Airlines Suspending Operations: Tor Air is grounded

The Gothenburg-based airline, which operated a single Boeing 737-400 (reg SE-RJA, serial 26302) on lease from ILFC, was grounded on 19 December 2011, after Transport Styrelsen, the Swedish transport regulator, withdrew its operating licence over concerns about its financial position. Established in 2008, Tor Air offered ad hoc and inclusive tour charters, sub-charters and ACMI leasing services. The carrier had been sub-leasing in additional aircraft, in the form of Small Planet Poland's Boeing 737-300 (reg SP-HAA, serial 24664 ), which was returned in late October 2011, and BH Air Airbus A320-212 (reg LZ-BHB, serial 294), which was returned to Bulgaria just two days before the carrier ceased operating.

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