Added: 06/28/2005 |
Finnair ? The part of Finnish Nature.If you wish to travel to the North, perhaps the perfect solution will be to choose the air carrier of your destination country to familiarize yourself with it from the moment you enter the plane. Finnair, the airline from Finland can offer you such an opportunity.
Finnair began in 1923, so it could be counted one of the oldest existing airlines. First Finnair flight was performed in 1924 Junkers F13 plane. The company experienced certain difficulties in the period of World War II, when the most required service of Finnair was evacuating people. In 1953 the "Finnair" name appeared, and in 1968 the company officially declared its name being "Finnair Oy".
Between this two events first Finnair jet was launched in 1961, it was the Caravelle jet. Next year the jet amount owned by Finnair was enlarged with American McDonnell Douglas DC-8. In 1983 Finnair pioneered the non-stop flight service from Western Europe to Japan, the 1988 year brought the same to China destination. In 1997 Finnair Oy became Finnair Oyj.
In 1999 Finnair became a part of oneworld Alliance. It was the beginning of rival competition between Finnair and Scandinavian Airlines System - one of the founders of oneworld competitor Star Alliance. Today Finnair bears the status of national air carrier of Finland. Its headquarters is situated in Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. It was one of the most successful European airlines in 2004, providing over 8 million passengers served.
Finnair fleet includes near 60 aircrafts. Airbus production represented includes A319, A320s and A321 models, as well as Boeing 757s aircrafts. The rest of Finnair fleet is McDonnell Douglas MD-11s, MD-82s and MD-83s, and ATR 72s. Soon extension of the fleet expected is several Embraer E170 aircrafts.
These airliners fly to a great variety of international destinations. It's Asian direction of flying service includes landings in Japan, China, Singapore, Thailand, United Arab Emirates. John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and Miami International Airport are accessible destinations in United States, Toronto and Ontario airports in Canada. European landings are in Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Latvia, Estonia, France, Russia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Hungary, Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Ireland and Chezh Republic.
As a final touch the greatest choice of Finland domestic routes could be added to this list. The service of Finnair is perfect. The well-trained crew will love to provide you with excellent meals and beverages with different delicious snacks in breaks - the menu of Finnair flight can compete with the good restaurant's one.
Comfortable seats will be improved soon, but even now they are very good for resting and even sleeping in them. Good sound-proof headphones and large personal screen will attract your eyes and ears to Finnair entertainment system. And don't forget to use your oneworld miles - or get your first ones with Finnair. Overall Finnair is meritorious airline, which carefully sustains the title of national carrier with honor. It could be advised to air travelers because of service quality and special Finnish atmosphere, which is n integral part of this air company.
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