History

The airline got its permission to fly in November 1981 from the Civil Aviation Administration of Finland. After that this permission was extended to also include taxi and charter flights by 1982 to 1983. In December 1983 Wasawings started regular light route traffic between Ilmajoki

Ilmajoki

Ilmajoki is a municipality of Finland.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Southern Ostrobothnia region. The population of Ilmajoki is and the municipality covers an area of of which is inland water...

 and Helsinki-Vantaa. It flew from Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 to Ylivieska

Ylivieska

Ylivieska is a town and a municipality of Northern Ostrobothnia region, Finland. It has a population of , and it serves as the administrative centre for Kalajokilaakso and Pyhäjokilaakso, an area with about 90,000 inhabitants....

 in 1985. After that many reclamations of the company operation was received from customers and staff. The company had a poor security culture and airline captains were forced to shift numbers in flight logs. The company's main owners were the chairman Veikko Tuutti and certain companies from Ostrobothnia

Ostrobothnia (region)

Ostrobothnia is a region of Finland. It is located in Western Finland. It borders the regions Central Ostrobothnia, Southern Ostrobothnia, and Satakunta and is one of the four regions making up the historical province of Ostrobothnia....

. Also it had numerous small-part investors. Wasa Wings had 13,000 passengers in 1987 and 14,600 passengers in 1988.

Incidents and accidents

• On August 31, 1986 its Cessna 404 Titan (OH-CIG) crashed into a power line which ran along the edge of the Ylivieska airport. The plane cut trees over 150 meters and then caught fire.
• The company lost its flying licence when a second crash which killed 5 people on November 14, 1988 in Ilmajoki for its Embraer 110 EMB-P1 Bandeirante
  Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante
  The Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante is a general purpose 15-21 passenger twin-turboprop light transport aircraft suitable for military and civil duties...
  
   (OH-EBA, built in 1979 and leased from Kar-Air).

Fleet

In addition to Embraer and Cessna 404

Cessna 404

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, the company had two Beech 99

Beechcraft Model 99

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aircraft.

Sources:

• Lappalainen, Tuomo. Kuinka kauan tämä yhtiö saa lentää? Suomen Kuvalehti. 1988-11-18, n:o 46, s. 61. Helsinki: Yhtyneet Kuvalehdet Oy. ISSN 0039-5552.
• Onnettomuustutkintaselostus, basic facts in 2.1.1.—2.1.7
• http://baaa-acro.com/Immatriculations/OH%20-%20Finlande.htm
• http://vfinn.fsnordic.net/vwings/0303/5.php
• Picture of the crashed aircraft
• Airliners.net photos 1
• Airliners.net photos 2
• Airliners.net photos 3