GuardAir

GuardAir
IATA ICAO Call sign
FB JAP Guard-Air
Founded1992 (1992)
Ceased operations2 April 2001 (2001-04-02)
Operating bases
Fleet size4 (2001)
Destinations8 (2001)
HeadquartersSandefjord

GuardAir AS was a Norwegian airline which operated between 1992 and 2001. Based at Sandefjord Airport, Torp, it operated four Dornier 228s and served eight scheduled destinations in 2001.

The airline was established with a Cessna 210 to search for stolen vehicles. After merging with Wing-Tech in 1997, the airline procured a Dornier 228 and started flying newspapers. Its first scheduled service connected Skien with Oslo, but lasted only year after the October 1998 start-up. The airline then flew flights from Sandefjord to Ålesund, Kristiansund and an international route to Gothenburg. GuardAir won a government contract to fly to Røst and Fagernes from 2000. Finally the airline established a route from Trondheim to Ålesund and Kristiansund. The airline lost an accumulated 30 million kr and filed for bankruptcy on 2 April 2001.