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Nov 12, 2014 (newstodate): Much heralded, Finnair and Flybe joined forces through a JV, Flybe Nordic that took to the air in November 2011.
The two parties acquired the Finnish commuter airline Finncomm in a joint venture with Flybe owning 60 percent and Finnair 40 percent of Flybe Nordic, managed by Flybe.
The joint vision of the two owners of Flybe Nordic was to build the carrier into a leading regional airline in the Nordic and Baltic markets, aiming at setting up traffic in Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia, in addition to the Finnish market.
From the start, Flybe Nordic would be operating routes formerly operated by Finncomm as well as many new routes, strengthening its position in the Nordic countries and the Baltic area and providing feeder traffic to Finnair's international network.
On the domestic lines, Flybe Nordic would be operating seven routes from Helsinki as well as four domestic routes between other Finnish airports.
On the international scene, Flybe Nordic would operate flights from Helsinki to Swedish destinations Norrkoping, Skelleftea, Mariehamn, and Umeaa, and from Helsinki to Trondheim, in Norway, and to Gdansk, in Poland.
Estonia was destined to become another major destination for Flybe Nordic with routes from Tallinn to Vaasa, Oulu, Turku and Tampere in Finland, as well as to Stockholm Bromma Airport, in Sweden.
Also flights serving the Danish market were envisaged but proved only short-lived as well.
Earlier this year, Flybe Nordic scaled down its last remaining flights in Finland and stopped it last remaining activities outside Finland including the route connecting Tallinn and Stockholm Bromma Airport.
For Finnair the crucial issue is: how will the domestic lines feeding traffic to and from the hub at Helsinki be served from now?
Outsourcing many of its non-strictly-core businesses during its ongoing restructuring process, Finnair is hardly in a financial position to shoulder this task on its own.
The two parties acquired the Finnish commuter airline Finncomm in a joint venture with Flybe owning 60 percent and Finnair 40 percent of Flybe Nordic, managed by Flybe.
The joint vision of the two owners of Flybe Nordic was to build the carrier into a leading regional airline in the Nordic and Baltic markets, aiming at setting up traffic in Sweden, Denmark, Estonia and Latvia, in addition to the Finnish market.
From the start, Flybe Nordic would be operating routes formerly operated by Finncomm as well as many new routes, strengthening its position in the Nordic countries and the Baltic area and providing feeder traffic to Finnair's international network.
On the domestic lines, Flybe Nordic would be operating seven routes from Helsinki as well as four domestic routes between other Finnish airports.
On the international scene, Flybe Nordic would operate flights from Helsinki to Swedish destinations Norrkoping, Skelleftea, Mariehamn, and Umeaa, and from Helsinki to Trondheim, in Norway, and to Gdansk, in Poland.
Estonia was destined to become another major destination for Flybe Nordic with routes from Tallinn to Vaasa, Oulu, Turku and Tampere in Finland, as well as to Stockholm Bromma Airport, in Sweden.
Also flights serving the Danish market were envisaged but proved only short-lived as well.
Earlier this year, Flybe Nordic scaled down its last remaining flights in Finland and stopped it last remaining activities outside Finland including the route connecting Tallinn and Stockholm Bromma Airport.
For Finnair the crucial issue is: how will the domestic lines feeding traffic to and from the hub at Helsinki be served from now?
Outsourcing many of its non-strictly-core businesses during its ongoing restructuring process, Finnair is hardly in a financial position to shoulder this task on its own.