Pärnu Airport to open route to Helsinki
From May, Nyxair will fly twice a week out of the recently renovated Pärnu Airport.
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From May, Nyxair will fly twice a week out of the recently renovated Pärnu Airport.
Finnish airline Finnair dropped multiple local domestic flights in April and the country's transport agency announced a procurement for scheduled flights. Many Estonian companies participated in the tender with one of them succeeding.
Estonian airline NyxAir recently had to borrow a plane from state-owned carrier Nordica in order to keep the newly-opened flight link between Tallinn and the island of Saaremaa open, due to maintenance issues with its own aircraft. Flights from Tallinn to Kuressaare, the island's capital, only started last week following NyxAir's being awarded the tender, replacing Lithuanian company Transaviabaltika. NyxAir CEO Jaanus Ojamets told regional daily Saarte Hääl (link in Estonian) that the issue arose during maintenance work which required the disconnection of various pipes and hoses. Seals use...
A 48-seat NyxAir aircraft will start flying on the Tallinn-Kuressaare route from Monday, December 21. NyxAir CEO Jaanus Ojamets told ERR that ticket prices for the 40-minute flight will remain the same at €26 for a standard ticket and €34 for a flexible ticket. The tickets are already on sale and can be purchased from flynyx.com. The NyxAir turboprop aircraft ATR 42-500 was built in 2005 and will fly back and forth twice a day on weekdays and once a day on weekends. It took the Road Administration more than two years and several legal challenges to find a carrier for the route from the ca...