Finnair

On November 1923, Finnair was established. It was then known as Aero/OY. Aero’s travel flight history started on 14th March, 1924. when it carried 162 kg of mail. That same year, they started travel flights to Stockholm in cooperation with a Swedish airline.

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Aero wanted more people to take an interested in travel by flying. They ran 800 sight-seeing flights in Finland in the year 1925. In 1935, their first civic airport was open. Scheduled flights within Finland were introduced in 1937. In 1939, because of the Winter War, civil aviation was placed under military control. Some flights could continue but others were too dangerous.

After the war, Aero was able to resume flights to Tallinn and Stockholm. During The Contuniation War, Aero found themselves under military control again. Aero fleet operated extensively both in Finland and abroad throughout the war. The Finnish State took a majority holding in Aero in 1946. Thirty percent of the company was still held by private shareholders. In 1947, Aero adopted the slogan "Finnish Air Lines. Aero had nine scheduled routes in Finland and four international routes by 1950. In 1952, the passenger number carried by Finnair went over 100000. Throughout the years, Finnair continued to add new scheduled flights and new travel routes. They continued to add new aircraft to their fleet.

In 1990, Finnair reorganized. They now had three divisions which were Aviation, Technical and Commercial Divisions. On December 17, 1995, The total number of passengers carried by Finnair since it was established, passed 100-million.. Today, The Finnair Group has many areas of operation including: scheduled passenger traffic and leisure traffic, technical and ground handling operations, catering, travel agencies and reservation services. Around 9000 people are employed by Finnair Group. There are about 50 international designations covered by Finnair. Some of the areas they fly to include: New York and Miami in the United States, Beijing, Hong Kong and Tokyo in Asia. Inside of Finland, Finnair covers 16 destinations. In 2003, Finnair carried 6, 849, 100 passengers