company expands.
The flag carrier will launch twice-weekly Boeing 737-500 seasonal service between Tallinn and Venice from June 9, 2012 through September 1, 2012.
Starting in the spring 2012, Estonian Air will open three new routes to Finland:
on March 26 to Joensuu with four flights a week, on March 27 to Kokkola/Pietarsaari with six flights a week and on April 3 to Kajaani with four flights a week.
In addition, on April 8, 2012, Estonian Air will open a new route to Tbilisi, Georgia with four weekly flights.
Estonian Air flies nonstop to more than 20 destinations in the CIS, Scandinavia and in Europe.
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Estonian Air Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) ES-ACB (msn 15261) ARN (Stefan Sjogren) (first CRJ900), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Estonian Air (Tallinn) on March 25, 2012 will launch flights from Tallinn to Vienna with six flights a week and on April 2, 2012 from Tallinn to Hannover with six flights a week.
Estonian Air will serve the routes with 88-seater Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. Tallinn-Vienna flight duration is 2 hour and 10 minutes and Tallinn-Hanover 1 hour 55 minutes.
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Estonian Air Boeing 737-5L9 ES-ABI (msn 29234) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.Estonian Air (Tallinn) will receive $30 million Euros in investments from the government of Estonia. The government has also approved the flag carrier’s strategy to return to profitability.
Estonian Air is owned by theย Estonian governmentย (90%) and the SAS Groupย (10%). The SAS Group previously held 49% of the stock.
The company will receive four additional Bombardier CRJ900s which will allow the airline to retire the last Boeing 737 in 2012.
Estonian Air has also announced it will relaunch routes to Riga and Helsinki and increases the flight frequencies to nearby markets like Stockholm, St. Petersburg and Vilnius as part of its new strategy.
On March 25, 2012, Estonian Air will reopen flights between Tallinn and Riga with 17 weekly fights. Estonian Air will serve the route with three daily flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, and with daily flight on Saturdays and Sundays.
Starting on March 26, 2012, Estonian Air will reopen flights between Tallinn and Helsinki with 18 weekly fights. Estonian Air will serve the route with three daily flights on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, with daily flights on Saturdays and double daily flights on Sundays.
From March 25, 2012, Estonian Air will increase the frequencies on the Tallinn-Stockholm route up to 30 weekly flights.
From March 26, 2012, Estonian Air will increase the frequencies on the Tallinn-St. Petersburg route up to 12 weekly flights.
Finally on March 25, 2012, Estonian Air will increase the flight frequencies on the Tallinn-Vilnius route up to 17 weekly flights.
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Estonian Air Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) ES-ACB (msn 15261) ARN (Stefan Sjogren) (first CRJ900), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Estonian Air (Tallinn) has taken delivery of its first new Bombardier CRJ900 and quickly pressed the new type into revenue service.
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Estonian Air Boeing 737-5L9 ES-ABI (msn 29234) CDG (Christian Volpati), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
SAS Group (Stockholm) has reached an agreement with the Estonian Government that will result in SAS divesting its 49% stake in Estonian Air (Tallinn). The Estonian Government will provide approximately MSEK 200 in a new rights issue and SAS will convert approximately MSEK 20 in loans into equity. After the rights issue the Estonian State will hold 90% and SAS 10% of Estonian Air. SAS will remain lender of approximately MSEK 70 in loans with a maturity in 2014.
Estonian Air has an option to buy SAS remaining stake and SAS has the option to sell its stake at Fair Market Value after 4 years. The transaction is conditional upon parliamentary approval in Estonia. The transaction is neutral to profit and liquidity of the SAS Group.
SAS will continue its commercial cooperation with Estonian Air.
Copyright Photo: Christian Volpati. Estonian Air’s smart-looking Boeing 737-5L9 ES-ABI (msn 29234) taxies across the ramp at Paris (CDG).
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Scandinavian Airlines-SAS (SAS Group) (Stockholm) has agreed to reduce its 49 percent share of Estonian Air (Tallinin) to only 10 percent in order to focus on its core Scandinavian markets. SAS will sell its shares to the government of Estonia.
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Estonian Air (Tallinn) will add a new route from Tallinn to Amsterdam on June 7 followed by a new route to Berlin (Tegel) on June 8.
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The SAS Group (Stockholm) is planning to pump in $9.24 million for Estonian Air ย (Tallinn) to improve the liquidity of the flag carrier. ย This comes as SAS has previously stated it would like to divest its 49 percent share of the company.
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