Cimber (Sønderborg) will cease operations with effect from April next year following an announcement from SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK, Copenhagen Kastrup) that it is to terminate an existing ACMI contract with Cimber. The closure will affect 150 jobs.

“SAS didn’t want to continue our current contract on four CRJ-200 airplanes from April of next year, and with that, the foundation for our continued existence has collapsed,” Cimber co-owner, Jørgen Nielsen, told local media.

At present, Cimber wet-leases five CRJ200s and one ATR72-200 to SAS for use on flights throughout Scandinavia.

Cimber was established in mid 2012 following Cimber Sterling’s bankruptcy, taking over the latter's CRJ contract with SAS, in place since 2004.