BRA - Braathens Regional Airlines (Stockholm Bromma) has announced that it will launch its first scheduled service beyond Scandinavia, namely a seasonal 2x weekly route between Gothenburg Landvetter and Lyon St. Exupéry.
Services to the French city will begin on February 20 but have been scheduled only through March 24, 2023, coinciding with the period of winter holidays in Swedish schools. BRA will wet-lease an Saab 2000 from Estonia's NyxAir to operate the route.
The ch-aviation schedules module shows that BRA currently focuses on serving the Swedish domestic market, where nearly 96% of its total scheduled capacity is deployed. It also connects Stockholm Bromma with Aarhus in Denmark (5x weekly) and Helsinki Vantaa in Finland (6x weekly).
The carrier had much more ambitious international growth plans pre-pandemic. However, as the COVID-19 crisis forced it into bankruptcy restructuring and suspend operations, BRA turned to the domestic market once it was able to restart. It is now planning to add five A319-100s for international charter operations commencing in spring 2023.
BRA used to operate up to thirteen Saab 2000s via its technical subsidiary BRA - Braathens Regional Airways through 2018. Its current fleet, pending the addition of the A319s, comprises thirteen ATR72-600s. In turn, Nyx Air is a Saab (Sweden) specialist with a fleet of four Saab 2000s, one Saab 340A, three Saab 340Bs, and one Saab 340B(F). The Estonian carrier also operates two ATR42-500s.
