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, Operations.
Finnish Tour operators still have a quota of seats on the scheduled flights.
The route will be flown three...
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 very fast onward connections to a comprehensive European route network, which Dubrovnik will complement,” says Ville Iho, Finnair’s Senior Vice President,...
Readers of American consumer magazine Travel + Leisure have voted Finnair the second best airline in Europe, and the 12th best airline in the world.
“Kudos to Finnair for showing the biggest improvement of any airline in the Top 20,” writes the magazine in its October issue. “Vaulting from last year’s position at No. 28, it ratcheted up both its in-flight service and customer service.”
”We’re excited to make such a leap in the rankings,” says Anssi Komulainen, Finnair’s Vice President, Customer...
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 example of Finnair’s creative, fresh way of operating. Finnair is a significant player in traffic between Asia and Europe, and our goal is to double the...
Finnair and Belavia, the national airline company of Belarusia, have signed a codeshare agreement. The co-operation covers the flights between Helsinki and Minsk as of August 15.
Belavia, established in 1996, is based in Minsk and it operates a modern fleet consisting of 10 Boeing 737 and 4 Canadair aircrafts. The company started operating to Helsinki in June this year.
The route is flown three times a week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays, with a Canadair CRJ200 jet aircraft. The flight...
Finnair will today fly the world’s longest commercial flight to date using biofuel. In the next few weeks, Finnair will fly a series of four flights using biofuel in both engines of its aircraft.
For Finnair, it is important to find an ecologically, financially and socially sustainable fuel solution and this is one step towards more sustainable flying. Biofuels are constantly being improved in all of the above-mentioned areas of sustainability, and current investments are playing an important...
In April 2012 Finnair will introduce a daily direct route from Helsinki to Lyon in east-central France. For residents of France’s second largest city and its surroundings, the route provides not only a convenient service to Finland, but also smooth connections to all of Finnair's Asian destinations. The new service will also be served well connected to Finnair's domestic routes.
“For passengers travelling from Asia, Finnair offers very fast connections to a comprehensive European route network...
In May 2012 Finnair will introduce a direct route to Chongqing, the largest and fastest-growing city in China. The new route is a logical step in the implementation of Finnair’s Asian strategy. The airline’s goal is to benefit from the market growth in Asia and open new routes to markets where growth is strongest. Finnair is the first airline to open a direct flight route from Europe to Chongqing.
Situated on the edge of the Tibetan plateau, Greater Chongqing has a population of 32 million. In...
Finnair opens direct flights to pulsating Singapore today, May 30. Finnair's daily flights are the fastest connection between Northern Europe and Singapore.
"Finnair's Asian strategy has worked extremely well," says Finnair CEO Mika Vehviläinen. "The Singapore route will strongly support our core strategy as well as serving our main target group of customers travelling between Asia and Europe on business."
Singapore is Finnair’s tenth scheduled destination in Asia. Finnair is the only airline...
Finnair is extending its code share cooperation with American Airlines. American Airlines begins flights from Helsinki to Chicago today, May 2. The route will be flown daily in the summer traffic season with Boeing 767 aircraft.
"We are delighted that, through this cooperation, we will be able to offer our customers a new destination and to expand the route network in the United States. The new route underlines Helsinki as a connecting hub between continents and makes flights possible to 45 new...
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Belarus • Minsk
Singapore • Singapore
Australia • Melbourne
France • Paris
Poland • Warsaw
Hong Kong • Hong Kong
United States • Atlanta
Thailand • Bangkok
United Arab Emirates • Dubai