Russian planes are frequent visitors at Tromsoe..
Well, the only regular russian visitor are Aeroflot-Nord's An-24RV three times a week. They fly the route Arhangelsk-Murmansk-Tromsø v.v, and have been doing so for almost 17 years now. All the others are more occational visitors, but very welcome indeed!:)
Is there the pax flow big enought for regular Arkhangelsk-Murmansk-tromso route? I wonder that.
There is business relations between the two countries that has developed through the years since the early -90's. Many russians study in Tromsø, or they live and work here. The 44-seat aircraft is not always full, but the average load is quite good. They have been operating the route continously since the start in March 1993. The airline then named Arhangelsk Airlines started with a mix between Tupolev Tu-134 and Antonov An-24 equipment, with gradually the latter type taking over. Last time I saw a Tupolev on this route were in May 2001. The Norwegian carrier Braathens SAFE(later bought by SAS, but thats another story..) made an attemp to operate the same route in 95/96 using Boeing 737-400/500, but they quickly withdrew as they didn't have any success. During 1993-99 SAS had a route London/Heathrow-Tromsø non-stop, but this was only operated during the summer months, and ended after the '99 season. So for many years this was the only international route from Tromsø. Last year(december 2008), Norwegian started a non-stop route to London/Stansted(later they switched to Gatwick). This has been quite successfully, and operates twice a week. Several attempts has been made on operating a route from Tromsø to Sweden(Kiruna and Luleå) and sometimes to Finland. But without any big sucsess, last time Tromsø-Kiruna-Luleå were operated was in 2007. The route were called Barents Airlink and operated with public support and was flown from 2004-2007. There has also been attemts from Kirkenes near the border to Russia. Here three airlines has attemted to operate the route Kirkenes-Murmansk without any succsess at all. The first two were operating with Dornier Do-228 aircraft, A/S Norving and Artic Air (both long gone now). Then Widerøe has tried using DeHavilland Twin Otter and DASH-8 Series 100/300. As mentioned before, the Aeroflot-Nord route has been operating continously for almost 17 years now, the only longer break were a month long stop this summer. In July suddenly they were grouded just before departure to Murmansk. The day after the aircraft were ferried without passengers and a month later the flying resumed. The reason to the stop were some documentation issue between the authroties in the two countries. The last international route opened to/from Trom were Air Baltic' flight to Riga, which opened i April. They operated 3 times a week until the end of October when they stopped flying. Hopefully they will return this spring, time will show.
OK,I forgot to mention the route to Stockholm operated by SAS during the summer months the last couple of years. Boeing 737-683 is the equipment used here. Two times a week on this route.
You can buy tickets at airbaltic.com to Tromsoe starting from March 28th, 2010... looks like it's going to be operating 3 times a week, but the schedule just looks awful. Departing from Riga at 23.25 GMT +2h, arriving at 0:50 GMT +1h. What on earth can a tourist do in an unfamiliar town at 1'o clock in the morning? Is there a hotel near airport with 24hr check-in?
As I remember, it's not a very long distance between airport and the city centre..
Very interesting information about air traffic in Tromsoe!
Then it seems that Air Baltic keeps the same schedule as before the stop in October. Yes, that is correct, the city centre is not far away from the airport.
Thank you for interesting story!
So it's not easy to reach Tromso in winter. Only throught Arkhangelsk-Murmansk =)
Mārtiņš:
The timetable was planned in this manner, to provide as many as possible possibilities for passangers to reach Tromso from any part of Europe and vice versa. (The BIG arrival at RIX ends about 23:00).
As you know, airBaltic is positioning themselves as transit airline, not point-to-poit. That's because in many cases timetable is not convinient for Latvians. (for example, many eastbound flights to Odessa, Tbilisi, Tashkent e.t.c.)
Russian planes are frequent visitors at Tromsoe..
Well, the only regular russian visitor are Aeroflot-Nord's An-24RV three times a week. They fly the route Arhangelsk-Murmansk-Tromsø v.v, and have been doing so for almost 17 years now. All the others are more occational visitors, but very welcome indeed!:)
Is there the pax flow big enought for regular Arkhangelsk-Murmansk-tromso route? I wonder that.
Exactly my question...
There is business relations between the two countries that has developed through the years since the early -90's. Many russians study in Tromsø, or they live and work here. The 44-seat aircraft is not always full, but the average load is quite good. They have been operating the route continously since the start in March 1993. The airline then named Arhangelsk Airlines started with a mix between Tupolev Tu-134 and Antonov An-24 equipment, with gradually the latter type taking over. Last time I saw a Tupolev on this route were in May 2001. The Norwegian carrier Braathens SAFE(later bought by SAS, but thats another story..) made an attemp to operate the same route in 95/96 using Boeing 737-400/500, but they quickly withdrew as they didn't have any success. During 1993-99 SAS had a route London/Heathrow-Tromsø non-stop, but this was only operated during the summer months, and ended after the '99 season. So for many years this was the only international route from Tromsø. Last year(december 2008), Norwegian started a non-stop route to London/Stansted(later they switched to Gatwick). This has been quite successfully, and operates twice a week. Several attempts has been made on operating a route from Tromsø to Sweden(Kiruna and Luleå) and sometimes to Finland. But without any big sucsess, last time Tromsø-Kiruna-Luleå were operated was in 2007. The route were called Barents Airlink and operated with public support and was flown from 2004-2007. There has also been attemts from Kirkenes near the border to Russia. Here three airlines has attemted to operate the route Kirkenes-Murmansk without any succsess at all. The first two were operating with Dornier Do-228 aircraft, A/S Norving and Artic Air (both long gone now). Then Widerøe has tried using DeHavilland Twin Otter and DASH-8 Series 100/300. As mentioned before, the Aeroflot-Nord route has been operating continously for almost 17 years now, the only longer break were a month long stop this summer. In July suddenly they were grouded just before departure to Murmansk. The day after the aircraft were ferried without passengers and a month later the flying resumed. The reason to the stop were some documentation issue between the authroties in the two countries. The last international route opened to/from Trom were Air Baltic' flight to Riga, which opened i April. They operated 3 times a week until the end of October when they stopped flying. Hopefully they will return this spring, time will show.
OK,I forgot to mention the route to Stockholm operated by SAS during the summer months the last couple of years. Boeing 737-683 is the equipment used here. Two times a week on this route.
You can buy tickets at airbaltic.com to Tromsoe starting from March 28th, 2010... looks like it's going to be operating 3 times a week, but the schedule just looks awful. Departing from Riga at 23.25 GMT +2h, arriving at 0:50 GMT +1h. What on earth can a tourist do in an unfamiliar town at 1'o clock in the morning? Is there a hotel near airport with 24hr check-in?
As I remember, it's not a very long distance between airport and the city centre.. Very interesting information about air traffic in Tromsoe!
Then it seems that Air Baltic keeps the same schedule as before the stop in October. Yes, that is correct, the city centre is not far away from the airport.
Thank you for interesting story! So it's not easy to reach Tromso in winter. Only throught Arkhangelsk-Murmansk =) Mārtiņš: The timetable was planned in this manner, to provide as many as possible possibilities for passangers to reach Tromso from any part of Europe and vice versa. (The BIG arrival at RIX ends about 23:00). As you know, airBaltic is positioning themselves as transit airline, not point-to-poit. That's because in many cases timetable is not convinient for Latvians. (for example, many eastbound flights to Odessa, Tbilisi, Tashkent e.t.c.)
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