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92-703: Oneworld (stylised as one world; CRS : *O ) is a global airline alliance consisting of 15 member airlines. It was founded on 1 February 1999. The alliance's stated objective is to be the first choice airline alliance for the world's frequent international travellers. Its headquarters have been located in Fort Worth , Texas since December 2022. The alliance's current membership consists of Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , British Airways , Cathay Pacific , Finnair , Iberia , Japan Airlines , Malaysia Airlines , Qantas , Qatar Airways , Royal Air Maroc , Royal Jordanian and SriLankan Airlines . Fiji Airways ,

184-731: A Junkers F.13 aircraft equipped with floats. The seaplane service ended in 1936 following the construction of the first aerodromes in Finland. Air raids on Helsinki and other Finnish cities made World War II a difficult period for the airline. Half of the fleet was requisitioned by the Finnish Air Force and it was estimated that, during the Winter War in 1939 and 1940, half of the airline's passengers from other Finnish cities were children being evacuated to Sweden . The Finnish government wanted longer routes, so it acquired

276-881: A Purser , and three stripes for a Purser/Chief Purser. Additionally, some female Pursers have a white vertical stripe on their dresses or blouses indicating their years of service. Finnair requires its cabin crew to wear gloves during take-off and landing for safety reasons. Finnair's previous cabin crew uniform was named the fifth most stylish uniform by the French magazine Bon Voyage . Finnair has several partnerships with following companies and airlines including Alaska Airlines , American Airlines , British Airways , Deutsche Bahn (DB) , Chinese JD.com , Japan Airlines and Marimekko . Finnair flies from its Helsinki hub to over 80 destinations in over 35 countries in Asia , Europe and North America . Finnair also serves six destinations in

368-424: A 400,000-bit magnetic drum memory unit to hold seating files. It used many registers , to indicate whether seats in a train were vacant or reserved to accelerate searches of and updates to seat patterns, for communications with terminals, printing reservation notices, and CRT displays. In 1953 Trans-Canada Airlines (TCA) started investigating a computer-based system with remote terminals , testing one design on

460-615: A Oneworld Connect partner, announced in June 2024 that it would become a full member. On 20 June 2022, Oman Air announced it would formally join the alliance by 2024. As of March 2020, its member airlines collectively operate a fleet of 3,296 aircraft, serve about 1,000 airports in 170 countries, carrying over 490 million passengers per year on 13,000 plus daily departures. It is the third-largest global airline alliance in terms of passengers carried, behind SkyTeam (676 million in 2019) and Star Alliance (762 million in 2019). Oneworld announced

552-594: A car park right next to its previous head office located in Tietotie 11, on the grounds of Helsinki Airport . The construction of HOTT began in July 2011 and finished on time in June 2013. The previous head office had been in use since 1994, then replacing a head office located in Helsinki city centre. The last Helsinki head office, which had Aarne Ehojoki  [ fi ] as its designer, opened in 1972; in 2016 it

644-780: A central clearing house for U.S. travel; other airlines demurred, citing fear that United States antitrust law may have been breached. In 1976, United Airlines began offering its Apollo system to travel agents; while it would not allow the agents to book tickets on United's competitors, the marketing value of the convenient terminal proved indispensable. SABRE, PARS, and DATAS were soon released to travel agents as well. Following airline deregulation in 1978, an efficient CRS proved particularly important; by some counts, Texas Air executive Frank Lorenzo purchased money-losing Eastern Air Lines specifically to gain control of its SystemOne CRS. Also in 1976 Videcom international with British Airways , British Caledonian and CCL launched Travicom ,

736-503: A consortium led by Air France and West Germany's Lufthansa developed Amadeus , modeled on SystemOne. Amadeus Global Travel Distribution was launched in 1992. In 1990, Delta, Northwest Airlines , and Trans World Airlines formed Worldspan , and in 1993, another consortium (including British Airways, KLM, and United Airlines , among others) formed the competing company Galileo GDS based on Apollo. Numerous smaller companies such as KIU have also formed, aimed at niche markets not catered for by

828-714: A five-year agreement signed on 7 November 2011. As of 2022, it transported about 2.9 million passengers, a substantial decrease from 2019 as COVID-19 pandemic shut down airports and airlines due to travel restrictions. At the end of 2022, the airline employed 5,325 people on average. From 2022 onwards, the Russian airspace closure resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced Finnair to suspend some services to Asia. In March 2023, Finnair announced it would terminate domestic flights from both Tampere and Turku to Helsinki in favor of coach service due to low demand and

920-399: A fleet of 1,577 aircraft. Finnair , Finland 's largest airline and flag carrier , was the alliance's first new recruit on 9 December 1998. The alliance welcomed Iberia , Spain's flag carrier, as its second recruit on 15 February 1999. Both airlines, together with Iberia's franchisee, Iberia Regional Air Nostrum , joined the alliance on 1 September 1999, adding more than 50 destinations to

