Finist'air is a French

regional airline A regional airline is a general classification of airline which typically operates scheduled passenger air service, using regional aircraft, between communities lacking sufficient demand or infrastructure to attract mainline flights. In North ...

based at

Brest Bretagne Airport Brest Bretagne Airport () , formerly known as Brest Guipavas Airport, is an international airport serving Brest, France. It is located in the '' commune'' of Guipavas and 10.2 km (6.4 miles) northeast of Brest, within the ''département'' ...

. It provides passenger service,

air taxi An air taxi is a small commercial aircraft that makes short flights on demand. History The concept of air taxis existed as early as the 1910s. This concept goes back as early as 1917 with Glenn Curtiss’ prototype, the auto-plane. Furthermor ...

, and

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and currently transports 3,000 passengers annually.

History

Finist'air was founded in 1981 by the government of the

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Ouessant Ushant (; , ; , ) is a French island at the southwestern end of the English Channel which marks the westernmost point of metropolitan France. It belongs to Brittany (administrative region), Brittany and in medieval times, Viscounty of Léon, Léon ...

(in the

Ponant Islands Geography In French, ''ponant'' is the western cardinal point. It is an archaic French naval term for West, the opposite of ''Levant''. By extension : # the ''Ponant Sea'' could refer to the Atlantic Ocean (western sea area in relation to France ...

) and Brest. It was taken over by W3 in March 2020.

Destinations

Two daily flights are scheduled on a Brest-Ouessant route.

Fleet

The airline has one new

Cessna 208 The Cessna 208 Caravan is a utility aircraft produced by Cessna. The project was commenced on November 20, 1981, and the prototype first flew on December 9, 1982. The production model was certified by the FAA in October 1984 and its Cargoma ...

Caravan.

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Finist'air
Airlines of France Airlines established in 1981 French companies established in 1981 {{France-company-stub