Finncomm Airlines

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Finncomm

IATA FC	ICAO WBA	Callsign Finncomm
Founded		1993
Hubs		Seinäjoki Airport
Focus cities / secondary hubs		Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Fleet size		5
Destinations		5
Headquarters		Seinäjoki, Finland
Key people		Juhani Pakari, CEO
Website: http://www.finncomm.fi/

Finncomm Airlines Embraer ERJ 145

Finncomm Airlines, short for Finnish Commuter Airlines Oy, is a regional airline based in Seinäjoki, Finland. It operates scheduled services on behalf of Golden Air and Finnair. Its main base is Seinäjoki Airport (SJY), with a hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

The airline was established as a charter airline in 1993 and started scheduled flight operations in 1998.

[edit] Services

Finncomm Airlines operates the following services (at August 2006):

[edit] Domestic

Helsinki (Helsinki-Vantaa Airport)
Joensuu (Joensuu Airport)
Jyväskylä (Jyväskylä Airport)
Kemi/Tornio (Tornio Airport)
Kokkola/Jakobstad/Kruunupyy (Kruunupyy Airport)
Lappeenranta (Lappeenranta Airport)
Pori (Pori Airport)
Savonlinna (Savonlinna Airport)
Seinäjoki (Seinäjoki Airport)
Tampere (Tampere-Pirkkala Airport)
Vaasa (Vaasa Airport)
Varkaus (Varkaus Airport)

[edit] Norway

Oslo (Oslo Airport, Gardermoen)

[edit] Germany

[edit] Fleet

The Finncomm Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (at December 2006):

3 ATR 42-500 (plus 1 on order, delivery at December 2006)
2 Embraer ERJ 145LR
1 Saab 340A
1 Saab 340B
On order: 7 ATR 72-500 (first delivery at January 2007)^[1]

On 13 June 2005 the airline placed a firm order for 8 ATR 42-500 aircraft (with a further 8 options). The initial aircraft will replace the Golden Air current fleet of Saab 340 aircraft that are operated by Finncomm on Finnish routes, feeding Finnair's Helsinki hub and operating on Finncomm's regional routes. Total contract value, including options, is around $250 million, with deliveries in the 2005 to 2007 time period. ^[2]