Soder Airlines
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| Commenced operations | 2003 | ||||||
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| Ceased operations | 2005 | ||||||
| Operating bases |
Tampere-Pirkkala Airport Helsinki-Vantaa Airport |
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| Fleet size | 1 McDonnell Douglas MD-82 | ||||||
| Destinations | See Services below | ||||||
| Headquarters | Tampere, Finland | ||||||
| Key people | (CEO) | ||||||
Soder Aviation Oy was originally a full-fledged airline (Soder Airlines) with an operator's certificate, and later, after a name change, a virtual airline and internet booking agency based in Tampere, Finland. Its CEO was . Its main base was at Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP), Tampere. There was an additional base established early 2006 at Helsinki-Vantaa International Airport, since there were no routes to/from Tampere at that time.
The airline was established and started operations in 2003. It suspended operations after Saab Group terminated its lease, but restarted in February 2005 under a new name, Soder Aviation Oy (Ltd) using one MD-82 wet-leased from Bulgarian Air Charter and operated by Aviapaslauga from Lithuania and one aircraft operated by a Swedish company Nextjet. Soder Airlines previous operator's license was cancelled by CAA of Finland. The charter company status was revoked by the Finnish Consumer Agency due to lack of collateral required. The company ceased flights for the summer season of 2005.
For the spring skiing season of 2006, Soder Aviation started selling tickets for three weekly flights from Helsinki to Kittilä and back. Flights were to be operated by Alexandair (of Greece), airline code AXN, between February 18 and May 1, 2006 using an ex-Austrian Airlines MD-81, SX-BMP.
However, only some 3 initial return flights between Helsinki and Kittilä by operator Alexandair were actually flown and further flights cancelled for undisclosed reasons. On March 11, 2006, Soder Aviation Ltd publicly announced plans to sell tickets for the Helsinki-Kittilä route using a semi-convertible 40-seat An-72 cargo aircraft, which was to be operated by Enimex of Estonia. This plan was immediately rejected by the CAA of Finland due to the CAA's understanding that the type certificate of this An-72 did not allow for scheduled passenger flights in Finnish airspace.
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