Finncomm Airlines

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Finncomm

IATA FC	ICAO WBA	Callsign Westbird
Founded		1993
Hubs		Helsinki-Vantaa Airport
Fleet size		9
Destinations		19
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 and charter services on behalf of Finnair and Golden Air. Its headquarters is located at Seinäjoki Airport (SJY), with a hub at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The airline carried over 400 000 passengers in 2006 and expected figures for 2007 are more than 600 000. In 2006 the airline had more than 80 daily departures from Helsinki-Vantaa airport being the second biggest airline operating from there in terms of daily departures after Finnair. Finncomm is also a member airline of European Regions Airline Association.

1 History
2 Services
- 2.1 Domestic
- 2.2 Germany
3 Estonia
4 Fleet
5 References
6 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 March 2007):

[edit] Domestic

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

[edit] Germany

Stuttgart (Stuttgart Airport)

[edit] Estonia

Tallinn (Tallinn Airport) (starts April 2007)

[edit] Fleet

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

1 ATR 72-500
4 ATR 42-500
2 Embraer ERJ 145LU
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]