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Finist'air

French airline

Finist'air is a French regional airline based at Brest Bretagne Airport. It provides passenger service, air taxi, and freight transport and currently transports 3,000 passengers annually.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Cessna 208 Caravan, Finist' Air JP93272
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Finist'air is a French regional airline based at Brest Bretagne Airport. It provides passenger service, air taxi, and freight transport and currently transports 3,000 passengers annually.2

The story

Finist'air was founded in 1981 by the government of the Finistère departément to transport passengers between Ouessant (in the Ponant Islands) and Brest. It was taken over by W3 in March 2020.

From Wikipedia’s article on Finist'air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Products and brands

Destinations

Two daily flights are operated on the Brest-Ouessant route.

Seasonal flights from Brest to Jersey, and from Jersey to Alderney are operated in the summer.

Fleet

In the past years the airline has always operated Cessna aircraft such as Cessna 207, Cessna 208, Cessna 210. The airline now flies a Cessna 208 Caravan.

From Wikipedia’s article on Finist'air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3

Timeline

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Sources

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