1012-673: A formal letter of invitation to join the alliance, along with five members of the JAL Group as affiliate members, including J-Air , JAL Express , JALways , Japan Asia Airways and Japan Transocean Air . All three of these airline groups — Japan Airlines, Malév and Royal Jordanian — joined as full members and started offering the alliance's full range of services and benefits on 1 April 2007, along with, as Oneworld affiliate members, Japan Airlines' subsidiaries J‑Air, JAL Express, JALways, Japan Asia Airways and Japan Transocean Air, and LAN's subsidiaries LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador. They expanded

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1104-611: A majority stake in the company in 1946 and re-established services to Europe in November 1947, initially using the Douglas DC-3 . In 1953, the airline began branding itself as Finnair. The Convair 440 twin-engined pressurised airliner was acquired from January 1953, and these faster aircraft were operated on the company's longer routes as far as London . In 1961, Finnair joined the jet age by adding Rolls-Royce Avon -engined Caravelles to its fleet. These were later exchanged with

1196-838: A memorandum of understanding, subject to Indian regulatory approval. The airline gained approval to join the alliance from the India's Ministry of Civil Aviation and started participating in the alliance's Global Explorer round-the-world fare product. However, on 3 February 2012, just a week before it was due to join the alliance, Kingfisher Airlines' entry was put on hold to give it more time to strengthen its financial position. Kingfisher Airlines suspended operations on 20 October 2012 and finally ceased operations in February 2013. On 26 July 2010, Air Berlin , at that time Germany's second-largest airline, accepted an invitation to join Oneworld and joined

1288-417: A senior IBM sales representative, on a flight from Los Angeles to New York . C.R. invited Blair to visit their Reservisor system and look for ways that IBM could improve the system. Blair alerted Thomas Watson Jr. that American was interested in a major collaboration, and a series of low-level studies started. Their idea of an automated airline reservation system (ARS) resulted in a 1959 venture known as

1380-505: A stopover in Anchorage took up to 16 hours, giving Finnair a competitive edge. In the spring of 1986, Soviet regulators finally cleared the way for Air France and Japan Airlines to fly nonstop Paris-Tokyo services over Soviet airspace, putting Finnair at a disadvantage. Finnair launched a Helsinki- Beijing route in 1988, making Finnair the first Western European carrier to fly non-stop between Europe and China . In 1989, Finnair became

1472-400: A total of 336 seats. This second seat configuration was initially planned to be used on routes with less business class demand such as Bangkok, Beijing, and Seoul, as well as on routes to leisure destinations but they have also been utilized on other busy routes such as Shanghai , Osaka , and Tokyo . Finnair has modified its previous fleet plan to retire two of Airbus A330 aircraft, which

1564-519: Is the fifth oldest airline in continuous operation and is consistently listed as one of the safest in the world. The company's slogans are Designed for you and The Nordic Way. In 1923, consul Bruno Lucander founded Finnair as Aero O/Y ( Aero Ltd ). The company code, "AY", stands for Aero Osake-yhtiö ("yhtiö" means "company" in Finnish). Lucander had previously run the Finnish operations of

1656-501: Is 40% owned by Finnair. The airline uses a fleet of ATR 72-500 aircraft, leased from Finnair, and Embraer 190 aircraft, both painted in Finnair livery. The airline began operations on 20 October 2011 as a joint venture between Flybe and Finnair. The airline has operated under Finnair's flight code since 1 May 2015. In 2013, Finnair opened its new head office, known as House of Travel and Transportation (or "HOTT"), on what used to be

1748-773: Is also used on some long-haul flights such as to Dubai . ATR 72-500 and Embraer 190 are operated by Nordic Regional Airlines and are also used on domestic and European flights. Finnair received its first Airbus A330-300s on 27 March 2009. Now the airline has eight of them in its fleet. As of July 2023, the airline utilizes the A330 on intercontinental flights from Helsinki to Delhi , Mumbai , New York , Chicago , Seattle and Doha . The A330s are powered by General Electric CF6 -80E1 engines. The aircraft are also being used on European services to Brussels and Amsterdam . On 8 March 2007, Finnair firmed up its orders for 11 Airbus A350 aircraft with 8 options. On 3 December 2014, it

1840-607: Is currently unannounced. On 31 March 2021, Alaska Airlines and its affiliates Alaska Horizon and Alaska SkyWest joined the alliance as member and member affiliates, respectively. On 20 June 2022, Oman Air and Oneworld signed the MOU for Oman Air to join the alliance during IATA General Meeting in Doha. Qatar Airways will act as their sponsor. In August 2023, the CEO of MIAT Mongolian Airlines Munkhtamir Batbayar revealed in an interview

1932-451: Is looking for suitable narrow-body aircraft for long-haul use. On 18 December 2015, Finnair decided to improve the space efficiency of its current Airbus narrow-body fleet due to a growing need for feeder traffic capacity. The value of the investment is approximately EUR 40 million, and it includes 22 narrow-body Airbus aircraft in Finnair's fleet. The cabin layout change excludes five A321 aircraft, which are already configured according to

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2024-512: Is the flag carrier and largest full-service legacy airline of Finland , with headquarters in Vantaa on the grounds of Helsinki Airport , its hub . Finnair and its subsidiaries dominate both domestic and international air travel in Finland. Its major shareholder is the government of Finland , which owns 55.9% of its shares. Finnair is a member of the Oneworld airline alliance . Finnair

