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Finnair is celebrating a century of flight, having operated its first-ever service from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia in 1924.<\/strong> Founded on 1 November 1923, Finnair (known then as Aero O\/Y) took to the skies for its first commercial flight on 20 March 1924, operating a new service between Helsinki and Tallinn.<\/p>\n

The flag carrier\u2019s inaugural flight departed the Finnish capital at 3:40pm carrying 162kg (337lb) of mail, improving connectivity within Northern Europe. This new connection was operated by the airline\u2019s first aircraft, a Junkers F 13 D-335 Regenpfeifer, capable of carrying four customers alongside cargo and mail.<\/p>\n

The German built seaplane was equipped with skis for wintry landings and floats for water landings during the summer months. Today, the Helsinki to Tallinn route remains integral to Finnair\u2019s network, with up to 10 daily flights operating between the two capitals.<\/p>\n

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Anssi Partanen, Finnair European Market Director, said: \u201cWe are extremely proud to be celebrating 100 years since our first flight took off from Helsinki, bound for Tallinn, Estonia.\u201cEstonia is an incredibly important market for Finnair, so it is great to be marking both a century since Finnair\u2019s first-ever commercial flight and also 100 years of serving the Baltics \u2013 an increasingly popular market for those travelling from the UK & Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n

The anniversary comes just days ahead of Finnair\u2019s relaunch of direct flights between Helsinki and Tartu \u2013 Estonia\u2019s second city and a European Capital of Culture 2024.\u00a0This new connection will launch on 31 March 2024, and will operate 12 times per week on the airline\u2019s regional ATR aircraft.<\/p>\n

The new service will also mark the return of commercial air travel to the Baltic city, with Finnair being the only airline to offer direct scheduled flights to\/from Tartu. All services have been specifically timed to allow for easy connections from top UK airports, London Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh and the Irish capital Dublin.<\/p>\n

Finnair offers smooth and easy transfers between flights from as little as 35 minutes, thanks to all flights operating from the same terminal.<\/p>\n

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