Tor Air

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The company was established by private investors and received a Swedish Air Operators Certificate on 1 December 2008. It commenced operations in December 2008 with a Boeing 737-400 leased from International Lease Finance Corporation.{{cite web |url= http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/generic/story_channel.jsp?channel=mro&id=news/awx/2010/09/16/awx_09_16_2010_p0-255547.xml |title=Tor Air Selects Sabena Technics | AVIATION WEEK |author=Lee Ann Tegtmeie |work=aviationweek.com |year=2011 |accessdate=5 May 2011}} The airline specialised in wet-lease and charter operations, particularly operating services for other carriers when needed. Tor Air later acquired two Boeing 737-300s to fly from Manchester to Preveza and Gothenburg, as well as London-Gatwick to destinations such as Faro, Skiathos, Bourgas, Sharm el-Sheikh, Zante, Kos, Corfu and Rhodes.

On 25 April 2010, Tor Air's Boeing 737-400 operated the first commercial service between Baghdad and London in 20 years, while on a wet lease to Iraqi Airways. It was a short lived service however as a lawyer for Kuwait tried to have the aircraft seized in London due to financial problems between Iraq and Kuwait, this was not possible though as the aircraft belonged to a Swedish company and not an Iraqi company.

On 20 December 2011, Tor Air had its licence revoked by Sweden's transportation board,[http://m.travelweekly.co.uk/Article.aspx?cat=news&id=39150 Tor Air licence revoked] due to lack of sufficient financial resources.[http://www.svd.se/naringsliv/aterkallad-licens-for-tor-air_6720427.svd Tor Air licence revoked – Swedish] All staff were made redundant.{{Cn|date=June 2024}}

Tor Air operated charter flights, serving the following destinations (as of March 2011):

The Tor Air fleet included the following aircraft in September 2011:

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Endres 2010, p. 149

{{cite news |title=Baghdad to London flights resume |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/latest/2010/04/26/baghdad-to-london-flights-resume-115875-22212496/ |newspaper=Daily Mirror |accessdate=2010-08-10 }}

{{cite web

| date = 30 April 2010

| author = AFP / The Swedish Wire

| title = Baghdad. Kuwaiti authority tried to seize Swedish airplane

| url = http://www.swedishwire.com/business/4238-kuwaiti-authority-tried-to-seize-swedish-airplane

| publisher = The Swedish Wire online

| quote = BAGHDAD (AFP) -The first commercial flight between Baghdad and London in 20 years – operated by Swedish carrier Tor Air...When the airplane arrived at [the airport] in London, the lawyer for the Kuwaiti authority tried to seize it, but he failed, because the airplane belongs to a Swedish company [wet-lease carrier Tor Air]...

| accessdate = 2010-08-10

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• {{cite book |title= Flight International World Airlines 2010 |year=2010 |publisher= Reed Business Information |location= Sutton, Surrey, England |isbn= 978-1-898779-39-1 |editor-last= Endres | editor-first=Günter}}

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