Originally Posted by AYlympia

To bring the place name discussion a bit closer to on-topic again, why does Finnair not name their planes for Finnish towns etc?

I've always admired the Qantas & Lufthansa planes which have cool names like 'City of Parramatta/Turramurra/Wolloomolloo' or 'Frankfurt am Main' etc.

It would be so cool in the future to fly OH-LWX or similar, a.k.a 'Jaervenpaeaen kaupunki' (to allow for international spelling).