sentences:  Originally called Karhumäki Airways, the company was founded in 1947 as a subsidiary of "Veljekset Karhumäki Oy", an aircraft manufacturing and maintenance company owned by Niilo and Valto Karhumäki.In June 1951 scheduled services began between Helsinki and Joensuu, Jyväskylä, Vaasa and Sundsvall.Initially operating on domestic routes with a fleet of four Douglas DC-3 and two Convair CV-440 Metropolitan airliners, the first international flight (to Stockholm) took place in 1951, which was followed by holiday flights to Málaga.