The airline unveiled its schedule for the coming months, it will once again connect the islands with different points in Europe, after almost two years of having suspended services as a result of the health crisis.
The Faroe Islands are a self-governing archipelago belonging to Denmark. Since the pandemic outbreak, the company operated only a handful of flights to Copenhagen (CPH), Billund (BLL), and Aalborg (AAL). In June 2021 they resumed flights to Reykjavik (KEF) in Iceland and Oslo (OSL) in Norway. Another route that returned was to Edinburgh (EDI) in the UK on October 7.
Atlantic Airways’ destination network.
The airline revealed that its next destinations will be Paris/Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Gran Canaria (LPA), Barcelona (BCN), and Palma de Mallorca (PMI) in Spain.
Flights between Vagar Airport and Gran Canaria will operate from November 2, 2021, to February 15, 2022, targeting Faroese locals looking to escape the island’s winter.
While non-stop flights to Barcelona will run every Tuesday between June 7 and September 27. On the other hand, Palma de Mallorca will fly every Wednesday between June 22 and August 17.
Finally, Paris will return on March 12, 2022, and will operate twice a week until October 17, 2022.
| Flights | From | Departure | To | Arrival | Frequency |
| RC 492 | Vagar (FAE) | 13:30 | Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | 18:10 | Wednesdays |
| RC 493 | Palma de Mallorca (PMI) | 18:55 | Vagar (FAE) | 21:45 | Wednesdays |
| RC 490 | Vagar (FAE) | 09:00 | Barcelona (BCN) | 13:30 | Tuesdays |
| RC 491 | Barcelona (BCN) | 14:20 | Vagar (FAE) | 17:10 | Tuesdays |
| RC 496 | Vagar (FAE) | 07:30 | Gran Canarias (LPA) | 12:45 | Tuesdays |
| RC 497 | Gran Canarias (LPA) | 13:45 | Vagar (FAE) | 19:20 | Tuesdays |
In the northern hemisphere summer of 2021, it attempted to resume operations, but health conditions in several key markets for Atlantic Airways aborted the plans. Therefore, Denmark has been its only direct connection to the old continent for a long time. However, markets with favorable epidemiological conditions, such as Norway and Iceland, gave the company’s finances a lifeline.
One of its major investments is to purchase two Airbus A320neo. Photo: Atlantic Airways
The islands are favored by the Gulf Stream, allowing warmer temperatures despite being close to the Arctic Circle. In the last year, the government has diversified its economy by focusing on tourism, so it boosted Atlantic Airways’ fleet expansion to attract tourists.
The Faroese government purchased four Airbus A320neo to replace its A319s, allowing it to increase the supply of seats to its destinations. In addition, in 2019 it filed an application with the DOT for a weekly non-stop flight to New York but did not get to operate it due to the outbreak of the health crisis.
The company currently has one Airbus A320ceo, two Airbus A320neo and two AgustaWestland AW 139 helicopters.
