Snowbird Airlines
2013ā2014 Finnish airline / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Snowbird Airlines (ICAO: SBW)[5] was[6] a Finnish charter airline[7] based at Helsinki Airport.[5] The airline was founded in 2013 and was owned by Snowbird Airlines Oy (Ltd) while a separate company Lumilintu Oy (Ltd) operated marketing.[4]
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Founded | January 2013 (2013-01)[2] | ||||||
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Commenced operations | October 2014 | ||||||
Ceased operations | December 2014 | ||||||
Operating bases | Helsinki Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | None (virtual airline) | ||||||
Destinations | 7 | ||||||
Parent company | Snowbird Airlines Oy | ||||||
Headquarters | Vantaa, Finland[2] | ||||||
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Website | www |
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The airline's planned to start operating flights in mid-2014[8] were thwarted by tour operators cancelling agreements as well as a dispute with the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority (FCCA).[9] Snowbird made its first flight, operated by Smartlynx Estonia, on October 2, 2014.[10] However, operations were suspended in December 2014.[11]