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Bornholm Airport ( Danish : Bornholms Lufthavn ) ( IATA : RNN , ICAO : EKRN ) is a Danish airport located 2.7 nautical miles (5 km) southeast of Rønne , on the island of Bornholm . The airport is operated by Statens Luftfartsvæsen ( The Danish Civil Aviation Administration ) with the air traffic control provided by Naviair .

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6-400: In 1935, representatives of Rigsdagen , Rønne municipality and Det Danske Luftfartsselskab (DDL) − later a part of Scandinavian Airlines System − agreed to establish an air connection between Rønne and Copenhagen . The following year A/S Den bornholmske Flyveplads was founded, with airport construction beginning in 1937. Two years later the first route commenced on a temporary licence from

12-565: A unicameral legislature under the name of the Folketing. The Rigsdag, like today's Folketing, sat in Christiansborg Palace in the centre of Copenhagen . Membership in the Rigsdag was limited to certain sectors of society – women were not allowed to join, and neither were about a quarter of all men over 30, mostly due to their condition as servants or welfare recipients. The name is

18-502: The air transport inspectorate. Flights were however suspended after several days due to runway problems. The airport was officially opened on 16 November 1940, with DDL operating a daily route to Copenhagen. The first temporary terminal was erected shortly after, in 1941, however it wasn't until 1961 that the proper terminal building was built. In 1947 the Danish state took control over the airport, changing its name to Rønne Airport . The name of

24-441: The airport was changed again in 1992, this time to Bornholm Airport in order to facilitate its marketing as a holiday destination. In 1982, the operations were taken over by Maersk Air , later a part of Sterling Airlines . Heavy losses of the former forced it to abandon the route in 2002, which was then taken over by Cimber Air . In 2005 Danish Air Transport became the second carrier at Bornholm Airport, increasing competition on

30-526: The route. The airline decided to abandon the Copenhagen–Bornholm route in 2008, but took it up again after the bankruptcy of Cimber Sterling in 2012. The following airlines operate regular scheduled and charter flights at the airport: [REDACTED] Media related to Bornholm Airport at Wikimedia Commons Rigsdagen The Rigsdag ( Danish : Rigsdagen ) was the name of the national legislature of Denmark from 1849 to 1953. The Rigsdag

36-624: Was Denmark's first parliament, and it was incorporated in the Constitution of 1849 . It was a bicameral legislature , consisting of two houses, the Folketing and the Landsting . The distinction between the two houses was not always clear, as they had equal power. In 1953, a new constitution was approved by referendum and adopted, with the result that the Rigsdag and the Landsting were eliminated in favor of

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