The Finnair Fleet In 2023

Finnair has a big anniversary on the horizon, with November 1st, 2023, set to mark 100 years since its formation as Aero O/Y. With this in mind, and its fleet having come a long way over the decades, let’s take a look at the various aircraft types that it flies today. Generally speaking, its fleet can be split into three different categories.

Airbus narrowbodies

Data from ch-aviation.com shows that Finnair’s present fleet consists of 80 aircraft, with some 31 of these being narrowbody twinjets from the Airbus A320 family. Finnair is far from the only European flag carrier to adopt this strategy for its single-aisle fleet, with the likes of British Airways and Lufthansa also favoring A320s.

Starting off small, Finnair presently has five 144-seat Airbus A319-100s in its fleet. These are its oldest aircraft, with an average age of 22.4 years old, compared to a fleet-wide mean figure of 14.8 years. That said, its A320-200s aren’t far behind, with these ten 174-seaters being 21.3 years old on average. Aviation24.be notes that four of these twinjets are currently on a one-year lease to British Airways.

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Meanwhile, Finnair’s largest Airbus narrowbodies, both in terms of their size and number in the fleet, are its 16 examples of the stretched-fuselage A321-200. These 209-seaters are also considerably younger than their smaller counterparts, with an average age of just 9.8 years old. One example is on wet lease from Iberia.

Airbus widebodies

Moving on to twin-aisle designs from multinational European planemaker Airbus, Finnair has 25 widebodies at its disposal between two of the company’s aircraft families. Its most modern and numerous twin-aisle jets are its 17 A350-900s, which, with a mean age of just six years old, are the youngest aircraft in Finnair’s fleet.

The Finnish flag carrier is waiting on another two of these widebodies, which, across the fleet, seat between 278 and 336 passengers in one of four configurations. Owing to Russian airspace constraints, the carrier has increased the maximum take-off weight of 10 of its A350s in order to cater to increased demand on its Asian routes.

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Finnair’s other widebodies are its eight Airbus A330-300s. Despite being more than twice as old as the airline’s A350s, they still come in below the average age for the fleet as a whole, with a mean figure of 14.1 years. All eight are presently active and seat 279 passengers in a three-class layout.

Regional aircraft

Away from its mainline operations, Finnair also operates a considerable regional network, using 24 aircraft from NoRRA (Nordic Regional Airlines) to do so. This figure is equally split down the middle between two aircraft types.

The first of these is the Franco-Italian ATR 72-500 turboprop, with the carrier’s 12 68/70-seat examples being 14.5 years old on average. Slightly more senior than these are its 12 100-seat Embraer E190s, at a mean of 15.3 years old.

What do you make of Finnair’s current fleet? How many of its aircraft have you flown on? Let us know your thoughts and experiences in the comments!

Sources: Aviation24.be, ch-aviation.com