Agderfly AS was a flight school and airline based in Kristiansand, Norway, which operated from 1966 to 2004.
[1] Agderfly signed a contract to fly patients from Vest-Agder Central Hospital to Oslo in 1980.
A cooperation was started with Skjelbreds Rederi and the aviation company changed its name to A/S Nortrans Agderfly.
This was rejected by the Ministry of Transport and Communications in 1986, citing Scandinavian Airlines System's monopoly on inter-Scandinavian routes.
The service to Göteborg Landvetter Airport commenced on 26 September 1989, followed by the Billund route on 2 October.
[6] Eidjord became the majority shareholder of the flight company in September 1990, after buying shares from among others Tjøntveit and Grødum.
[7] Agderfly received concession to operate from Kristiansand to Bremen Airport and started these flights in early 1991.
[8] In early 1991 the airline wet leased its aircraft to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to fly relief aid to Turkey and Iran.
The airline was futile in its attempts to receive municipal subsidies to cover the operating losses.
[9] Agderfly's flight company filed for bankruptcy on 21 November 1991, citing that it was operating with a loss.
The Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) reacted to this in 1990, stating that the correspondence system was not in line with regulations.
[13] Following the global decline of the airline market and pilot demand from 2001 and onwards, Agderfly failed to fill its courses.