Air Stord
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| Founded | January 1990 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 19 January 1999 | ||||||
| Operating bases | Stord Airport, Sørstokken | ||||||
| Fleet size | 3 (1999) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sørstokken, Stord, Norway | ||||||
Air Stord A/S was an airline which operated between 1990 and 1999. Based at Stord Airport, Sørstokken, it operated a fleet of Beechcraft Super King Air and later Dornier Do 328 aircraft.
The airline was established as Nye Partnair A/S in January 1990, with largely the same owners and assets from the newly bankrupt Partnair. It was initially based at Haugesund Airport, Karmøy, but moved to Stord the following year following the purchase by Jon Furdal. The airline initially flew from Stord to Oslo. Flights started out of Skien Airport, Geiteryggen in 1993 and from Farsund Airport, Lista in 1996. The airline went through several owners, with Leif Georg Amundsen buying it in 1995. It struggled financially and filed for bankruptcy on 19 February 1999.
Air Stord had its origin in the aftermath of the bankruptcy of Partnair in October 1989. Its owners, the Thorsen brothers, established Nye Partnair ("New Partnair") along with Jostein Nerhus and Eirik M. Eide. The latter two were the owners of Fonnafly, which Partnair had bought half of in mid 1989. Nye Partnair was incorporated in January 1990 and bought large portions of the estate in bankruptcy. This gave it an initial fleet of four Beechcraft Super King Air and one Beechcraft King Air. The King Air was sold in 1991.
Nye Partnair was based at Haugesund Airport, Karmøy. It applied for an received concessions to operate a route from Karmøy to Stavanger Airport, Sola and Bergen Airport, Flesland. However, neither of these routes were ever started. At Haugesund Airport the airline took over Norving's former hangar and office facility and used it as a base. However, it instead chose to commence a service from Stord Airport, Sørstokken and Oslo Airport, Fornebu.
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