Air Åland AB was the provincial

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Åland Åland ( fi, Ahvenanmaa: ; ; ) is an Federacy, autonomous and Demilitarized zone, demilitarised region of Finland since 1920 by a decision of the League of Nations. It is the smallest region of Finland by area and population, with a size of 1 ...

, with its head office on the grounds of

Mariehamn Airport Mariehamn Airport ( sv, Mariehamns flygplats is located in Jomala, Åland (a territory of Finland). The airport is located some north-west of Mariehamn town centre. It served 61,568 passengers in 2017 and is operated by the state-owned Finavia. ...

Mariehamn Mariehamn ( , ; fi, Maarianhamina ; la, Portus Mariae) is the capital city, capital of Åland, an autonomous territory under Finland, Finnish sovereignty. Mariehamn is the seat of the Government of Åland, Government and Parliament of Åland, ...

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. It operated scheduled services from Åland to

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and

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. Its main base was Mariehamn Airport.

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27 March 2007 Starting from 1 July 2012, its operations were handed over to the Sweden-based company

NextJet NextJet was one of the largest regional airlines in Sweden. It was headquartered in Frösundavik in Solna Municipality, just north of Stockholm. The airline filed for bankruptcy on 16 May 2018, half a year after one of its planes was believed ...

History

The airline was founded on 14 January 2005 as Flyg & Far Åland and started operation on 29 October 2005, with a broad base of owners within the trade and business of the Åland islands. The airline never had an own

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(Air Operator Certificate), the flight operations were operated through the years by different air operators. The goal of the owners was to maintain air traffic with good quality for a low price to mainland Finland and Sweden. Operations started on 29 October 2005. Starting from 1 July 2012, its operations were handed over to the Sweden-based company

Destinations (before 2012)

In January 2011, Air Åland served the following destinations: * **

(

Helsinki-Vantaa Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport (; fi, Helsinki-Vantaan lentoasema, sv, Helsingfors-Vanda flygplats), or simply Helsinki Airport, is the main international airport of the city of Helsinki, its surrounding metropolitan area, and the Uusimaa region. ...

) * **

(

Stockholm-Arlanda Airport Stockholm Arlanda Airport is an international airport located in the Sigtuna Municipality of Sweden, near the town of Märsta, north of Stockholm and nearly south-east of Uppsala. The airport is located within Stockholm County and the p ...

) * **

(

) hub

Fleet (before 2012)

In 2010, the Air Åland fleet consisted of 2

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operated by

Nextjet NextJet was one of the largest regional airlines in Sweden. It was headquartered in Frösundavik in Solna Municipality, just north of Stockholm. The airline filed for bankruptcy on 16 May 2018, half a year after one of its planes was believed ...

References

External links

Air Åland Fleet
{{DEFAULTSORT:Air Aland Defunct airlines of Finland Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2012 Aviation in Åland Finnish companies established in 2005 2005 establishments in Finland 2012 disestablishments in Finland