2116-1086: The Airbus A350 . As of November 2019, Finnair had 14 A350-900s, with a further 5 to be delivered between 2020 and 2022. The Finnish flag carrier also has considered switching some of the orders for the Airbus A350-900 to the Airbus A350-1000 aircraft but decided to keep the orders for only the A350-900. At the beginning of 2017, Finnair revealed plans to add more seats to some of the Airbus A350 aircraft in order to increase capacity by up to 13%. The new seat configuration has 32 seats in Business Class , 42 seats in Economy Comfort Class, and 262 in Economy Class ,

2208-509: The Apollo Reservation System and Programmed Airline Reservation System (PARS), respectively. Soon, travel agents began pushing for a system that could automate their side of the process by accessing the various ARSes directly to make reservations. Fearful this would place too much power in the hands of agents, American Airlines executive Robert Crandall proposed creating an industry-wide computer reservation system to be

2300-721: The North Pole and back south through the Bering Strait , avoiding Soviet airspace. However, Finnair did not have to make a roundabout because of the Soviet regulation on this route, but the Japanese authorities demanded it (as JAL requested strongly). The aircraft was fitted with extra fuel tanks, taking 13 hours for the trip. The routes through Soviet airspace and with a stopover in Moscow also took 13 hours, but flights with

2392-710: The Semi-Automatic Business Research Environment (SABRE), launched the following year. By the time the network was completed in December 1964, it was the largest civil data processing system in the world. Other airlines established their own systems. Pan Am launched its PANAMAC system in 1964. Delta Air Lines launched the Delta Automated Travel Account System (DATAS) in 1968. United Airlines and Trans World Airlines followed in 1971 with

2484-488: The United States . Those routes have been discontinued. On 28 February 2022, Russia closed its airspace as a countermeasure to EU airspace closure. This meant many changes to Finnair's Asian services, as most of Finnair's flights between Europe and Asia had used the shortest, fastest, and most environmentally sound route over Russia. In response, on 9 March 2022, flight AY073 departed from Helsinki to Tokyo Narita via

2576-801: The University of Toronto 's Ferranti Mark 1 machine that summer. Though successful, the researchers found that input and output was a major problem. Ferranti Canada became involved in the project and suggested a new system using punched cards and a transistorized computer in place of the unreliable tube -based Mark I. The resulting system, ReserVec , started operation in 1962, and took over all booking operations in January 1963. Terminals were placed in all of TCA's ticketing offices, allowing all queries and bookings to complete in about one second with no remote operators needed. In 1953 American Airlines CEO C. R. Smith chanced to sit next to R. Blair Smith,

2668-484: The 2016 plan, it was planned to grow to 22 in 2020, and to 26 in 2023. However, should market conditions be weaker than expected, Finnair has the flexibility to return the wide-body fleet to a total of 15 aircraft in 2019 and to maintain it at this level through to 2023. Some of the new A350 aircraft will increase the number of aircraft operated by Finnair. Finnair's current special liveries are Marimekko "Kivet", Marimekko 50th anniversary "Unikko", Oneworld liveries, and

2760-931: The AmericanConnection brand at that time: Chautauqua Airlines , Corporate Airlines , and Trans States Airlines . The alliance further strengthened its network in Latin America when LAN's two subsidiaries, LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador , became the alliance's newest affiliate members. LAN Argentina launched passenger and cargo services in June 2005 from its home base in Buenos Aires , while LAN Ecuador launched its services in April 2003 from its home base in Guayaquil . Both airlines officially joined their sister airlines and offer alliance's services and benefits on 1 April 2007. Conversely, on 5 March 2007,

2852-1160: The British Airways name, livery and flight code On routes operated on behalf of Finnair only Iberia Regional flights are operated by Air Nostrum QantasLink flights are operated by Alliance Airlines , Eastern Australia Airlines , National Jet Systems , Network Aviation and Sunstate Airlines . Alliance Airlines routes only count if they are operated for QantasLink. Founding member affiliate AmericanConnection flights were operated by Chautauqua Airlines , RegionsAir and Trans States Airlines Merged with Cathay Pacific on 21 October 2020 Merged with SriLankan Airlines on 31 October 2016 Merged with American Airlines on 17 October 2015 US Airways Express flights were operated by Air Wisconsin , Mesa Airlines , Piedmont Airlines , PSA Airlines , Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines The Oneworld alliance has been home to numerous conflicts between member airlines. As of 2024, all cases of tension between Oneworld airlines have involved Qatar Airways as one of

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2944-482: The CEO are vice-presidents for commercial; membership and customer experience; and corporate communications, a chief financial officer and an IT director. The CEO reports to the Oneworld Governing Board, which is made up of the chief executives of each of the member airlines. The Governing Board meets regularly to set strategic direction and review progress. Chairmanship of the board rotates among

3036-529: The Christmas special "Reindeer" liveries. Past Finnair special liveries include "Marimekko Unikko", " Moomins ", " Santa Claus ", 1950s retro livery and Angry Birds . Finnair has previously operated the following equipment: In the early 1980s the fleet of the Finnaviation subsidiary consisted of: an Aero Commander 690 , a Beech 95-A55 Baron , Cessna F150J (2), a Cessna 401B , a Cessna F172M ,

