Fast forward to the beginning of the Finnair story. On November 1st, 1923, consul Bruno Lucander founded a pioneering company called Aero. As soon as the following year Aero made its first flight from Helsinki to Tallinn using a 4-passenger Junkers F13 aircraft, equipped with skis in winter and floats in summer.
We no longer land on skis, but we operate with one of the world’s most modern fleets. Our airline is now 86 years old, but we are in tune with the times in terms of both aircraft and attitude. Today Finnair’s scheduled traffic covers 9 long-haul destinations in Asia and New York in North America, as well as more than 40 city destinations in Europe.
Building the bridge between Europe and Asia has been the aim of the expanding Finnair – a strategy supported by Finland’s favorable geographical position: the shortest and most eco-efficient route from Europe to Asia passes via Helsinki. Our modern fleet with the Airbus A340 and A330 wide-bodied aircraft carries us far into the future.
And behind us is a long and distinguished past. Finnair, 86 years old on November 1st, is one of the world’s longest-established airlines.
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