Atlantic Airways orders Airbus A319

Atlantic Airways, the flag carrier of the Faroe Islands and based in Sørvágur, has signed a firm contract for one Airbus A319 plus one option.

Atlantic Airways' Airbus A319s will feature a single-class cabin layout. The aircraft will be operated on the airlines' network between the Faroes and Denmark as well as to other growth destinations in Europe.

"We are very pleased to have selected the Airbus A319. We have considered several good alternatives in our selection process, but in the end we found Airbus to have the overall best solution for us," said Magni Arge, Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic Airways. "Selection of this aircraft gives us the best possibility of running a viable operation on the existing short runway and also take the benefits from an extended runway on the Faroe Islands which we hope to have in place in 2011."

The A320 Family, which includes the A318, A319, A320 and A321, feature fly by wire controls and all share a unique cockpit and operational commonality across the range.

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