Finnair will acquire two 270-seat Airbus A340 wide-bodied aircraft to meet its growing long-haul traffic needs. The aircraft will be acquired on lease agreements of around four years from the leasing company ILFC. The aircraft will join the Finnair fleet in late 2010 and early 2011. “We have recently announced an increase in Asian traffic [...]
oneworld has welcomed final approval by the US Department of Transportation (DOT) of the application for anti-trust immunity (ATI) for the alliance’s transatlantic carriers American Airlines, British Airways, Finnair, Iberia and Royal Jordanian. Finnair has been a oneworld member for over ten years. The approval frees oneworld to compete on a level playing field with [...]
oneworld alliance partners, Finnair and Japan Airlines (JAL), will expand their cooperation network in Europe starting from August 1, 2010. “Finnair is very happy to serve European and Japanese customers with fast and competitive services between the respective markets, via Helsinki, together with our partner JAL,” says Paavo Virkkunen, responsible for Finnair’s oneworld alliance relations. [...]
Finnair will increase direct flights to Hong Kong. Instead of the previous seven flights, Finnair will fly to Hong Kong with a frequency of 12 flights per week from June next year. Hong Kong in China is one of the world’s most important economic centres. “Finnair’s position in traffic between Asia and Europe is strengthening [...]
Finnair will open a new route to pulsating Singapore. Finnair’s daily flight will be one of the fastest links between Europe and Singapore. “Finnair’s Asian strategy has worked extremely well. Demand has continually strengthened and now is a good time to increase capacity and boost our market share in Asia’s growing market. This new stage [...]
Finnair will order five new Airbus A321ER aircraft. This type of aircraft is a further development of the type of aircraft already used by the company that forms the backbone of the European fleet. The aircraft’s range is over 5,000 kilometres, which allows, for example, direct flights from Finland to the Canary Islands. Finnair is [...]
FINNAIR PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 JUNE 2010 13:30 Finnair has updated its previous guidance on the second-quarter result. The company’s operational loss for April-June is projected to be at the same level or smaller than the first-quarter operational loss. Earlier guidance projected the second-quarter result to be clearly worse than the first-quarter figure. – [...]
The baggage of all Finnair scheduled flights is now being handled in a new baggage handling centre, with the opening of check-in area 240 at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. Baggage handling is now faster and more reliable due to modern technology and larger premises. “The new premises mean that we are able to serve customers better and [...]
Air passengers have chosen Finnair as the Best Airline in Northern Europe in the 2010 independent Skytrax survey. About 18 million passengers from some 100 different countries contributed to the Skytrax research, which was carried out between July 2009 and April 2010. “The customer is more important than anything to us, so we are absolutely [...]
Finnair will renew its meal service on flights as of June 1, 2010. At the same time, the selection of in-flight sales products will be expanded. From the beginning of June, pre-seating will also be available on domestic flights. “We have listened to our customers’ wishes and, as a consequence, we have developed our onboard [...]
