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| Founded | 1992 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2 April 2001 | ||||||
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| Fleet size | 4 (2001) | ||||||
| Destinations | 8 (2001) | ||||||
| Headquarters | Sandefjord | ||||||
GuardAir AS was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1992 and 2001. Based at Sandefjord Airport, Torp, it operated four Dornier Do 228s and served eight scheduled destinations in 2001.
The airline was established with a Cessna 210 to search for stolen vehicles. After merging with Wing-Tech in 1997, the airline procured a Do 228 and started flying newspapers. Its first scheduled service connected Skien with Oslo, but lasted only year after the October 1998 start-up. The airline then flew flights from Sandefjord to Ålesund, Kristiansund and an international route to Gothenburg. GuardAir won a government contract to fly to Røst and Fagernes from 2000. Finally the airline established a route from Trondheim to Ålesund and Kristiansund. The airline lost an accumulated 30 million Norwegian krone and filed for bankruptcy on 2 April 2001.
The airline was founded in 1992 by Einar Rønnestad, initially operating out of Sandefjord Airport, Torp. GuardAir started with a Cessna 210 that it operated for the insurance company Storebrand to find stolen cars and boats.The company bought a Piper PA-31 Navajo in 1995. It merged with Wing-Tech in 1997, making Bjørn Wasler a co-owner. An important contract was signed with the newspapers Aftenposten, Bergens Tidende and Stavanger Aftenblad to fly them each night. This was done with a triangular services from Oslo Airport, Gardermoen to Bergen Airport, Flesland and Stavanger Airport, Sola before returning to Oslo. This route led to the procurement of a Dornier Do 228 in September 1997. Soon a second Dornier was needed for the traffic.
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