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Aero Airlines

Logo: aerosite.net, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Estonian airline, 2000 to 2008

Airlines Aero was a regional airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It operated services between three Finnish destinations, as well as international flights to Tallinn. All of their flights were operated with Finnair's designation AY.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2000Founded1

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ATR ATR-72-201, Aero Airlines AN1107155
Photo: Andreas Hoppe, GFDL, via Wikimedia Commons5

Airlines Aero was a regional airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It operated services between three Finnish destinations, as well as international flights to Tallinn. All of their flights were operated with Finnair's designation AY. Its main bases were Helsinki-Vantaa and Tallinn-Lennart Meri. Aero halted operations in January 2008.2

Corporate structure

Aero Airlines is part of a group headed by Finnair. 10 entities, 3 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

The name harkens back to Aero Airlines's and Finnair's first incarnation, Aero OY, founded in 1923. Finnair retained Aero AS's IATA designator AY, while new Aero Airlines flew as EE. The airline was established in 2000, and started operations in March 2002, within the Baltic region. It was owned by Aero Holding (51%) and Finnair (49%), but the whole ownership was later transferred to the latter. In March 2007 the regional air carrier had 128 employees.

Aero scaled down its operations during 2007, and finally flew its last flight on 6 January 2008. All its routes were operated by Flybe and Finnair.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aero Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Destinations

Aero Airlines operated services to the following scheduled destinations (at December 2007): Helsinki, Tallinn, Turku and Vaasa.

Fleet

The Aero Airlines fleet consisted of ATR-72-201 airplanes, which were formerly operated by its parent company Finnair. The last two were sold to UTair when Aero ceased its operations.

From Wikipedia’s article on Aero Airlines, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

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Timeline

  1. 2008Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 2000Founded Founded1

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