Maersk Commuter
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Air Business A/S, later Maersk Commuter I/S, was a Danish regional airline which operated between 1981 and 1990. It was the first Danish airline to break the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) international monopoly and gain a concession to fly an international scheduled service out of Denmark. Air Business was based at Esbjerg Airport and operated a fleet at first of an Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante and from 1984 two Short 360s.
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Founded | 1981 |
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Ceased operations | 1990 |
Operating bases | Esbjerg Airport |
Fleet size | 2 |
Destinations | 4 |
Parent company | Maersk Air |
Headquarters | Esbjerg Municipality, Denmark |
Website | Peter Alkærsig (founder) |
The airline started its service from Esbjerg via Thisted Airport to Stavanger Airport, Sola. Air Business was bought by Maersk Air in 1984 and it then replaced Thisted with Aalborg Airport. In addition to the scheduled service, the airline provided wet lease operations to the mother airline. It took the Maersk Commuter name in 1988 and merged with Maersk Air in 1990.