Finncomm Airlines (FC/FCM)

Se presupune ca de pe 1 Februarie 2010 nu vom mai avea parte de Finnair ci de Finncomm Airlines, aceleasi E170 operate in schema de vopsire a Finncomm si in codeshare cu Finnair.

Asa este, azi a venit finncom in loc de finnair

Finncomm este o companie separata de Finnair, n-au nici o treaba unii cu altii decat la nivel colaborativ, ei oferind curse feeder pentru zborurile Finnair.

Zborurile sunt Finnair , nu Finncomm (adica Finnish Commuter).

Hai sa fim seriosi ! E aceeasi cursa , AY 3771/2 ("operated by FC" asa cum apare pe siteul Finnair) . E, in acest caz , doar un "new entry" in ceea ce inseamna aeronava , nu si compania aeriana operatoare.

CalinCLJ a scris:

E, in acest caz , doar un "new entry" in ceea ce inseamna aeronava

Pai asta ne intereseaza pe noi spotterii

poza este din aprilie 2009 de pe aeroportul Kuopio

Finncomm va fi cumparat de flybe si va deveni flybe Nordic

Compania low cost britanica va cumpara 60% din Finncomm si Finnair restul. Culmea e ca flybe aduce 12 milioane euro si Finnair 13 milioane.

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Titlu: Flybe, Finnair Buy Finnish Commuter Airlines
Sursa: http://news.airwise.com/story/view/1309525777.html
Autor: Reuters
Data: 01 Iulie 2011

Citat :

Flybe, Europe's largest regional airline, and Finnair have together agreed to buy Finland's biggest domestic carrier Finnish Commuter Airlines (FCA) for EUR€25 million (USD$35.5 million) to expand in the Baltic market.

Flybe, which has also agreed to buy 46 percent of Finnish Aircraft Maintenance, will pay EUR€12 million for a 60 percent stake in the joint venture -- to be known as Flybe Nordic -- while Finland's flag carrier will pay EUR€13 million for 40 percent.

The British carrier, which raised around GBP£60 million (USD$96 million) through a float in London late last year, said its total investment would be EUR€23.6 million including net cash and loan repayments.

"We're going after the whole Baltic regional market and want to replicate in the Baltic regional market what we did in the UK -- linking secondary and primary cities," Flybe chief executive Jim French said.

"Part of the reason for the IPO was to raise funds to invest into Europe and in five years I see the European side of the business being bigger than the UK business."

Flybe, which operates 69 aircraft from 14 UK airport bases, on Thursday posted a full-year loss of GBP£4.3 million on Thursday, hit by the impact of last year's Icelandic volcanic eruption, severe winter weather and rising fuel costs.

"We think boosting the Finnair Helsinki hub is a good strategic move... the challenge for Flybe will be keeping out of the way of the Nordic low cost challenger Norwegian," said Royal Bank of Scotland analyst Andrew Lobbenberg.

As part of the deal Finnair will buy FCA's aircraft at market price and lease them back to the joint venture. Its investment will be around EUR€104 million including the fleet's debt liabilities of EUR€70 million.

Flybe's French said he was in discussions about "the replication this type of deal in other places", with the ultimate aim to "join a few satellites in continental Europe and link all the dots so Flybe goes right across Europe as Ryanair and easyJet have done.