Nordica is the state-owned Estonian flag carrier headquartered in Tallinn and based at Lennart Meri Tallinn Airport. Nordica operates through its Regional Jet ATR72-600s in SAS’s colors for Scandinavian Airlines mainly flights to and from Copenhagen.
The company was founded on 25 September 2015 by the decision of the Estonian Government, following the liquidation of the previous national carrier, Estonian Air. Operations started on 8 November 2015. Its first flight left Tallinn for Amsterdam on 8 November 2015, the first flight with Estonian service on the same route was on 20 January 2016. On 30 March 2016, the new brand name Nordica was announced.
In the first year Slovenian Adria Airways operated most of Nordica's flights while Nordica built up its own fleet and crew. 19 November 2016 Nordica entered into a strategic partnership with LOT Polish Airlines, using the latter's commercial platform, ticketing system and flight code.
Nordica is an affiliate member of Star Alliance.
Livery
Bombardier CRJ701ER, registration ES-ACF, built 2003, serial number 10085 Schiphol (AMS), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2 May 2017
