Finnair will operate its Chicago service from June 13 through October 17. The carrier will operate three round-trips a week on the Helsinki-Chicago route, using Airbus A330-300 widebodies.

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On behalf of Finnair, Flybe Finland will operate three round-trips a week on each of the three new routes, with Embraer 190 jets. The airline begins flying all three routes this summer.

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Russia’s S7 Airlines will launch daily service between Moscow Domodedovo Airport and Helsinki-Vantaa Airport on April 26. It will use Airbus A319 jets to operate the route.

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According to the airline, if the planned new June-October 2013 service receives the required regulatory approvals it will make Finnair the only European airline to offer a direct connection from Europe to the capital of Vietnam.

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Airport hotels aren’t usually known either for their service quality or their overall appeal, and I have stayed in some fairly miserable examples. But the Hilton Helsinki Airport, at which I have stayed on several occasions, seems to me to have got it almost completely right.

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Finnair’s four youngest Airbus A330-300s feature both a new Business Class seat – a lie-flat bed which angles down to become completely horizontal – and a new seat-row configuration. Finnair also works hard to keep the in-flight service in its Business Class cabins excellent.

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Rapidly growing Finnair is focusing its business strategy on becoming the undisputed top airline in the Nordic countries and becoming the most desirable option for travelers between Asia and Europe.

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Already rated by the Carbon Disclosure Project as the world’s top airline for sustainability practices and open-disclosure reporting, Finnair is intensifying its sustainability efforts. The intensified focus comes as Finnair increasingly brands itself an “ecosmart” airline.

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Low-cost carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle will begin service to Helsinki-Vantaa Airport in April, from Oslo and Stockholm.

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