Estonian Air was established immediately after the re-establishment of Estonian independence in 1991. It is the national airline of Estonia and operates scheduled and charter services throughout Europe. It has strong links with Scandinavian Airlines System(SAS).
Estonia Air
The Estonian national airline Estonian Air was established as a state company in 1991. Estonian Air was established immediately after the re-establishment of Estonian independence. It is the national airline of Estonia and operates scheduled and charter services throughout Europe.
Estonian government decided to privatize the national airline in 1996 and 66% of the shares were offered for sale. The Danish airline Maersk won the tender and had the maximum numbers of the shares of the Estonian Air. Now Estonian Air is owned by the SAS Group (49%), Estonian Government (34%) and Cresco (17%). It has 380 employees.
Estonian Air has strong links with Scandinavian Airlines System(SAS). It operates frequent flights to SAS hubs in Copenhagen and Stockholm. The airline Estonian Air boasts "Well connected with SAS" status and the airline's frequent flyer programme is SAS' EuroBonus scheme. The Estonian Air fleet comprises six aircraft - four Boeing 737-500 and two Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
