Ikaros Fly, the Danish charter company, is looking to replace the Super King Air 200 which recently left the fleet. The aircraft had been under management for a leasing company, which has now taken it back to be used exclusively for the United Nations.

“The aircraft is currently engaged in work in Kosovo. We were obviously disappointed that it had to leave

our fleet, but you can’t help these things. The 200 proved popular in Scandinavia, particularly for trips

of between five and eight business-men over to Europe and within Scandinavia,” said spokesperson Sanne Best.

The company is now on the verge of offering another 200 to customers, which would again be under a management contract. “Copenhagen’s Aviation Assistance owned the last 200 we operated and has another which we may now start using.

Under our agreement, we would pay the company each time we charter out the aircraft.

“It could take anywhere between one and six months before we add the aircraft to our fleet. We need to spend a little bit of money to get the aircraft ready, regarding maintenance. If this doesn’t go through, I don’t know whether we’d look elsewhere for another King Air 200. Nevertheless, we certainly feel that our company works best with a King Air in the fleet,” said Best.

The company now has a Piper PA 34 and a number of Cessna 172s left, which it owns. “The 200 was always in demand, particularly as it can actually work out cheaper than flying commercially, for example on day returns. An ideal destination for this would be over to Germany, with around seven or eight passengers,” she added.