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Founded | 2015 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 3 | ||||||
Parent company | Airest | ||||||
Headquarters | Tallinn, Estonia | ||||||
Key people | Avo Tölpt, Janek Valdma, Erko Kundla, Toomas Liiva |
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