The airline Karhumäki Airways was founded in 1947, but challenging the then state monopoly was not easy since the authorities favored Aero in many ways. 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. Soon it was the first in Finland to offer charter flights to the south. The name was shortened to Kar-Air in 1956. It ceased in 1996, merging into Finnair.
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