3128-491: The Estonian airline Aeronaut . In mid-1923, he concluded an agreement with Junkers Flugzeugwerke AG to provide aircraft and technical support in exchange for a 50% ownership in the new airline. The charter establishing the company was signed in Helsinki on 12 September 1923, and the company was entered into the trade register on 11 December 1923. The first flight was on 20 March 1924, from Helsinki to Tallinn , Estonia , on

3220-507: The North Pole. Back in 1983, Finnair was the first airline to fly non-stop from Europe to Japan by flying over the North Pole – so operating in the polar region is not new to Finnair. Finnair announced a new route to Dallas/Fort Worth in 2022. Finnair also reintroduced flights to Seattle/Tacoma in 2022. Finnair codeshares with the following airlines: In addition to the above codeshares, Finnair has joint venture agreements with

3312-574: The Oneworld alliance moved to Fort Worth , Texas, US, where American Airlines —one of its member airlines—is headquartered, in December 2022. Oneworld was unveiled by its founding members, American Airlines , British Airways , Canadian Airlines International , Cathay Pacific and Qantas at a press conference in London , United Kingdom, on 21 September 1998. Oneworld was officially launched and became operational on 1 February 1999. The alliance outlined its services and benefits as including: Ahead of

3404-400: The Oneworld network to almost 700 airports in nearly 150 countries served by 9,000 daily departures, carrying around 315 million passengers per year with a fleet of almost 2,500 aircraft, with top-tier frequent flyers able to access 400 airport lounges worldwide. On the same day, Aer Lingus voluntarily exited the alliance due to a fundamental change to its business strategy. The Irish carrier

3496-493: The Oneworld network. On 19 May 1999, LAN Chile became a member-elect, the alliance's first representative from Latin America. LanChile's two subsidiaries, LAN Express and LAN Perú , would also join the alliance. Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus was formally elected on board and confirmed as the ninth member of the alliance on 2 December 1999. As LanChile and Aer Lingus joined on 1 June 2000, Canadian Airlines International left

3588-625: The UK. It allowed agents and airlines to communicate via a common distribution language and network, handling 97% of UK airline business trade bookings by 1987. The system went on to be replicated by Videcom in other areas of the world including the Middle East (DMARS), New Zealand, Kuwait (KMARS), Ireland, Caribbean, United States and Hong Kong. Travicom was a trading name for Travel Automation Services Ltd. When British Airways (who by then owned 100% of Travel Automation Services Ltd) chose to participate in

3680-488: The United States with its financial situation deteriorating. The airline suspended all operations from 28 August 2010. With the group under Mexican court protection, it has remained an inactive member of Oneworld since then. On 23 February 2010, India's Kingfisher Airlines took its first step to joining Oneworld with its chairman Vijay Mallya and chief executives from the alliance's existing member airlines signing

3772-553: The United States. Previously the airline has served Africa and South America , including countries such as Egypt , Colombia and Brazil , but primarily on a leisure basis. Finnair has over 10 domestic destinations. Domestic flights are operated in co-operation with the airline's subsidiary Nordic Regional Airlines . In 2021, Finnair opened five routes from Stockholm–Arlanda to Bangkok–Suvarnabhumi and Phuket in Thailand , as well as New York–JFK , Miami and Los Angeles in

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3864-650: The Year by the Skytrax independent airline quality ratings agency in both 2011 and 2012. The agreement to join was widely reported in the media as a coup for Oneworld, with Qatar Airways the first among the "Big Three" carriers in the Persian Gulf to sign for any global airline alliance. The airline joined the alliance on 30 October 2013. On 14 February 2013, American Airlines began plans to merge with US Airways . Following U.S. Federal Aviation Administration approval,

3956-431: The airline itself, respectively. The alliance ended its relationship with affiliate member and British Airways franchisee BMED on 27 October 2007, following the purchase of the airline by one of British Airways' UK rivals, BMI . Four days later, Oneworld welcomed its latest affiliate member and Cathay Pacific wholly-owned subsidiary Dragonair to the alliance on 1 November 2007 – rebranded Cathay Dragon in 2016, it

4048-494: The airline joined the alliance on 1 April 2020, extending the alliance's network into Africa. On 26 September 2019, SkyTeam member Delta Air Lines announced its plans to buy 20% of LATAM for US$ 1.9 billion. On 1 January 2024, it was announced that Delta's acquisition of its 20% stake in LATAM was completed. LATAM Airlines Group announced that it would leave Oneworld on 1 May 2020, but the fate of Qatar Airways' 10% stake in LATAM

4140-713: The airline was wound up in the following weeks. In February 2009, Oneworld celebrated its tenth anniversary with its ten member airlines—American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia Airlines, Japan Airlines, LAN, Malév, Qantas , and Royal Jordanian. In the past decade, membership had doubled from an initial five members to ten members; its member airlines carried a total of 2.5 billion passengers and generated almost $ 500 billion , €450 million in revenue from passenger activities. Alliance fares and sales products generated $ 5 billion, €2.5 billion in revenue alone, with two-thirds or almost $ 3 billion, €1.5 billion would not have been generated if

