Great Dane Airlines

[nowhereasfiled]

No, this isn’t a joke.

New Danish start-up Great Dane Airlines plans to fly some oddly familiar routes with 2 EMB-195’s.

Scheduled Flights
AAL-EDI
AAL-DUB
AAL-NCE

Charter Flights
AAL-PMI
AAL-RHO
AAL-CHQ
BLL-PMI
BLL-RHO
BLL-CHQ
BLL-VAR
CPH-PMI
CPH-RHO
CPH-CHQ
CPH-VAR

Those charter flights look very similar to those of Primera Air do they not? Is this perhaps the travel groups second attempt?

check it out.
Greatdaneairlines.dk

[USERNAME_]

According to this link, they’re operating for Bravo Tours (one of the Primera Travel Group companies)

So it could well be Primera mk.2

https://www.check-in.dk/danmark-har-...yt-flyselskab/

[Richard Taylor]

Sounds like a big dog's breakfast.

[Andymartin1968]

They could be the dogs

[davidjohnson6]

All scheduled flights on 21 and 24 June seem to be sold out - but seats available at low-ish fares from 25 June. Perhaps a last minute hitch with getting hold of an aircraft and it being delayed by a few days ?

[BA318]

The first aircraft at least has already been painted.

https://www.skyliner-aviation.de/viewphoto.main?LC=&picid=10415

[Expressflight]

Stobart Air E195 on lease to Great Dane.

[Mooncrest]

Looks smart, but it needs a picture of a Great Dane on the tailfin.

[VickersVicount]

"Great Dane Airlines secures AOC 18 hours before first flight "
Mmm, doesn't inspire confidence?

[willy wombat]

Not abnormal. To secure AOC last thing you do is a simulated revenue flight normally with staff as pax. Quite common for this to be at the last minute particularly when you’re a start up and don’t want to pay aircraft leases for longer than necessary.

[Expressflight]

The leased aircraft, E195 EI-GGC, hasn't flown for at least 7 days according to FR24 so no recent proving flights by the look of it, although FR24 isn't infallible of course.

[MKY661]

That's because it's been reregistered as OY-GDA

[Expressflight]

Ah, they would explain it! Good luck to them anyway.

[davidjohnson6]

Now that the absolute peak months of summer demand are over, does anyone know how Great Dane have been doing ?
I note that they are not offering scheduled flights on their website from Aalborg to Dublin or Nice beyond mid September or from Aalborg to Edinburgh beyond early October - it sounds like the airline is aware that leisure demand on these routes outside summer would likely be weak.

[VickersVicount]

ooft! that doesn't sound promising at such an early stage. So perhaps they'll stick to charter-esque leisure

[compton3bravo]

Maybe they might need some help from Sandy Toksvig!!!

[BRUpax]

I've no idea but it could be that they leased their aircraft short term and don't plan any winter activity.

[VickersVicount]

The have some limited winter activity. So not lease related.

[virginblue]

From what I gather, they are in the market for specialist tour operators also outside Denmark. For example, they operated a weekly service for four weeks from CGN to GRX this August/September.

[CabinCrewe]

What are the odds of these peak summer seasonal schedules returning next year?