Finnair
Sign in to saveFinnair Plc (, ) is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in Finland. The majority shareholder is the Finnish State, which owns 55.68% of shares through the Prime Minister's Office. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld alliance. Founded in 1923, Finnair is one of the oldest airlines in continuous operation and is consistently listed as one of the safest in the world. The company's slogans are Designed for you and
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Finnair is Finland's national airline and largest full-service carrier, owned primarily by the Finnish government and headquartered at Helsinki Airport. Founded in 1923, it operates domestic and international flights, maintains a strong safety record, and is a member of the global Oneworld airline alliance.
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47 sectionsContents
- History
- Founding
- World War II
- Immediate postwar period
- Jet Age (1960s and 1970s)
- Expansion (1980s)
- Subsidiary airlines (1990s–2000s)
- Labour disputes and restructuring (2006–present)
- Corporate affairs
- Business trends
- Ownership and structure
- Head office
- Subsidiaries and associates
- Finnair Cargo
- Nordic Regional Airlines
- Corporate image
- Livery
- Flight attendant uniforms
- Partnerships
- Joint ventures
- Codeshare agreements
- Interline agreements
- Destinations
- Fleet
- Gallery
- Aircraft types
- Airbus A319, A320 and A321
- Airbus A330
- Airbus A350
- Fleet development
- Upcoming narrow-body fleet renewal
- Recent wide-body fleet renewal
- Special liveries
- Historical fleet
- Aero O/Y gallery
- Finnair gallery
- Finnaviation subsidiary historic fleet
- Cabins
- Business class
- Premium Economy class
- In-flight magazine
- Environmental efforts
- Incidents and accidents
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Finnair Plc (, ) is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland, with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport, its hub. Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in Finland. The majority shareholder is the Finnish State, which owns 55.68% of shares through the Prime Minister's Office. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld alliance. Founded in 1923, Finnair is one of the oldest airlines in continuous operation and is consistently listed as one of the safest in the world. The company's slogans are Designed for you and The Nordic Way.
== History == === Founding === In 1923, consul Bruno Lucander founded Finnair as Aero O/Y (Aero Ltd). The company code, "AY", stands for Aero Osake-yhtiö ("yhtiö" means "company" in Finnish). Lucander had previously run the Finnish operations of the Estonian airline Aeronaut. In mid 1923, he concluded an agreement with Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG to provide aircraft and technical support in exchange for a 50% ownership in the new airline. The charter establishing the company was signed in Helsinki on 12 September 1923, and the company was entered into the trade register on 11 December 1923. The first flight was on 20 March 1924, from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia, on a Junkers F.13 aircraft equipped with floats. The seaplane service ended in 1936 following the construction of the first aerodromes in Finland.