4232-522: The airline would be joining as a Oneworld Connect member, the second one after Fiji Airways. It already has extensive codesharing with some Oneworld members, for example, Cathay Pacific since 2017 and JAL since 2020. On 3 December 2023, the Alaska Air Group announced it planned to acquire Hawaiian Airlines for US$ 1.9 billion. The deal, which closed on 18 September 2024, retains both Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines as separate brands. Under

4324-407: The airline. Air Berlin subsequently left Oneworld upon entering administration and ceasing operations on 28 October 2017. On 1 June 2018, Oneworld introduced Oneworld Connect, a membership platform similar to Star Alliance's "Connecting Partners", with Fiji Airways as the first member effective from 5 December onwards. On 5 December 2018, Oneworld announced Royal Air Maroc as a member-elect, and

4416-406: The alliance did not exist. As part of the celebration and to increase awareness of the 10‑member alliance, all the alliance member airlines decorated a proportion of their aircraft fleets in a new standard Oneworld livery—around 40 aircraft in total, mainly types that fly on international routes. The alliance also unveiled a special version of its logo, featuring the text "10 years" printed behind

4508-599: The alliance ended its relationship with affiliate member and British Airways subsidiary, BA Connect . BA Connect's UK regional operations were sold to Flybe on 3 November 2006, in return for a 15% stake in the latter. Approximately 50 UK regional routes are affected by the sale; however, Belfast and Southampton would remain linked to the alliance network through other British Airways and alliance members. BA Connect's operations from London City Airport and between Manchester and New York were retained and operated by another British Airways subsidiary, BA CityFlyer , and

4600-587: The alliance members' chief executives. Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker succeeded Qantas CEO as chairman in May 2021. In 2011, the alliance headquarters relocated from Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada, to Park Avenue in New York City, New York, United States, sharing premises with the local offices of a number of Oneworld member airlines including American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines and Qantas. The headquarters of

4692-705: The alliance on 20 March 2012. On 6 June 2011, Malaysia Airlines became a new member designate on the sidelines of the IATA World Air Transport Summit in Singapore. Malaysia Airlines became a part of Oneworld on 1 February 2013. On 11 June 2012, SriLankan Airlines became Oneworld's latest member-elect, on the sidelines of the IATA World Air Transport Summit in Beijing . Cathay Pacific was SriLankan Airlines' sponsor through its alliance implementation programme. Its membership implementation

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4784-453: The alliance's full members. For customers, they further extend the network the alliance can offer. In governance terms, these affiliates are represented in Oneworld affairs by their "parent" airline. Air Liberté ceased to be an affiliate member of Oneworld when the French airline was sold by British Airways to French investment group Taitbout with the UK carrier explaining that it had been unable to receive adequate returns on its investment in

4876-508: The alliance, following the airline's purchase by Air Canada , a member of the rival Star Alliance . Swiss International Air Lines (Swiss) accepted an invitation to join Oneworld in September 2003, after signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on 23 September 2003 to establish a wide-ranging commercial agreement with British Airways. However, Swiss later decided not to proceed with key elements of its agreement with British Airways and

4968-703: The business. Kenya -based Regional Air joined the alliance on 1 July 2001, following its franchising agreement with British Airways. British Airways terminated its franchise agreement with Regional Air when the African carrier suspended flights in mid April 2005, ending its affiliate membership of Oneworld. TWA 's regional carriers , which operated under the Trans World Express brand, became Oneworld affiliate members, as their name changed to AmericanConnection on 2 December 2001, following TWA's acquisition by American Airlines. Three airlines operated under

5060-549: The color scheme for the tail fin favoring a white background with a blue stylized logo . The outline of the globe was also removed from the tail fin. The current uniform was designed by Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen and launched in December 2011. Finnair has codes to indicate the rank of crew members: One stripe in the sleeve (or epaulettes in the case of male crew wearing vests ) for normal Cabin Crew , two stripes for Senior Cabin Crew (only for outsourced Spanish crew) acting as

5152-688: The company's official name was changed to Finnair Oyj . In 1999, Finnair joined the Oneworld airline alliance. In 2001, Finnair reused the name "Aero" when establishing Aero Airlines , a subsidiary airline based in Tallinn , Estonia . In 2003, Finnair acquired ownership of the Swedish low-cost airline , FlyNordic , which operated mainly within Scandinavia . In 2007, Finnair sold all its shares in FlyNordic to Norwegian Air Shuttle . As part of

5244-526: The current delivery schedule, it will receive two A350 aircraft per year in 2019, 2020, and 2021, and one in 2022. Altogether, Finnair had 19 A350 aircraft in 2022. Due to an aging narrow-body fleet, Finnair plans to retire the Airbus A320 family and replace them with new generation aircraft. The airline estimates to invest up to €4 billion in fleet renewal between 2020 and 2025. Revealed at its Capital Markets Day on November 12, 2019, Finnair plans to grow

5336-442: The deal, Hawaiian Airlines will become a Oneworld member and the two airlines will operate a combined frequent flyer program. On 16 September 2024, Starlux Airlines announced that it plans to apply to join the Oneworld alliance by the end of 2025. Besides its full member airlines, Oneworld also includes around 30 "affiliate" members. These are generally regional airlines that are either owned by or have strong commercial links with

