Estonian Air

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<tr><td colspan="3" style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFFFFF;">Image:Estonian Air logo.gif</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Hubs</th><td>Tallinn Airport</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Frequent flyer program</th><td>EuroBonus</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Member lounge</th><td>Blue Velvet Lounge</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Alliance</th><td>Well connected with SAS</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2">Parent company</th><td>SAS AB</td></tr>

Estonian Air
IATA OV	ICAO ELL	Callsign Estonian
Founded		1991
Fleet size		5
Destinations		19
Headquarters		Tallinn, Estonia
Key people		Børge Thornbech (CEO)
Website: http://www.estonian-air.com

Estonian Air is an airline based in Tallinn, Estonia. It is the national airline of Estonia and operates scheduled and charter services throughout Europe. Its main base is Tallinn Airport.

1 History
2 Services
3 Fleet
4 Partners
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] History

The airline was established and started operations on December 1 1991, shortly after Estonian independence. It was founded by the Estonian government from the remnants of the local Aeroflot Division. In 1995, Estonian leased two Boeing 737s to replaces its old Russian planes, and in 1996, after acquiring two more Fokker 50s, it was able to retire the Russian fleet entirely. It was partially privatized in 1996 and is owned by the SAS Group (49%), Estonian government (34%) and Cresco (17%). It has 302 employees (as of January 2005).

[edit] Services

SAS Group, SAS AB
Scandinavian Airlines Business	Scandinavian Airlines Danmark \| Scandinavian Airlines Sverige \| SAS Business Opportunities \| SAS Braathens
Subsidiaries	airBaltic \| Blue1 \| Spanair \| Widerøe
Affiliated	Air Greenland \| Aerolineas de Baleares \| bmi \| Estonian Air \| Skyways Express
Destinations	SAS Group destinations \| Scandinavian Airlines destinations \| SAS Braathens destinations \| Spanair destinations \| Widerøe destinations
Airline Support Business	SAS Cargo Group \| SAS Media \| SAS Flight Academy \| SAS Technical Services \| SAS Ground Services
Alliances	Star Alliance \| WOW Alliance
History	DDL (1946) \| DNL (1946) \| SILA (1946) \| ABA (1948) \| Linjeflyg (1992) \| Braathens (2001)