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Topi Manner, the Chief Executive Officer of Finnair, has elected to turn in his notice and venture into a new professional journey with Elisa Corporation. Manner… Read More »Change at the Topi at Finnair: Search for New CEO Starts Today
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innair reported a passenger count of 1,062,500. This figure shows a 6.3% increase from July 2022 and a 6.5% rise from June 2023. However, considering the month of June had one less day, these figures are not entirely comparable. Finnair’s average Passenger Load Factor (PLF) for the month was 84.8%.
A Deep Dive Into Finnair’s Half-year Report 2023
Finnair reports positive growth for June 2023.
The airline successfully flew nearly one million passengers (997,200), marking a 9.9% increase from June 2022 and a 3.8% rise from May 2023.
Finnair and oneworld partner Qatar Airways have concluded an agreement to establish long-term strategic cooperation between Helsinki, Stockholm and Copenhagen, and Doha. Finnair and Qatar Airways are exploring opening services also between another European destination and Doha.
Finnair’s technical operations implemented the A330 modifications and removed the seats in fewer than two days.
Finnair introduces new measures on board and at the airport to protect the health of its customers
Finnair will cut capacity by 90%, starting from 1 April and keep critical air connections for Finland, limited connections to Europe, and one remaining intercontinental route to Japan. The airline cites the “severe impact on demand for air travel” resulting from the coronavirus pandemic.
“Currently, sustainable aviation fuel offers the only viable alternative to fossil liquid fuels for powering commercial aircraft,” Peter Vanacker, Neste’s President and CEO.
Alongside the previously opened Platinum Wing Lounge, the Business Lounge was designed as a collaboration between Helsinki-based KOKO3, London-based Tangerine and Finnair’s internal design team.
Finnair reports a new record 1.1 million passengers served in June, which represents an increase of 9.1% last year. Finnair’s overall capacity measured in Available… Read More »Finnair Sets New Passenger Record in June
Finnair received a Future Travel Experience (FTE) Ancillary Gold Award for its ancillary offering across its digital channels during an FTE conference in Dublin on Monday.… Read More »Finnair earns Future Travel Experience Ancillary Gold Award
1. COMAC C919 takes off!
The successful first flight of the C919 narrowbody aircraft, built by the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China, Ltd. (COMAC), is a huge aviation milestone.
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Finnair has announced a very sweet partnership with fine Finnish food, café, bakery and confectionery brand Fazer.
Finnair has announced that it will reassume the control and responsibility of preparing and developing the meals for their flights.
Finnair has published an alert to customers on the impact of the strikes resulting from a labour dispute between the Finnish Aviation Union (IAU) and the service sector employer union, Palta.
Qatar Airways has officially arrived in Helsinki Airport during a special ceremony on Tuesday. To mark the launch of its routes, the airline organised a special A350 flight, but will serve Helsinki routes with A320 aircraft in a two-class configuration with 12 seats in Business Class and 120 seats in Economy Class.
Qatar and Finnair also struck up a new code share partnership which expands the routes available to oneworld alliance members.
Finnair reports 6% growth in passenger numbers year-on-year for September, 6.5% Year-on-Year. Finnair also announced an expansion of its A350 routes to Tokyo and Hong Kong as part of the airline’s focus on growth in Asia.
Finnair has announced that it will partner with Europe’s largest startup event, Slush, in an effort to fuel innovation and digitalisation.
The November event in Helsinki will gather approximately 2,000 startups, 800 venture capitalists, and 700 journalists from over 100 countries to explore new business opportunities.
Finnair will soon deliver Wi-Fi to short-haul passengers in Europe.
The airline has signed an agreement with ViaSat Inc., to install high-speed wireless internet network on its entire Airbus A320 series short-haul fleet.
Finnair has published its Q2 and H1 financials, showing improvements on year-to-tear operating results, while detailing plans to make operations more efficient including an improved digital strategy to reduce costs.
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) has approved IAG airline Iberia to be included in the Joint Venture between IAG’s British Airways, Finnair, and Japan Airlines on routes to Japan.
After much anticipation, Helsinki Airport and Finnair put on their Match Made in HEL fashion show Tuesday night on the airport’s runway 2. The event,… Read More »Finnair and Finavia Put On One HEL of a Hot Runway
Finnair keeps making its inflight retail tempting and fashionable with the introduction of a new retailer: Ivana Helsinki, a clothing shop which will be introduced on Finnair’s… Read More »Finnair Introduces Ivana Fly and Buy
During Finnair’s Annual General Meeting 2016, the airline’s Chairman of the Board, Klaus Heinemann, and CEO, Pekka Vauramo, shared their views of progress at the… Read More »“We want to make travelling easy and pleasant.” 16 Quotes On Finnair’s Customer-Focused Strategy
Finnair’s AY code will be added to flights between Helsinki and Prague operated by Czech Airlines, and to Czech Airlines flights between Prague and Ostrava in the Czech Republic, Kosice in Slovakia and Bucharest in Romania.
Czech Airlines’ OK code is already included on all Finnair’s flights between Helsinki and Prague.
The new code-sharing agreement took effect on March 17.
Iberia’s Iberia Plus loyalty campaign “Seismillones” (six million) card received special honours at the Flightglobal/Global Flight Loyalty Awards 2016 in Bangkok.
Air New Zealand and Finnair also recognised during the Loyalty 2016 awards.
Finnair and Helsinki Airport are heating up fashion with a very special runway show, on the heels of its popular Match Made in HEL. This… Read More »Finnair and Finavia Fuel Hot Fashion in HEL
