Finnair announced on 21 July 2020 that they have received permission from Chinese authorities to begin operating one weekly flight starting from 23 July 2020. The route opens between Helsinki and Shanghai with its Airbus A350 aircraft, flight schedule will be published in all Finnair sales channels. Ole Orvér, Chief Commercial Officer said “The re-opening…
Finnair announced on 9 July 2020, that they are operating commercial flights after the Finnish Government lessen restrictions and decided to re open borders. Finair has start operating to various domestic destinations and around the EU countries from 13 July 2020. According to the government announcement: work relate travel for Asian countries namely China, Japan,…
The embassy of Finland in Bangkok invites all to join a Webinar in a topic of Coronavirus situation in Thailand, Cambodia and Finland update, on 25 June 2020. Registration to participate in the event ends on 24 June 2020. The statement said: The Embassy is organizing a sequel to the discussion event from a couple…
Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong published a statement on 8 May 2020, that together with Finnair, the Chamber isoffering a Member to Member discount. For example, enjoy 20% discount on Business Class when flying from Hong Kong to Sweden and 10% discount to other European destinations. Terms and conditions Offer is valid from…
Finnair published an official statement regarding change or cancellations policies for travel to China due to Corona virus situation on 25th January 2020. The statement said: Due to the corona virus cases in China, we have made changes to our cancellation and change policies for our flights to and from China during 25 January to…
The rising number of Chinese tourists has contributed to the growth of Finnish tourism, according to Finnish national broadcaster Yle. Citing booking numbers from Visit Finland, the report said a total of 140,000 Chinese tourists are coming to Finland from December 2019 to February 2020, up 16 percent from last winter. Direct flights from…
Finnair has collaborated with chef DeAille Tam to bring modern Chinese flavours to the plates of business class passengers flying on all Finnair routes from Greater China to Helsinki. The dishes, which will be served in the carrier’s business class cabin on all long-haul flights from Greater China to Helsinki from 5 December 2019, was…
Finnair has named Topi Manner their new CEO, and he will start his new job in January 2019. Finnair has on 4 September announced that Topi Manner will replace current CEO Pekka Vauramo in January 2019. Topi Manner has a career in management positions at Nordea, the largest financial group in the Nordic countries. Since…
Finnair has announced more flights to China and Japan in summer 2019. Continuing its growth in key Asian markets, Finnair announced on 29 August that it will be adding frequencies on many popular Asian routes for next summer. That includes double-daily flights to Hong Kong and additional flights to Japan. “We continue to execute on…
Almost all Finns (94 %) want to reduce the emissions of CO2 from air travel, and many are also willing to pay for this as a part of the ticket price. That was revealed in a study, which the Finnish national airline Finnair has conducted. Finns want to reduce the CO2 impact of flying, and…
