FLN Frisia Luftverkehr

FLN FRISIA-Luftverkehr GmbH Norddeich, doing business as Inselflieger (German: Islandflyer), is a small airline from Germany based in Norden, Lower Saxony,[1] which was founded on 14 June 1969.[2]

Destinations

As of November 2020, FLN operated scheduled flights between Norddeich and Juist, Harle and Wangerooge as well as on-demand charter flights to other East Frisian Islands.[3]

In 2025, FLN announced it would terminate scheduled flights between Juist and Norddeich due to decreasing passenger numbers, which prefer to use the newly established express ferries.[4] The airline subsequently also announced it would remove four aircraft from its fleet.[5]

Fleet

As of June 2019, the FLN Frisia Luftverkehr fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[6]

Accidents and incidents

  • FLN had to write off two of its Britten-Norman Islander aircraft after crash landings (on 12 January 1979 at Juist and on 18 May 1983 at Schleswig), neither resulting in any fatalities.[7]

References

  1. Directory: World Airlines Flight International, 2007-04-03^
  2. FLN: press release on the airline's 40th birthday retrieved 2010-12-08^
  3. inselflieger.de - Timetables (German) retrieved 17 November 2020^
  4. juistnews.de - FLN ends route to Juist (German) 28 January 2025^
  5. aerotelegraph.com - "FLN also shrinks its fleet" (German) 1 February 2025^
  6. FLN Frisia Luftverkehr fleet retrieved 4 February 2018^
  7. Entry on FLN Frisia Luftverkehr at the Aviation Safety Network^