5428-522: The development of the Galileo system Travicom changed its trading name to Galileo UK and a migration process was put in place to move agencies from Travicom to Galileo. European airlines also began to invest in the field in the 1980s initially by deploying their own reservation systems in their homeland, propelled by growth in demand for travel as well as technological advances which allowed GDSes to offer ever-increasing services and searching power. In 1987,

5520-576: The early 1980s Finnair held a 60% shareholding. Finnaviation was eventually completely merged into Finnair. In 1981, Finnair opened routes to Seattle and Los Angeles . Finnair became the first operator to fly non-stop from Western Europe to Japan , operating Helsinki– Tokyo flights with a modified McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30ER in April 1983. Until then, flights had to go via Moscow ( Aeroflot , SAS , BA ) or Anchorage (most carriers) due to Soviet airspace restrictions, but Finnair circumvented these by flying directly north from Helsinki, over

5612-481: The end of 2017 and replace them with brand new A350 aircraft. As of 1 February 2017, all Airbus A340 aircraft are withdrawn from the fleet. The very last A340 (OH-LQE) operated its last flight from Tokyo to Helsinki on 1 February 2017. Finnair firmed up orders for eight additional A350 aircraft on 3 December 2014. The first A350 was delivered to Finnair in October 2015 and the airline became the first European operator of

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5704-520: The first European airline to operate the A350 to the United States. Finnair sometimes uses the A350 on the morning AY1331 flight from Helsinki to London–Heathrow to carry extra freight as well. Also, AY121/122 operating to New Delhi is also being served by the A350 as of 1 Nov 2022. Finnair took delivery of its first A350 aircraft on 7 October 2015, becoming the third airline to operate the aircraft, after Qatar Airways and Vietnam Airlines . According to

5796-463: The first airline from the Middle East to accept an invitation to join any global airline alliance. Japan Airlines , then Asia 's largest airline group, applied to join the alliance on 25 October 2005. JAL and Oneworld exchanged an MOU on 8 February 2006, setting out a framework for the remaining steps to be taken before the airline could be formally invited to join. On 5 June 2006, JAL accepted

5888-631: The following airlines: As of November 2024 , Finnair operates the following aircraft: Finnair received its first narrow-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus , the Airbus A321 , on 28 January 1999. Now the airline operates a fleet of up to 19 A321s. The first Airbus A319 aircraft was delivered to Finnair on 20 September 1999. Since then, Finnair has received 11 A319s, but three of them are now retired. Finnair utilizes Airbus A319, A320 , and A321 aircraft on domestic and European flights. The Airbus A321-231 , which are equipped with Sharklets ,

5980-538: The formation of a central alliance team, the Oneworld Management Company (oMC), in February 2000, to mark the alliance's first anniversary. The oMC was established May 2000 in Vancouver , British Columbia, Canada (see § Headquarters below). It acts as the alliance's central secretariat, with responsibility for driving future growth and the launch of new customer services and benefits. The oMC

6072-625: The four largest networks, including the low-cost carrier segment, and small and medium size domestic and regional airlines. For many years, global distribution systems (GDSs) have had a dominant position in the travel industry. To bypass the GDSs, and avoid high GDS fees, airlines have started to sell flights directly through their websites. Another way to bypass the GDSs is direct connection to travel agencies, such as that of American Airlines . ACCELaero Finnair Finnair Plc ( Finnish : Finnair Oyj , Swedish : Finnair Abp )

6164-410: The franchise. The alliance bid farewell to one of its affiliate member Japan Asia Airways on 31 March 2008, following the airline's consolidation into its parent, Japan Airlines. The second British Airways franchisee, Loganair , left the alliance on 25 October 2008, following the ending of its franchise agreement with the airline. A separate agreement for codesharing on some Loganair services replaced

6256-406: The hotel industry, making reservation and ensuring that the hotel is not overbooked. Airline reservations systems may be integrated into a larger passenger service system , which also includes an airline inventory system and a departure control system . The current centralised reservation systems are vulnerable to network-wide system disruptions. The MARS-1 train ticket reservation system

6348-616: The launch customer for the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 , the first of which was delivered on 7 December 1990. The first revenue service with the MD-11 took place on 20 December 1990, with OH-LGA operating a flight from Helsinki to Tenerife in the Canary Islands . In 1997, the subsidiaries Kar-Air and Finnaviation became wholly owned by Finnair and were integrated into the mainline operations. On 25 September 1997,

6440-421: The manufacturer for Pratt & Whitney JT8D -engined Super Caravelles. In 1962, Finnair acquired a 27% controlling interest in a private Finnish airline, Kar-Air . Finnair Oy became the company's official name on 25 June 1968. In 1969, it took possession of its first U.S. made jet, a Douglas DC-8 . The first transatlantic service to New York was inaugurated on 15 May 1969. In the 1960s, Finnair's head office

