Transavia Denmark ApS, also known as Transavia.com Denmark or Transavia Denmark and trading as transavia.com, was a Danish based low-cost airline operating as a subsidiary of Transavia group. Its main base was at Copenhagen Airport. Transavia Denmark chiefly operated scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations. It was headquartered in Kastrup, Tårnby Municipality.[1] Operations ceased in 2011, although those in the Netherlands and France continue.
History
The airline began operations on 6 November 2008; Sterling Airlines had gone bankrupt in October 2008 and Transavia saw a good opportunity to start operations in Denmark because of this, and announced that it would start operations at short notice. [citation needed]
Transavia Denmark started flights from Billund Airport under a Danish tour operator. It operated five routes from Billund. It also announced a larger base at Copenhagen Airport from which it operated ten routes. Ticket sales for the new low-cost airline started on 7 November 2008.[2]
In September 2010, it was announced that Transavia Denmark would cease operations on 23 April 2011. From 1 November 2010 onwards the activities were gradually scaled down until the complete stop on 23 April 2011. The parent of Transavia Denmark, Air France-KLM, stated that the Danish part of Transavia had not met expectations.[3]
Destinations
This is a list of airports to which Transavia Denmark flew (including seasonal destinations):[4]
- Austria
- Denmark
- France
- Greece
- Italy
- Spain
Fleet
The Transavia Denmark fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of November 2010:[5]
| Aircraft | Total | Passengers | Average age (at time of closure) |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-700 | 1 | 149 | Rejoined Transavia | |
| Boeing 737-800 | 2 | 186 | Rejoined Transavia | |
| Total | 3 | 8.6 |
In-flight services
Transavia.com offered the "Assortment on Board" buy on board service offering food and drinks for purchase.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "List of Danish airline operators holding a licence/concession/permission to carry out commercial air transportation Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine." Slv.dk. Retrieved on 3 January 2010.
- ^ New Transavia carrier
- ^ intends to close operation in Denmark
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-10-05. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Transavia Denmark fleet on airfleets.net
- ^ "Assortment on board." transavia.com. Accessed October 24, 2008.
