Finnair, the world’s sixth oldest airline, celebrates 90 years of flying today. 90 years ago on 20 March, a Jumpers F13 D-335 seaplane transported 162 kilogrammes of mail from Katajanokka in Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia.
Today Finnair operates 43 aircraft to more than 60 destinations to more than 60 destinations around the world. It has close to 6,000 employees and last year it flew 9.3 million passengers which makes up 60% of all passengers passing through Helsinki Airport.
Flightstats has ranked Finnair as the world’s most punctual airline in four different months last year and overall in 2013 operating the world’s second most punctual airline network.
The Finnish airline recently launched new routes to Xi’an and Hanoi. It continues its design collaboration with Marimekko with improved dining options in Business Class and is also the first airline in the world to take delivery of the A321 Sharklet aircraft.
Later this year Finnair will enter a joint business on EU-Japan traffic with fellow oneworld partners British Airways and Japan Airlines as well as retrofit its wide body fleet with flat bed seats in Business Class.
In 2015, the Finnair will be the first European airline to operate the next generation Airbus A350 XWB aircraft.
