area for Oslo-bound flights includes Lofoten and Vesterålen. Seaplane services to Harstad and Narvik started in 1935. Planning of an airport started in
primary Harstad/Narvik Airport, Evenes, capable of jetliner operations. The airport handled 27,142 passengers in 2012. Narvik was served by a seaplane service
started scheduled seaplane flights and, from 1940, also ambulance flights. During the 1940s and 1950s, the airline increased its seaplane routes and established