Finnair is Finnish national carrier and was founded 1.11.1923. It is owned by Finnish government with 55,8% share, rest of the stock owners are insurance companies, private owners and various companies. About 20% of the shares are foreign owned.
Finnair Group operates in different fields of aviation such as scheduled passenger traffic and leisure traffic, technical and ground handling operations and catering. In addition it also owns travel agencies and operates information and reservation services.
Finnair is focused on intercontinental traffic between Europe and Asia and has several non-stop flights for example to Tokyo, Singapore and other Asian metropolitan cities. With the support of Finavia Helsinki-Vantaa airport is being developed to a hub between Asia and Europe. Finnair also operates domestic and European routes.
The Finnair fleet comprises more than 60 aircraft. Long-haul flights are being operated with Airbus A340 and A330. Starting from 2014 new technology Airbus A350XWB aircraft will be introduced to Finnair fleet. European flights are operated with Airbus A320, Embraer 170s and Embraer 190s. Leisure flights are operated with Boeing 757s.
During year 2010 Finnair carried 7 139 000 passengers and 123 154 tonnes of mail and cargo.
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