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It's worth noting that Finnair hasn't lost an aircraft since 1963, and are by some measures thus the safest airline out there. They're no minnow either: while
by 9nGQluzmnq3M 7y ago
It's worth noting that Finnair hasn't lost an aircraft since 1963, and are by some measures thus the safest airline out there.
They're no minnow either: while not huge in the US, they've made a killing by exploiting their geographical location as the fastest transfer hub between northern Asia and Europe.
https://www.finnair.com/hu/gb/home/rakastevagen https://www.finnair.com/hu/gb/home/rakastevagen
- mac_was 7y agoWell they would surely loose this one if the missile didn't blow up before impact...
- estomagordo 7y agoI love how "rakastevagen" => "rakaste vägen" is Swedish for "the shortest path", but also sounds a bit Finnish to me, a non-Finnish speaker. Reminiscent of "rakastan", which a Swede would know from "minä rakastan sinua", or "I love you".
- misja 7y agoRakaste vägen is the aggregation of the Finnish word Rakaste and the Swedish word vägen. There are quite a few words in Finnish that are borrowed from Swedish.
- rsaarelm 7y ago“Rakaste" is the superlative of the Swedish rak, meaning straight. It is not a Finnish word.
- dehrmann 7y agoBecause it's slightly surprising... Despite being neighbors, Swedish and Finnish are only distantly related. Finnish is closer to Hungarian, and Swedish is similar to the other Scandinavian languages and Germanic languages.
- ggm 7y agomade a killing colloquial but also.. apposite given what nearly happened (happy Finnair customer btw)
- mwilcox 7y agothere's a good soviet russia joke here.
- donaltroddyn 7y agoSurely Ryanair takes that crown, an airline which has never had a fatal accident, and which is an order of magnitude larger than Finnair (~130,000,000 passengers annually vs ~13,000,000).
- nl 7y agoQantas.
- donaltroddyn 7y agoAlthough Qantas has not had a fatal accident for ~70 years, it has a much smaller fleet and has had far more non-fatal incidents and accidents than Ryanair. The real contender is Hawaiian Airlines, a ~90-year-old airline with no fatal accidents. Still, it's an order of magnitude smaller than Ryanair (~12,000,000 annual passengers).
- joyjoyjoy 7y ago"location as the fastest transfer hub" Not sure what this means. How is Helsinki better suited for this than Moscow to serve Asia<>Europe? Aeroflot is one of the most underrated airlines.