FaroeJet was an

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based in Vágar Airport on the island of

Vágar Vágar (; ) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the ''large islands''. With a size of , it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar Regions of the Faroe Islands, region also ...

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. It was the second airline of Faroe Islands, the other one being Atlantic Airways. The airline ceased all operations on December 15, 2006, because of financial problems.

History

It was founded by private companies and investors in December 2005. The first flight was carried out on May 15, 2006, with an Avro RJ100 leased from

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, serving the route between

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and Vagar. However, in December 2006, the airline declared

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and ceased business on January 1, 2007.

Services

The airline had one 96-seat Avro RJ100 in one-class configuration which served the route Copenhagen, Denmark - Faroe Islands once daily, except for Saturdays.

Fleet

As of August 2006, the FaroeJet fleet consisted of:

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, 3–9 October 2006 *1 Avro RJ100

References

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* {{Portal bar, Aviation, Companies, Kingdom of Denmark, Faroe Islands Defunct airlines of the Faroe Islands Danish companies established in 2005 Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2006 2006 disestablishments in Denmark