space for hand luggage and that the airline did not operate with discount tickets. The company's revenue peaked at 61 million kroner in 2003. After failing to make a profit on the Narvik route, Kato Air announced in late 2004 that it would terminate operations on the route from 8 March 2005. No companies bid to fly the route, and so the ministry entered negotiations with Kato Airline to continue operations. This resulted in the fee for the remaining thirteen months increasing from 8 million to 18.2 million kroner. By 2006 the patronage at Narvik Airport, Framnes had halved in the three years the route was operated by Kato Airline. During late 2005 Kato Air lost three important contracts, both the newspaper flights, the Statoil flights and the Narvik contract. However, they won a new three-year contract to operate the route to Røst, running from 1 April 2006 through 31 March 2009. The loss of business ultimately led to a loss of 10 million kroner in 2007 and put the company under severe financial pressure. This led the company to increase its ad hoc business, which included winning the contract for the organization of the 2007 Dakar Rally. The airline made several bids to win more routes. They applied in 2006 for both PSO contracts in Finnmark, but failed to match the bid from Widerøe. Following an inspection, the Civil Aviation Authority of Norway withdrew Kato Air Service's aircraft maintenance certificate on 28 August 2008. They citied several severe breaches of regulation and routines. Subsequently, the board decided on 1 September to liquidate the company. Destinations The following is a list of scheduled destinations served by Kato Airline. Incidents and accidents On 4 December 2003 a Dornier 228 operating Flight 603 was struck by lightning, causing a fracture to the control rod that operated the elevator. The aircraft subsequently landed heavily just short of the runway at Bodø Airport. The aircraft, registered LN-HTA, was written off. On 29 September 2004 an asylum seeker entered the cockpit of Dornier 228 LN-BER (flight 605 from Narvik-Framnes to Bodø) and, in a suicide attempt, attacked the pilots with an axe. Thanks to intervention from the other passengers on board (including Odd Eriksen), the crew was able to regain control of the aircraft, saving the airplane. No one was killed but four people were injured by the axe. Security check was not yet implemented