6532-625: The merger was completed on 9 December 2013. US Airways left Star Alliance on 30 March 2014, and joined Oneworld as an affiliate member the following day. On 7 March 2013, LATAM Airlines Group chose Oneworld as its alliance and announced that LAN subsidiary LAN Colombia plus TAM Airlines and its subsidiary TAM Paraguay would join Oneworld. LAN Colombia joined the alliance on 1 October 2013. On 31 March 2014, TAM Airlines and US Airways joined Oneworld after leaving Star Alliance on 30 March 2014. On 15 August 2017, Air Berlin filed for insolvency after Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways stopped funding

6624-404: The official launch, the alliance embarked on an extensive employee communications and training programme, involving virtually all of the 220,000 staff employed by the five-member airlines, to ensure they could deliver what the alliance brand promised. At its launch in 1999, Oneworld's member airlines and their affiliates served 648 destinations in 139 countries and carried 181 million passengers with

6716-456: The parties in the dispute. Qatar Airways joined the alliance in 2013. Computer reservations system Modern GDSs typically also allow users to book hotel rooms, rental cars, airline tickets as well as other activities and tours. They also provide access to railway reservations and bus reservations in some markets, although these are not always integrated with the main system. These are also used to relay computerized information for users in

6808-1154: The plan, having 209 seats. The cabin reconfiguration was estimated to take two weeks per aircraft during 2017. The reconfiguration adds 6 to 13 seats depending on the aircraft type, increasing the passenger capacity of Finnair's Airbus narrow-body fleet as measured by available seat kilometers by close to 4 percent. Finnair also planned to increase its narrow-body fleet. As a first step, Finnair leased eight Airbus A321 narrow-body aircraft from BOC Aviation . Finnair has occasionally suffered from aircraft shortages and therefore has resorted to leased and wet-leased aircraft. For instance, in March 2016, Finnair announced it would lease two Airbus A321 aircraft from Air Berlin for Finnair's European operations. These two aircraft were delivered in late April 2016 to Finnair. The airline used these A321s on flights from Helsinki to Amsterdam , Berlin , Copenhagen , Dubrovnik , Düsseldorf , Ljubljana , Paris , Split , Vienna , and Zürich . On 15 December 2016, Finnair announced it would lease two Airbus A321s from CDB Aviation Lease Finance. The first aircraft

6900-436: The previous franchise, for British Airways passengers connecting through Aberdeen , Edinburgh and Glasgow . Founding member On routes operated on behalf of Alaska Airlines as Alaska SkyWest only American Eagle flights are operated by Envoy Air , Piedmont Airlines , PSA Airlines , Air Wisconsin , Republic Airways and SkyWest Airlines . Independently operated franchise carriers using

6992-687: The same time as an affiliate member. On 10 November 2009, Oneworld welcomed Mexicana and its subsidiaries, MexicanaClick and MexicanaLink , after the airline accepted a formal invitation to join the alliance on 9 April 2008. Mexicana and its affiliates added 26 destinations to the alliance map. Mexicana was a former member of Star Alliance, leaving the group in March 2004 when it terminated its codeshare agreement with United Airlines and opted for bilateral agreements with Oneworld members American Airlines and Iberia. On 2 August 2010, Mexicana filed for insolvency proceedings in Mexico and bankruptcy protection in

7084-842: The short distance. The key trends for Finnair are shown below (for each year ending 31 December): The group's parent company is Finnair Plc, which is listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Stock Exchange and domiciled in Helsinki at the registered address Tietotie 9, Vantaa . The State of Finland is the major shareholder (55.8%), with no other shareholder owning more than 5% of shares. Two subsidiary companies, Finnair Cargo Oy and Finnair Cargo Terminal Operations Oy, form Finnair's cargo business. The offices of both companies are at Helsinki Airport . Finnair Cargo uses Finnair's fleet on its cargo operations. Finnair Cargo has three hubs: Nordic Regional Airlines (Norra)

7176-479: The size of its fleet from the current 83 (as of November 2019) to approximately 100 by 2025, of which 70% is planned to be narrow-body aircraft and 30% wide-body aircraft . One-third of the total investment sum would be used for growth, while two-thirds would be to replace the current fleet. According to Bloomberg, Finnair will replace the old aircraft with either Airbus A320neo family or Boeing 737 MAX new-generation aircraft. The carrier has also revealed that it

7268-653: The transaction, Finnair acquired 4.8% of the latter company, becoming its third largest shareholder. Finnair later sold their shares in 2013. On 8 March 2007, Finnair became the first airline to order the Airbus A350 XWB aircraft, placing an order for 11 Airbus A350 XWB (plus 8 options), with delivery started in 2015. Finnair has suffered from many labour disputes in this period, resulting from cost-cutting measures prompted by competition from budget airlines. On 1 December 2011, Finnair transferred its baggage and apron services to Swissport International as per

7360-564: The word Oneworld as a watermark on its purple orb. On 26 May 2009, Russian airline S7 Airlines was unanimously elected to the alliance. It became a full member on 15 November 2010, adding to Oneworld one of the most extensive networks covering Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). It expanded the Oneworld network to another 54 cities, 35 of them in Russia. The airline's subsidiary Globus Airlines joined Oneworld at

