is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It is a regional airline feeding into the Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) network via Stockholm, Oslo and Copenhagen from Tallinn, Estonia. It is the national airline of Estonia and operates scheduled and charter services throughout
Europe .
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Flight International 3 April 2007
The airline was established and started operations on
December 1 1991 , shortly after Estonia acquired independence. It was founded by the Estonian government from the remnants of the local
Aeroflot Division and was partially privatised in
1996 . In
1995 , Estonian Air leased two
Boeing 737-500 s to replace its old
Soviet planes, and in
1996 , after obtaining two more
Fokker 50 s, it was able to retire the
Soviet fleet entirely. In
March 2007 Estonian Air announced, that they will lease another
Boeing 737-500 and serve a new destination,
Vienna , also Estonian Air is going to lease two
Saab 340 and on June
Estonian Air established new company Estonian Air Regional and under that name they will open new destinations from
Tallinn to
Kuressaare -
Stockholm ,
Helsinki and
Vilnius . Later on to Saint Petersburg
Russia and to Minsk
Belarus .
Estonian Air has strong links with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS). It operates frequent flights to SAS hubs in Copenhagen and Stockholm. The airline boasts "Well connected with SAS" status and the airline's frequent flyer programme is SAS' EuroBonus scheme. Other products and services shared with SAS include co-ordinated timetabling and shared airport lounges.
Unlike its affiliated carrier, Scandinavian Airlines, Estonian Air is not a member of the Star Alliance or any other airline alliance.
Estonian Air is owned by the
SAS Group (49%),
Estonian Government (34%) and
Cresco (17%). It has 380 employees (as of
March 2007 ).
This is a list of destinations served by Estonian Air and Estonian Air Regional (as of
September 2007 ).
See also
SAS Group Destinations
Estonian Air fleet includes the following aircrafts as of
September 2007 :
Routes, operated by Saab 340 aircraft, will be operated with one service class with a service level depending on the destination.
