Atlantic Airways (RC, Faroe Islands Vágar) has taken delivery of its first A320-200neo after OY-RCK (msn 8918) was ferried from Hamburg Finkenwerder to Faroe Islands Vágar on Friday, July 12.
The new-build jet, which will replace an A319-100 later this month, is one of two A320neo to be leased from Air Lease Corporation, the second of which is due in Spring 2020.
The Faroese carrier also ordered two more A320neo from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) during the 2019 Paris Air Show with deliveries slated for late 2023 and the first semester of 2024 respectively.
Atlantic Airways also operates one other A319 and one A320ceo. It offers scheduled passenger flights to Denmark, Iceland, the United Kingdom, Spain, France, and Norway.
