Estonia's Regional Jet to rebrand as Nordica Regional

Estonian capacity provider Regional Jet (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) will be renamed Nordica Regional (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) following the recent addition of its maiden Avions de Transport Régional (ATR) turboprop equipment.

The carrier is in the process of inducting a total of four ATR72-600s as it prepares for the start of a longterm white-label flying contract with SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup), awarded to it in March this year. The first flights are due to commence out of Copenhagen Kastrup in August with two aircraft having already been delivered.

In terms of its other commitments, Regional Jet also operates two CRJ-700s and four CRJ-900s for Nordica (EE, Tallinn Lennart Meri) alongside three CRJ-900s for LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin).
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Estonia’s Nordica to expand fleet to 10 aircraft

One of the carrier's two new Bombardier CRJ900s will be flying its route network, while the other will be operated in the interest of Poland's LOT (Filip Danielczyk / Wikimedia)

Estonian flag carrier Nordica will add two Bombardier CRJ900 regional jets to its current fleet of six CRJ900s and two CRJ700s. The airline says the airframes will be leased from Transpordi Varahaldus (TVH), an Estonian state-run holding company which invests into the country’s transportation sector. Nordica will issue 25 million euros’ worth in bonds with eight-year maturity to finance the deal.

The bonds will be bought in equal shares by two Estonian entities: privately owned banking operation LHV Pank and the namesake pension fund owned by that bank. The transaction is the biggest insertion of commercial capital into Estonian aviation in the country’s post-Soviet history. Four out of Nordica’s current six CRJ900s are owned by TVH.

The Estonian airline has been gradually expanding its operations and becoming more active in supporting its strategic partner LOT Polish Airlines. The Polish carrier first struck up a partnership with the Estonian airline in November 2016. The strategic cooperation involves a common commercial platform and a shared ticket sales system. All flights are operated under the LOT code.

Nordica sources say one of the two new 90-sea CRJ900s will be put on the carrier’s own routes, whereas the other will be used to serve LOT flights.

The airplane Nordica intends to keep for itself is to replace one of its two smaller-capacity CRJ700s, which will be based at Tallinn as a reserve aircraft. “Nordica’s fleet and flight frequency have grown to the point at which having a spare airframe is economically feasible,” says CEO Ahto Parl. “This will further improve the quality and stability of our service, help us save money.”

Nordica is to receive the two aircraft in June and July 2017. The airliners, both understood to have been built in 2011 to the same specifications as the airline’s current examples of the type, will start revenue services in early August.
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Nordica commences Embraer E175 operations from Nov 2016

Estonian carrier Nordica has introduced Embraer E175 operations, operated by Regional Jet, followed by the recent launch of strategic partnership with LOT Polish Airlines. From 19NOV16, the E175 aircraft operates on following service.

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Tallinn – Oslo 1 weekly
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Estonia's Nordica Opts for Bombardier Aircraft

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Estonian flag carrier Nordica will use a fleet of Bombardier regional jets as it starts to transition from leased-in aircraft to its own equipment in the coming months. 

The young airline, the successor to Estonian Air, uses wet-leased aircraft from several European carriers, notably UK airline bmi Regional and Slovenia's Adria Airways. )perations are carried out under Adria's air operator's certificate (AOC).
However, the company aims to begin using its own aircraft in the coming months and has decided to operate the Canadian twin jets.

Nordica has leased two CRJ700s from U.S. lessor Regional One, which entered service this year. They will be joined in April by the first two of three CRJ900s that were acquired by Estonian state-owned company Transpordi Varahaldus (Transport Asset Management) prior to Estonian Air's bankruptcy late last year.

The Estonian government, concerned that the small Baltic nation could be left without essential air links if the previous national carrier was found to have transgressed European Union (EU) rules on state aid, set up both Transpordi Varahaldus and Nordic Aviation Group before the EU's decision on Estonian Air late last year.
Nordic Aviation Group has now rebranded as Nordic