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Founded | September 25, 2015 | ||||||
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Commenced operations | November 8, 2015 | ||||||
Operating bases | Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport | ||||||
Frequent-flyer program | Miles & More | ||||||
Subsidiaries | Regional Jet | ||||||
Fleet size | 6+1 | ||||||
Destinations | 21 | ||||||
Parent company | AS Nordic Aviation Group | ||||||
Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||
Key people | Jaan Tamm (CEO) | ||||||
Website | www |
Nordica is the state-owned Estonian flag carrier headquartered in Tallinn and based at Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport. Most of Nordica flights are operated under AOC of its subsidiary, Regional Jet and in cooperation with LOT Polish Airlines.
The company was founded on 25 September 2015 by the decision of the Estonian Government, following the liquidation of the previous national carrier, Estonian Air. Operations started on 8 November 2015. Its first flight left Tallinn for Amsterdam on 8 November 2015, the first flight with Estonian service on the same route was on 20 January 2016.
In March 30, 2016
the new brand name, Nordica, was announced.In the first year Slovenian Adria Airways operated most of the Nordicas flights while Nordica built up its own fleet and crew. From 19 November 2016 Nordica is about to enter into a strategic partnership with LOT Polish Airlines, using the latter's commercial platform, ticketing system and flight code.
Nordica is currently in the process of building its own fleet. As of May 2016, the Nordica fleet consists of the following aircraft: Nordica is also using one of LOT's Embraer 175.