Amapola Flyg
AB was established and started operations in 2004 to take over postal services previously operated by
Falcon Air. It is wholly owned by Salenia (a Swedish investment company) and has some 50 employees. Amapola operated freight services on behalf of the
Swedish postal service, Jetpak and
MiniLiner from
Maastricht Aachen Airport and its main base at
Stockholm-Arlanda Airport. The airline operated the
Dublin to
Donegal PSO (
Public Service Obligation) service from July 2021 to February 2022, following the collapse of Irish airline
Stobart Air. Amapola operated freight services on behalf of the
Swedish postal service as their exclusive operator between 2004 and 2019. Following the bankruptcy of
Nextjet, On June 1, 2018, the
Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) announced Amapola Flyg's takeover of air services on several
public service obligation routes to
Norrland. In October 2023, Amapola was awarded another contract by the
Swedish Transport Administration to operate domestic flights on twelve routes from 2023 to 2027. These routes, include
Gällivare–
Kramfors–
Arlanda and
Hemavan–
Arvidsjaur–
Vilhelmina–
Lycksele–
Arlanda. Amapola changed its name to PopulAir as part of a rebranding effort in October 2023. This change was accompanied by a new green and white livery for its Fokker 50 aircraft. In October 2024, PopulAir relocated its operations at Arlanda Airport to Terminal 3 == Destinations ==