North Flying
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North Flying | ||
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ICAO NFA |
Callsign NORTH FLYING |
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Headquarters | Denmark | |
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Website: http://www.northflying.com |
North Flying A/S is a Danish airline based at Ålborg, Billund, and Copenhagen Airports. North Flying main business is within charter operations, such as air taxi, air ambulance, and freight, and also training-, photo-, and banner flights.
The company's only scheduled flights is via their Norwegian subsidiary Air Norway, which operates the routes Ålborg - Oslo, Oslo - Ørland, Fagernes - Oslo, Fagernes - Trondheim, and Fagernes - Aalborg.
[edit] History
North Flying A/S was founded in 1963 as Norfly Skole- og Rundflyvning by photographer J. Steffensen. In 1970 the company acquired Aalborg Flying Center. In 1971 their main base was moved to Ålborg, and the company name was changed to its present name, North Flying.
In 1994 the company merged with Nordic Air K/S, in 1996 they acquired Aalborg Airtaxi and in 1998 Falck Air. After these mergers and acquisitions North Flying has become Scandinavia's biggest business charter company.