Primera Air Nordic

This article is about the Latvian airline. For its Danish sister airline, see Primera Air.

PrimeraAir Nordic SIA^[2] was a leisure airline headquartered in Riga, Latvia owned by the Primera Travel Group. It provided scheduled and charter passenger services to leisure destinations from Northern Europe.^[3] It ceased operations on 2 October 2018.

PrimeraAir Nordic SIA

IATA ICAO Call sign 6F[1] PRW JETBIRD
Founded	2014
Ceased operations	2 October 2018
Operating bases	Gothenburg Reykjavík–Keflavík Stockholm–Arlanda
Fleet size	7
Destinations	14
Parent company	Primera Travel Group
Headquarters	Riga, Latvia
Key people	Hrafn Thorgeirsson (CEO)
Website	primeraair.com

History

The airline was founded in 2014 by the Primera Travel Group to complement the Danish based Primera Air Scandinavia.^[4] The company also opened a Network Control Center in Riga for overseeing all operational matters of both Primera Air Scandinavia and Primera Air Nordic. Hrafn Thorgeirsson was appointed as the new CEO of both airlines.^[5][6][7]

On 30 September 2018, Primera Air Group announced that the company was declaring bankruptcy and that the operations of both Primera Air and Primera Air Nordic would cease effective 2 October 2018, after failing to secure long term financing.^[8]

Destinations

Main article: List of Primera Air Destinations

Fleet

Primera Air Nordic Boeing 737-800

At the time of Primera Air Nordic's bankruptcy on 1 October 2018, the fleet consisted of the following aircraft:^[9]

Aircraft	In Service	Orders	Passengers			Notes
			C	Y	Total
Boeing 737-700	2	—	—	148	148
Boeing 737-800	5	—	—	189	189
Total	7	—