Dala Airport or Borlänge Airport ( IATA : BLE , ICAO : ESSD ) is situated southeast of Borlänge , a city in the Dalarna province of Sweden. It is also 20 minutes from the city of Falun .
8-556: The airfield was built during the Second World War and was modernized in 1961. In mid 1960 the first civilian airlines arrived at Dala Airport. A new terminal building was completed in 1972 and Dala Airport AB took over the airport. The airfield was owned by the Swedish military until 2007. The all-time-high number of passengers was 210,000 in 1989. Until around 1992, airlines had monopoly per route, but prices were regulated with
16-422: A fixed maximum price per seat kilometer. Managers in the public and private sector were freely allowed to choose air for work travel. After 1992 free competition was introduced, and the price regulation was removed. More strict rules for work travel cost for public sector managers were introduced. Smaller routes like Borlänge–Stockholm still had only one operator so prices increased. Necessary routes were supported by
24-611: A flight school and then expanded into the airline business. The airline started an expansion of scheduled routes, mainly within Germany, in 2014, including some formerly served by the now-defunct OLT Express Germany . Flights from Bremen to Luxembourg, Malmö and Nuremberg were announced for autumn 2014, but these plans were later cancelled. By January 2015, AIS Airlines additionally took over some Swedish domestic routes under its own brand, that it formerly operated on behalf of Direktflyg . On February 27, 2020, AIS Airlines discontinued
32-595: The Münster-Osnabrück route to Copenhagen (via Groningen ). As of October 2021, AIS Airlines only operated the Torsby route to Stockholm Arlanda via Hagfors on behalf of Amapola Flyg. In 2023 Amapola Flyg lost these route contracts. Instead AIS Airlines won contracts on Denmark routes in 2023. AIS Airlines serves the following scheduled routes: As of January 2024, the AIS Airlines fleet consists of
40-635: The AIS Flight Academy. The AIS Flight Academy is a flight school located at Lelystad Airport and is engaged in the integrated training of commercial pilots (ATPL(A)). In addition, to the flight school, AIS has a so-called 'type training' for the Jetstream 31 /32. AIS's Jetstream full flight simulator is the only approved simulator for this aircraft type in the world. The Group consist of: AIS Airlines, AIS Flight Academy, AIS CAMO, AIS SIM Department and AIS Development. The company started as
48-558: The airport to downtown Borlänge. AIS Airlines AIS Airlines is a Dutch airline headquartered at Lelystad Airport in the Netherlands . In addition to scheduled flights, it operates charter and wet lease services all over Europe. The company operates international charters and scheduled services between Denmark and the Netherlands. The AIS Group also includes AIS Technics which provides technical support and
56-432: The government, which did not include Borlänge since train or car travel times are fairly short. The raised prices caused many business travellers to use train or car, causing losses for the operator, which raised prices and used smaller aircraft, further decreasing passenger figures. In 2006 there were about 33,000 passengers at Borlänge airport, declining from the previous years. The 166 km (by air) long Stockholm route
64-577: Was closed down in June 2011, then reopened for a short period September 2013-April 2014. In 2006 charter flights started to international tourist destinations. From 2012 international routes have more passengers than domestic. In 2018 the flights, operated by AIS Airlines , to both Gothenburg and Malmö (over Örebro ) were closed down), which caused the airport to be without scheduled domestic traffic. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter services to and from Dala Airport: A bus connects
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