People’s Vienna Line is due to begin operations on March 28, 2011, offering three-times-daily service on weekdays and one round-trip each day on weekends between St.Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland and Vienna International Airport.
Read moreFinnair Unveils New Livery in Major Re-Branding Program
Airlines December 20, 2010
The visual reform covers the company’s logo, aircraft livery and cabin look, as well as uniforms and service areas.
Read moreFinnair will launch daily service between Helsinki and Gdansk in Poland on March 27, 2011, with the flights to be operated by its regional-airline partner Finncomm Airlines.
Read moreAir Berlin and Finnair to Begin Codesharing
Airlines October 7, 2010
The first phase of codesharing cooperation covers routes between Germany and Finland, and Air Berlin beyond routes to German, Austrian and Spanish destinations.
Read moreFinnair is extending its codeshare cooperation with American Airlines to codeshare on American Airlines’ new service between Chicago and Helsinki, which begins in April 2011.
Read moreFrom November 1, Finnair will increase its flights to Bromma to three per day from two. The new flight, which Finnair will operate with Embraer 170s, is particularly aimed at business travelers originating in Sweden and flying to Finland.
Read moreFinnair is planning to increase the frequency of its nonstop flights to Seoul, Nagoya, Osaka and Delhi from the end of 2010 and is launching a new route to Singapore in May 2011, as well as increasing service to Hong Kong in June.
Read moreFinnair Becomes Pals Again with Fincomm Airlines, Planning Minority Stake
Airlines September 9, 2010
After threatening to replace Finncomm Airlines with Flybe as its domestic feeder-route partner, Finnair has agreed a new deal with Fincomm for the coming winter season and has reached a preliminary agreement to buy a 20 per cent minority stake in the regional carrier.
Read moreFinnair is acquiring two 270-seat Airbus A340-300 widebodies on lease to meet its growing long-haul traffic needs.
Read moreFinnair has sold its last two owned Boeing MD-11s to Neff Air, a U.S.-based aircraft leasing company. The aircraft will be delivered to the buyer in January 2011.
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has granted antitrust immunity to American Airlines and four international partners in the oneworld Alliance to form an integrated transatlantic joint business. The five carriers can now go ahead and put the arrangement into effect.
Read moreFrom August 1, JAL will put its ‘JL’ flight prefix on flights operated by Finnair between Helsinki and seven additional European cities.
Read moreFinnair is increasing its schedule between Helsinki-Vantaa Airport and Hong Kong International Airport at Chek Lap Kok from seven flights a week to 12 a week from June 2011.
Read moreFollowing signings of big orders from Emirates and TAM at the ILA Berlin 2010 airshow, Airbus has announced commitments at the show from Finnair and Germania for a total of 10 A320-family aircraft. The new deals bring the total commitments Airbus has announced at ILA Berlin to 67 aircraft valued at $15.3 billion.
Read moreFinnair will complement its existing service between Helsinki and Stockholm Arlanda Airport with twice-daily flights on weekdays from Helsinki to the Swedish city’s Bromma Airport in August. Its Danish partner Sun-Air is also launching Helsinki-Stockholm Bromma flights.
Read moreFinnair Aims to Be Top Nordic Airline and Top Europe-Asia Choice
AirlinesSustainable Tourism May 6, 2010
Finnair’s goal under its new Vision 2020 plan is to be recognized as the number-one airline in the Nordic countries and to be the most desired option among passengers flying between Western and Northern Europe and Asia.
Read moreOn behalf of Finnair, Finnish Commuter Airlines is re-launching the Helsinki-Stuttgart route previously dropped by the larger carrier. It will operate 10 flights a week on the route, using a Finnair flight number and 76-seat Embraer 170 jets acquired from Finnair.
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