List of defunct airlines of Finland
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This is a list of defunct airlines of Finland.[1][2]
| Airline | Image | IATA | ICAO | Callsign | Commenced operations |
Ceased operations |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | ||||||||
| Aero O/Y | 1923 | 1968 | Rebranded Finnair in 1953 and renamed in 1968 | |||||
| Air Åland | N9 2Q | NVD | NORVIND | 2005 | 2012 | Previously Flyg & Far Åland Operations transferred to Swedish Nextjet | ||
| Air Botnia O/Y | KF | KFB | BOTNIA | 1988 | 2003 | Renamed Blue1 | ||
| Air Carelia | 1983 | 1987 | Operated Cessna Citation I[3] | |||||
| Air Finland | OF | FIF | AIR FINLAND | 2003 | 2012 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Air Finlandia | 1987 | 1988 | Failed project. Operated Airbus A321 | |||||
| Air100 | 2012 | 2014 | A virtual airline, had never AOC or OL | |||||
| B | ||||||||
| Blue1 O/Y | KF | BLF | BLUEFINN | 1987 | 2016 | Previously Air Botnia Assets merged into CityJet from Ireland | ||
| C | ||||||||
| Copterline & Copter Action | AAQ | COPTERLINE | 1990 | 2016 | ||||
| D | ||||||||
| Deltacraft | 4L | DEC | DELTACRAFT | 2001 | 2004 | [4] | ||
| E | ||||||||
| Euro-Flite | 1970 | 1998 | Established as KoneAir. Merged with Jetflite. Operated Falcon 20[5] | |||||
| F | ||||||||
| Finlantic | 1961 | 1963 | Went bankrupt | |||||
| Finnaviation | FA | FAV | BLUEBIRD | 1979 | 1996 | Merged into Finnair of which was a subsidiary | ||
| Finnish Commuter Airlines branded Finncomm Airlines | FC | WBA/FCM | WESTBIRD/FINNCOMM | 1995 | 2015 | Renamed Nordic Regional Airlines/Flybe Finland | ||
| Finnwings-Wihuri O/Y Finnwings | 1970 | 1979 | Previously as Lentohuolto Oy. Merged with Oy Nordair to form Finnaviation.[6] | |||||
| FirstClass | 2012 | 2013 | Established as Line Support. Operated AW139[7] | |||||
| Fly Lappeenranta | 8H | HWY | HIGHWAY | 2008 | 2010 | |||
| Flybe Finland | FC | FCM | FINNCOMM | 2011 | 2015 | Finnish Commuter Airlines/Finncomm Airlines trading name | ||
| Flyg & Far Åland | 2005 | 2005 | Renamed Air Åland[8] | |||||
| Flying Finn | FFW | FLYINGFINN | 2002 | 2004 | ||||
| G | ||||||||
| Go! Aviation | 2016 | 2017 | Operated Pilatus PC-12 NG[9] | |||||
| H | ||||||||
| Helikopteripalvelu | 1960 | 1999 | Bought by Copterline. Operated Agusta-Bell 206, Bell 206 Long Ranger[10] | |||||
| Holiday Magic Finland | 1973 | 1975 | Operated leased Convair 880[11] | |||||
| J | ||||||||
| Jetflite | 1980 | 2013 | ||||||
| K | ||||||||
| Karair | KR | KAR | 1957 | 1996 | Previously Karhumäki Airways Merged into Finnair of which was a subsidiary | |||
| Karhumäki Airways | 1951 | 1957 | Renamed Karair | |||||
| Kunnnallistekniikka | 1965 | 1966 | Aerial survey carrier. Operated Pilatus Porter[12] | |||||
| L | ||||||||
| Lentohuolto Oy | 1951 | 1969 | Renamed Finnwings-Wihuri O/Y Finnwings Operated Cessna 150, Cessna 172, Cessna 180, Cessna 185, Cessna 190[13] | |||||
| Line Support | 2011 | 2012 | Renamed FirstClas Operated AW139[14] | |||||
| N | ||||||||
| Nordair OY | 1973 | 1979 | Merged with Finnwings to form Finnaviation Operated Falcon 20[15] | |||||
| Nordic Global Airlines | NJ | NGB | NORDIC GLOBAL | 2011 | 2015 | |||
| P | ||||||||
| Polar-Air | 1961 | 1970 | Finnair charter subsidiary Operated leased Sud Aviation Caravelle[16] | |||||
| Polarwing | WO | 1981 | 1992 | Operated Piper Chieftain | ||||
| S | ||||||||
| Sir-Air | 1967 | 1982 | Operated BN-2 Islander, Mitsubishi MU-2, Lockheed Lodestar, Piper Aztec, Piper Navajo[17] | |||||
| Skargardsflyg | 5Q | LND | 1956 | 2002 | Operated BN-2 Islander, Cessna Skywagon, Embraer Bandeirante][18] | |||
| Snowbird Airlines | SBW | SNOWMAN | 2014 | 2014 | Operated leased Airbus A320-200 | |||
| Soder Airlines | OY | SDE | SODER | 2002 | 2006 | Went bankrupt | ||
| Spear Air | 1972 | 1974 | Operated Douglas DC-8 | |||||
| T | ||||||||
| Turku Air | 1974 | 2016 | ||||||
| W | ||||||||
| Wasawings | VW | 1981 | 1988 | AOC revoked after crash | ||||
| Wingo xprs | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||