INTERVIEW WITH NANCY JUSTINUSSEN, SALES & MARKETING EXECUTIVE OF ATLANTIC AIRWAYS Can you please tell us something about Atlantic Airways? Atlantic Airways is the national carrier of the Faroe Islands and our fleet consists of 3 Airbus A319/320 planes and two Agusta Westland AW139 helicopters. The fleet is one of the youngest in Europe. Our main goal is connecting our main hub, the Faroe Islands, to the rest of the world and making the Faroe Islands accessible. We operate a regular, flexible and diverse route network from the Faroe Islands with competitive prices. Most of our destinations are in the Northern countries: Denmark (Copenhagen, Billund and Aalborg), Iceland (Reykjavik), Norway (Bergen) and Scotland (Edinburgh). We also have scheduled flights to Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca and Gran Canaria. Additionally, we offer charter flights to other destinations as well as flights within Europe.
Nancy Justinussen
What is the cooperation of Atlantic Airways with Visit Faroe Islands? We work very closely with Visit Faroe Islands. For the last couple of years we have built up a very strong and professional cooperation and partnership. This cooperation shows of in the incoming part, MICE and also in promoting the Faroe Islands abroad. We have made 2 international price winning campaigns together with them “SheepView” and “FaroeIslands Translate.” We follow the same target: to give the best solution to the client. We all try to make your stay in the Faroe Islands very special. We give 150 % each time.
Atlantic Airways has interline agreements with several airlines in Europe – SAS, British Airways, KLM, AirFrance, Iceland Air, Finnair, Widerøe and Air Baltic
What are your key responsibility areas? I’m in charge of the incoming part with contact to all the travel agents around the world and also I´m responsible for the MICE sector.
What is special about the airline? We have approximately 180 employees, so it’s kind of like a small family. Everybody knows each other. Our cabin crew is naturally service minded and they are known throughout Europe for their professional approach to work and their hospitality. Our well trained pilots have long experience in the air and have completed courses and training in Europe and the United States.
I´m based in Copenhagen, but I also work in the Faroe Islands as often as possible and my working area is actually the whole world.
Our planes are equipped with state of the art technology. As the only airline in Europe our planes use the satellite based navigation system RNP AR 0.1 (Required Navigation Performance). The GPSbased technology makes it possible to land under extreme weather conditions Furthermore thanks to the RNP-technology our regularity has increased with 12% over the past four years resulting in a total of 99,8%. Moreover, we are very flexible and we aim to accommodate your every need. We can fly you to any destination.
What are the latest developments by Atlantic Airways? Atlantic Airways recently signed a leasing agreement with the American leasing company Air Lease which will provide us with two brand new Airbus A320neo. The first will come in the spring 2019 and the second one in 2020. These planes seat 174 passengers. In the beginning of September we started to build a new hotel in Tórshavn. The hotel will be a 4 star hotel and a part of the Hilton Garden Inn family and will be named Hilton Garden Inn Faroe Islands. The hotel will have 130 rooms and will be finished and ready for guests in spring 2020. The hotel will have conference facilities. Also Atlantic Airways just won the price as “The Best Charter Airline 2018” in Denmark at the Danish Travel Awards.
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