Half the fleet was requisitioned by the Finnish Air Force and it was estimated that, during the Winter War in 1939 and 1940, half of the airline's passengers from other Finnish cities were children being evacuated to Sweden.
Halva flygflottan övertogs av det finska flygvapnet under kriget och det har uppskattats att under Vinterkriget åren 1939 och 1940 utgjordes hälften av flygbolagets passagerare av barn som evakuerades till Sverige.