Great Dane Airlines

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Great Dane Airlines
Great Dane Airlines Logo, June 2019.svg
IATA ICAO Callsign
DW GDE[1] GREAT DANE[1]
Founded2018[2]
Commenced operations21 June 2019
Operating basesAalborg Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations15
HeadquartersAalborg, Denmark
Key peopleThomas Hugo Møller (founder), Eigild Bødker Christensen (owner)
Websitegreatdaneairlines.dk

Great Dane Airlines A/S is a Danish airline based in Aalborg, Denmark.

A GDE Embraer E195-100LR

History[]

Established in 2018,[2] the airline offers charter flights for a range of Danish tour operators, initially with fleet of two 118-seat Embraer 195 aircraft bought from Stobart Air,[3][4] staffed by eight pilots and twelve cabin crew.[5] The airline operated its maiden flight on 14 June 2019, which was a charter flight from Aalborg to Rhodes,[6] while its first scheduled flight was from Aalborg to Dublin on 21 June 2019.[7]

The airline was initially co-owned by Thomas Hugo Møller and by Huy Duc Nguyen, who resigned from his position as a board member, executive and owner in March 2019 after a newspaper revealed exaggerations in his résumé.[8] In March 2019, Eigild Bødker Christensen invested in Great Dane Airlines (via SEBC II ApS), leaving Great Dane Airlines co-owned by Thomas Hugo Møller (10%) and Eigild Bødker Christensen (90%).[9]

Destinations[]

In 2020, Great Dane Airlines operates charter flights to the following destinations:[10]

Country City Airport Notes Refs
Croatia Split Split Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Rijeka Rijeka Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Zadar Zadar Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Denmark Aalborg Aalborg Airport Base [11]
Greece Crete Chania International Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Rhodes Rhodes International Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Preveza Preveza Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Ireland Dublin Dublin Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Italy Bologna Bologna International Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Naples Naples International Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Norway Lakselv Lakselv Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Portugal Madeira Funchal Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Lisbon Lisbon International Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Spain Palma de Mallorca Palma de Mallorca Airport Seasonal charter [10]
Turkey Alanya Gazipaşa Airport Seasonal charter [10]
United Kingdom Edinburgh Edinburgh Airport Seasonal charter [10]

Fleet[]

As of January 2020, Great Dane Airlines operates the following aircraft:[12][13]

Great Dane Airlines fleet
Aircraft In
service 		Orders Passengers Notes
Embraer 195 4[13] 1 118 Leased from SEBC II. Registration codes: OY-GDA, OY-GDB, OY-GDC, OY-GDE.[13]
Total 4 1

From September 2020, OY-GDB and OY-GDC are wet-leased to Bamboo Airways.[14]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Airline Code Full Details". Aviation Codes Central. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Vores Historie" [Our History]. Great Dane Airlines (in Danish). Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Embraer Welcomes Great Dane Airlines to the E-Jets Family of Operators" (Press release). Embraer. 14 May 2019.
  4. ^ Christensen, Ole Kirchert (14 February 2019). "Danmark har fået et nyt flyselskab" [Denmark has got a new airline]. Check-In.dk (in Danish). Travelmedia Nordic ApS. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  5. ^ Nikel, David (17 February 2019). "Meet Scandinavia's Newest Airline". Forbes. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ^ Peter Witten (14 June 2019). "Nyt flyselskab fik plaskvåd start i Aalborg". Nordjyske (in Danish). Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Tourism Ireland welcomes new Great Dane Airlines flight from Aalborg to Dublin" (Press release). Tourism Ireland. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  8. ^ "Efter cv-snyd: Medejer af Great Dane Airlines trækker sig" [After misleading CV: Co-owner of Great Dane Airlines withdraws]. Nordjyske (in Danish). 3 March 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  9. ^ Elise Rasmussen (22 November 2019). "Kassen er tom efter skævert: Rigmand skyder millioner ind i nordjysk flyselskab". Ekstra Bladet (in Danish).
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Destinations". greatdaneairlines.dk. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  11. ^ Liu, Jim (22 March 2019). "Great Dane Airlines outlines scheduled operations". Routesonline. UBM (UK) Ltd. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  12. ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 13.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Great Dane Airlines Fleet Details and History". Planespotters.net. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  14. ^ "Bamboo Airways begins Embraer E195 operations". Simple Flying. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.

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