Takeoff to Bollywood! A Dance Crew surprises passengers after boarding of a Finnair flight to Delhi to celebrate India’s Republic Day on January 26th 2012.
As part of its design heritage, Finnair launches new uniforms for the cabin crew. Designer Ritva-Liisa Pohjalainen talks about the design project and Finnair flight attendant Päivi Mäkinen tells what she thinks about the new uniforms.
New Finnair uniforms
Finnair is once more launching its Change for Good campaign on international flights in cooperation with UNICEF Finland. The campaign’s aim is to raise funds for UNICEF’s ‘Clean Water and Environment for Children of India’ programme, for the third and final year.
The programme places special emphasis on the importance of maintaining sanitation, hygiene and clean [...]
According to previously announced plans, Finnair and Swissport, a Swiss provider of ground services, have signed an agreement whereby Swissport will take over Finnair’s baggage and apron services at Helsinki Airport in Finland. The five year contract takes effect on December 1, 2011. The current provider of these services to Finnair at Helsinki Airport is [...]
FINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 7 October 2011 AT 09:30
Finnair updates earnings forecast for the second half of 2011 as follows:
According to preliminary results the third quarter is profitable, but the current estimates indicate that the company’s fourth quarter results will be weaker than expected, and therefore the second half of 2011 is expected to [...]
Finnair will operate scheduled flight between Helsinki and Dubai during the winter starting from 7 October 2011.
“Finnair has previously operated charter and leisure flights to Dubai but recently there has been increasing demand. We want to improve our service continuously and offer our customers smoother connections to Dubai,” says Ville Iho, Finnair’s Senior Vice President, [...]
In April next year, Finnair will open a direct route from Helsinki to Dubrovnik, located at the southern tip of Croatia.
“Finnair’s position in traffic between Asia and Europe is strengthening continually. Our goal is to double the number of Asian flights to 140 flights per week by 2020. To passengers departing from Asia Finnair offers [...]
The Angry Birds are currently preparing for their longest flight. Finnair will fly the world-famous Angry Birds, developed by the Finnish company Rovio, to Singapore on September 20. During the flight, fans of the mobile device game will compete in the Angry Birds Asian Challenge at an altitude of 10 kilometres.
“This avian alliance is one [...]
Finnair is participating in Pink Ribbon work to promote breast cancer research and improve the provision of advice and information for patients and their relatives. The objective is to collect funds for the Pink Ribbon Fund and to increase awareness of breast cancer. Finnair’s customers will also be able to participate in this work.
“Cancer touches [...]
Flybe has today announced the route plans of the recently founded Flybe Nordic airline, jointly owned by Flybe and Finnair.
Flybe Nordic, which uses the Flybe brand and is managed operationally by Flybe, will fly routes formerly operated by Finncomm as well as many new routes, thereby strengthening its position in the Nordic countries and the [...]