7452-480: The world's first multi-access reservations system (wholly based on Videcom technology), forming a network providing distribution for initially two and subsequently 49 subscribing international airlines (including British Airways, British Caledonian, Trans World Airlines , Pan Am , Qantas , Singapore Airlines , Air France , Lufthansa , Scandinavian Airlines System , Air Canada , KLM , Alitalia , Cathay Pacific and Japan Airlines ) to thousands of travel agents in

7544-665: Was announced that Finnair had firmed up the contract for eight additional Airbus A350 aircraft deliveries starting in 2018. On 13 August 2014, Finnair announced plans to initially deploy its A350 aircraft on services to Bangkok, Beijing and Shanghai from 2015, with A350 services to Hong Kong and Singapore to be added in 2016. As of April 2019, Finnair operates the Airbus A350 to Bangkok , Beijing , Guangzhou , Hong Kong , Ho Chi Minh City , Krabi , Los Angeles , Nagoya , Osaka , Phuket , Puerto Vallarta , Seoul , Shanghai , Singapore and Tokyo . Finnair also operated A350 aircraft on several flights to New York in January 2016 and became

7636-403: Was being converted into a warehouse. The new mixed-use head office has a total floor space of 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) and 22,400 square metres (241,000 sq ft) of office space. The company revealed a new livery in December 2010. Major changes include a restyled and larger lettering on the aircraft body , repainting of the engines in white, and a reversal of

7728-644: Was consolidated into Cathay Pacific on 21 October 2020. Dragonair had the biggest network into mainland China for a non-mainland based carrier, with about 400 departures a week. In 2008, the alliance lost another two affiliate members as British Airways continued the strategy of reducing its UK franchises. The first franchisee, GB Airways , exited the alliance on 30 March 2008, following its purchase by EasyJet . British Airways intended to start services from London Heathrow to Faro, Portugal , and Málaga , Spain, and from London Gatwick to Faro, Gibraltar , Ibiza , Málaga, Palma , and Tunis , which were operated under

7820-574: Was designed and planned in the 1950s by the Japanese National Railways ' R&D Institute, now the Railway Technical Research Institute , with the system eventually being produced by Hitachi in 1958. It was the world's first seat reservation system for trains. The MARS-1 was capable of reserving seat positions, and was controlled by a transistor computer with a central processing unit and

7912-407: Was established in 2014. The 2016 fleet plan now involves keeping its A330 fleet as its A350s are delivered, rather than withdrawing two of them in 2017, and shall retire those aircraft in the 2020s at the earliest. The airline's plan to retire two A330s was not the only change that was planned. Under the previous plan, the long-haul fleet was to grow by one per year, from 15 in 2015 to 20 in 2020. Under

8004-479: Was expected to take around 18 months. On 1 May 2014, SriLankan Airlines became a full member of the alliance, making it the first airline in the Indian subcontinent to join any alliance. On 8 October 2012, Qatar Airways became a member-elect of Oneworld. Qatar Airways was one of the fastest growing airlines worldwide—adding 15 destinations in 2012 alone—and one of the most highly regarded, having been named Airline of

8096-447: Was first led by managing partner Peter Buecking, previously director of sales and marketing at Cathay Pacific ; followed by John McCulloch, previously the alliance's vice-president for marketing. Bruce Ashby, who previously held roles of CEO of Saudi Arabia 's SAMA Airlines , CEO of India's IndiGo , and executive vice-president for US Airways , became CEO in December 2011. Rob Gurney succeeded Ashby as CEO in October 2016. Reporting to

8188-532: Was in Helsinki. Finnair received its first wide-body aircraft in 1975, two DC-10-30 planes. The first of these arrived on 4 February 1975 and entered service on 14 February 1975, flying between Helsinki and New York , later between Helsinki and Las Palmas . Finnair created Finnaviation was established in 1979. It was formed from the reorganization of Wihuri OY Finnwings (which had started services in 1950 as Lentohuolto OY ) and its merging with Nordair OY . Scheduled domestic services began in October 1979. In

8280-524: Was repositioning itself as a low fares point-to-point carrier, while Oneworld's focus was on the multisector, premium, frequent international travellers' market. Although no longer a Oneworld member, Aer Lingus maintained frequent-flyer programme partnerships with some of the alliance members and continued to participate in the alliance's Global Explorer round-the-world fare product. In February 2012, Malév suspended all services indefinitely, citing financial difficulties. Its participation in Oneworld ended when

8372-459: Was scheduled for delivery to Finnair for the 2017/2018 winter season and the second for the 2018 summer season. Seven of the ordered aircraft were delivered in 2017. The Finnair-branded short-haul network also includes 24 regional aircraft operated by Nordic Regional Airlines (12 ATR 72 and 12 E-190). Finnair announced the order for 11 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and 8 options on 8 March 2007. Finnair planned to retire older Airbus A340 aircraft by

8464-432: Was therefore released from its commitment to join Oneworld; it was taken over by Lufthansa in 2005 and joined Star Alliance in 2006. The mid-2000s saw Oneworld undertake one of the biggest expansions in its history. Hungarian flag carrier Malév signed an MOU in May 2005 as a precursor to a formal invitation to join, extended in November 2005. On 17 October 2005, the alliance signed as a member-elect Royal Jordanian ,

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