Defunct Danish airline
Transavia Denmark ApS, also known as Transavia.com Denmark or Transavia Denmark and trading as transavia.com, was a Danish based low-cost airline operating as a subsidiary of Transavia group. Its main base was at Copenhagen Airport. Transavia Denmark chiefly operated scheduled and charter services to leisure destinations. It was headquartered in Kastrup, Tårnby Municipality.[1] Operations ceased in 2011, although those in the Netherlands and France continue.
History
The airline began operations on 6 November 2008; Sterling Airlines had gone bankrupt in October 2008 and Transavia saw a good opportunity to start operations in Denmark because of this, and announced that it would start operations at short notice. [citation needed]
Transavia Denmark started flights from Billund Airport under a Danish tour operator. It operated five routes from Billund. It also announced a larger base at Copenhagen Airport from which it operated ten routes. Ticket sales for the new low-cost airline started on 7 November 2008.[2]
In September 2010, it was announced that Transavia Denmark would cease operations on 23 April 2011. From 1 November 2010 onwards the activities were gradually scaled down until the complete stop on 23 April 2011. The parent of Transavia Denmark, Air France-KLM, stated that the Danish part of Transavia had not met expectations.[3]
Fleet
The Transavia Denmark fleet consisted of the following aircraft as of November 2010:[5]
Transavia Denmark historic fleet
| Aircraft
|
Total
|
Passengers
|
Average age
(at time of closure)
|
Notes
|
| Boeing 737-700
|
1
|
149
|
|
Rejoined Transavia
|
| Boeing 737-800
|
2
|
186
|
|
Rejoined Transavia
|
| Total
|
3
|
|
8.6
|
|
In-flight services
Transavia.com offered the "Assortment on Board" buy on board service offering food and drinks for purchase.[6]
