Höga Kusten Flyg (Örnsköldsvik) has acquired Swedish regional carrier NextJet (Stockholm Arlanda) in December with the two carriers currently still operating as independent entities. Nextjet operates a fleet of four BAe ATPs, eight Saab 340As and five Saab 340Bs on regional services in Sweden and to neighbouring Denmark and Finland. It also operates Saab 340s on a wet-lease basis for virtual carriers FlySmaland (Växjö) and Gotlandsflyg (Visby). Höga Kusten Flyg is a virtual carrier itself and currently offers up to four daily services between Örnsköldsvik and Stockholm Arlanda using Saab 2000s wet-leased from Braathens Regional (Trollhättan). It has already transferred its second route between Stockholm Arlanda and Jönköping to Nextjet earlier this month.
Höga Kusten Flyg has acquired Nextjet
By Thomas Jaeger
29Jan2013