Finnair Cargo Oy, which belongs to the Finnair Group, is exploring the possibility of starting cargo flights between Asia destinations and Helsinki using its own and leased aircraft. The goal is to begin flights before summer 2010. “Growing cargo demand in the Asian market offers an opportunity to increase capacity between Asia and Europe. Traffic [...]

The Finnair and UNICEF Finland Change for Good collection, which took place over the festive period, raised this time 69,772 euros. During the 14 years that the collection campaign has been held, Finnair and its customers have raised more than one million euros for UNICEF’s work, in fact a grand total of 1,001,380 euros precisely. [...]

Before Christmas, Finnair received its fifth Airbus A330 aircraft. The newcomer’s business class has a new type of full-flat seat, which reclines to fully horizontal, as well as a new lay-out with more seats, offering more privacy than before. The Airbus A330 aircraft are part of Finnair’s long-haul traffic fleet modernisation, which will reduce emissions [...]

Finnair’s scheduled traffic declined in 2009 by nearly nine per cent compared with the previous year. Last year, Finnair carried more than 7.4 million passengers on its scheduled and leisure flights. Business class passenger numbers fell in 2009 by a couple of per cent, but grew in December by 16 per cent, despite scheduled traffic [...]

Before Christmas, Finnair received its fifth Airbus A330 aircraft. The newcomer’s business class has a new type of full-flat seat, which reclines to fully horizontal, as well as a new lay-out with more seats, offering more privacy than before.

On 11 December, Finnair will open the new generation Via Spa in connection with the modern Via Lounge at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport. The lounge and spa will offer unique wellness and comfort services, particularly for Finnair’s transfer passengers travelling between Europe and Asia. The Via Lounge will be open to Finnair Plus and oneworld top-tier members [...]

The range of services available to Finnair Plus customers is expanding. The latest addition is the text message upgrade, namely an opportunity for Finnair Plus customers to upgrade to business class via a text message. When a customer’s mobile phone beeps 24 hours before the departure of a Finnair scheduled flight, the message might contain [...]