Finnair

flag-carrier and largest airline of Finland
Organization airline Q201821
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Finnair

Summary

Finnair is an airline[1]. Finnair ranks in the top 3% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,230 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Finnair was a member of Airlines for Europe[3].
  • Finnair was a member of International Air Transport Association[4].
  • Finnair was a member of Service Sector Employers Palta[5].
  • Finnair is in the country of Finland[6].
  • Finnair's instance of is recorded as airline[7].
  • Finnair's instance of is recorded as public company[8].
  • Finnair's instance of is recorded as flag carrier[9].
  • Finnair's airline hub is recorded as Helsinki Airport[10].
  • Finnair's airline alliance is recorded as Oneworld[11].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A320-214[12].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A330-300[13].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A319-112[14].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A321-211[15].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A321-231[16].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Airbus A350-900[17].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Embraer 190[18].
  • Finnair's item operated is recorded as Convair CV-340[19].
  • Finnair's headquarters location is recorded as Veromies[20].
  • Finnair's headquarters location is recorded as Vantaa[21].
  • Finnair's chief executive officer is recorded as Turkka Kuusisto[22].
  • Finnair's IATA airline designator is recorded as AY[23].
  • Finnair's ICAO airline designator is recorded as FIN[24].
  • Finnair's child organization or unit is recorded as FlyNordic[25].
  • Finnair's child organization or unit is recorded as Karair[26].
  • Finnair's child organization or unit is recorded as Finnair Cargo[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Country: FI[28]

  • Community tags: airline[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 52ddacc0-1f55-45aa-9267-2b5fab5185f9[30]

Body

Founding

September 12, 1923 marks the founding of Finnair[31]. Finnair's location of formation is recorded as Helsinki[32].

Identity

Official names include {'lang': 'fi', 'text': 'Finnair Oyj'}[33], {'lang': 'sv', 'text': 'Finnair Abp'}[34], and {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Finnair Plc'}[35].

Leadership

Finnair's chief executive officer is recorded as Turkka Kuusisto[22].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Veromies[20], a district of Vantaa[36], in Finland[37] and Vantaa[21], a city[38], in Finland[39], founded in 1428[40]. Subsidiaries include FlyNordic[25], an airline[41], in Sweden[42], founded in 1996[43], headquartered in Stockholm[44]; Karair[26], an airline[45], in Finland[46], founded in 1950[47], headquartered in Helsinki[48]; Finnair Cargo[27], a cargo airline[49], in Finland[50], headquartered in Veromies[51]; Nordic Regional Airlines[52], an airline[53], in Finland[54], founded in 2011[55], headquartered in Vantaa[56]; and Aurinkomatkat[57], a business[58], in Finland[59], founded in 1963[60], headquartered in Helsinki[61].

Industry

Finnair's industry is recorded as commercial aviation[62].

Ownership

Finnair's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd[63].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Finnair include FinnPa[64], an association football club[65], in Finland[66], founded in 1965[67], headquartered in Helsinki[68] and Finnairin Laulajat[69], a choir[70], founded in 1949[71].

Why It Matters

Finnair ranks in the top 3% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (18,230 views/month).[2] Finnair has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[72] Finnair is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[73]

Entities named for Finnair include FinnPa[64], an association football club[65], in Finland[66], founded in 1965[67], headquartered in Helsinki[68] and Finnairin Laulajat[69], a choir[70], founded in 1949[71].

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [72] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [73] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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