The passenger volume of Estonia’s national airline Nordica rose to a record high number in July. The domestic airline served a total of 65,215 passengers during that month. Compared to July of last year, this represents growth of 50.2%. By proportion of passengers Nordica retained its market leader position for flights departing from Tallinn, at 27.8%. In the course of July Nordica performed a total of 1,098 flights, 99.1% of all flights were operated.

In May 2017 a total of 51,000 passengers flew with Nordica, which is 44% more than one year ago. Over 200,000 passengers have flown to Nordica’s 19 direct destinations since the beginning of the year.

This week, Estonia’s national airline Nordica launched flights to its summer destinations. In addition to its year-round flights, the airline is now offering direct connections to six popular holiday destinations in Europe. Nordica operates the most flights out of Tallinn Airport, serving 18 routes from the Estonian capital.

The national airline Nordica will add two CRJ900 aircraft to its fleet. The state-owned Transpordi Varahaldus OÜ will issue 25 million euros worth of bonds to buy the planes and rent them to Nordica. The bonds will be bought in equal shares by LHV pension funds and LHV Bank.

With Warsaw becoming a key hub, Nordica has added flights to the Polish capital as it continues to expand and develop. This significant addition to the airline’s schedule will come into effect on 15 June, when Nordica, in cooperation with its partner LOT Polish Airlines, will launch third daily flight between Tallinn and Warsaw, operating year-round. New morning departure from Tallinn and evening departure from Warsaw provide passengers with the most convenient and shortest connection to wide range of Polish, European and American destinations such as Poznan, Wrocław, Prague, Budapest, Sofia, Madrid, New Jork JFK, Chicago and Los Angeles. Travel time of each flight between Tallinn and Warsaw is approximately 1 hour and 35 minutes, and connecting time in Warsaw is approximately 1 hour only.

We are pleased to announce that last week Nordica’s subsidiary company Regional Jet entered into a six-year subcontracting agreement with SAS for the operation of four ATR-type aircraft serving short-haul routes from Copenhagen. This is yet another major win for Regional Jet.

Nordica, in cooperation with its strategic partner LOT Polish Airlines, served approximately 32,000 passengers in February 2017 – 70% more than in the same period last year.

Today Nordica’s seventh plane has arrived in Tallinn. The 90-seat Bombardier CRJ900 is from the same CRJ line as all the earlier Nordica planes. This latest arrival got its Nordica and LOT Polish Airlines livery just a couple of days ago in France.

Nordica, in cooperation with LOT Polish Airlines, served approximately 33,900 passengers in January 2017 – 77% more than in the same period last year. “The fact the numbers have grown so much is primarily down to the reputation Nordica’s built up over the last 12 months,” explained CEO Jaan Tamm. “Statistically speaking we’re already able to claim one in every five passengers as loyal customers, since they’ve flown with us more than four times.

Nordica served the biggest number of airline passengers in 2016 according to data from Tallinn Airport.