Finland

Finnair continues to pursue a strategy of re-diversifying its offer, moving away - in part - from its exclusive positioning in Asia. By summer 2026, the airline will be offering a long-haul network comprising 11 destinations in Asia, seven in North America, with the opening of Toronto scheduled for summer 2026, and two destinations in Europe.

Finnair is continuing to expand its European network. The carrier is adding a total of 12 new destinations for the summer 2026 season from its Helsinki hub. While many of these are holiday destinations aimed at Scandinavian tourists, Finnair's arrival in Luxembourg is important for French-speaking business travellers. Served...

Finnish railways VR are continuing to improve their network with the launch of a Pendolino Plus rail service between Helsinki and the city of Turku in the west of the country. Tickets are already on sale and available on the VR Matkalla application or at www.vr.fi. The Pendolino Plus VR train will start operating between Helsinki...

Nothing is going well at Finnair. The company, already severely weakened by a negative international environment, has now been affected for several weeks by large-scale strikes. In fact, March 27 kicked off a series of further actions by the unions. The company had to cancel more than...

For Javier Roig, Finnair's outgoing Director for France and Southern Europe, Finnair has demonstrated an uncommon vitality and resilience. "We've been through a number of crises over the past decade. Covid, of course, but above all the worst was the closure of Russian airspace to European airlines with the war over the...

Of all the airlines to have suffered the Covid crisis and then Russia's offensive on Ukraine, the one to have paid the highest price for the consequences of both events is certainly Finnair. Covid decimated traffic, particularly in Asia - the last continent to reopen to international traffic at the end of 2022/beginning of 2023. While the...

Finnair has completed the transformation of its product both on the ground and in the air. The airline has completed the installation of its new travel classes on its entire fleet of long-haul aircraft. The €200 million investment has enabled its aircraft to be equipped with a new Business Class seat, a new Premium Economy cabin,...

This February - but also in April and May 2024 - Finnair is collecting data on the average weight of customers and their hand luggage. The operation will only take place on flights departing from Helsinki airport. This anonymous data is then used to optimise the balance of the aircraft. Customer volunteers and their baggage...

So Germany, the UK and France do not have a monopoly on strikes affecting business travel. Finland will also be affected this week, on 1 and 2 February to be precise. In all, no fewer than 550 flights will be cancelled during these two days of action. Insofar as Finnair provides...

8 kg for cabin baggage, 23 kg for hold baggage. The drastic baggage restrictions for Finnair business class passengers will have lasted just over six months. The airline has just announced that it has changed the rules again, with immediate effect. The decision by...

Finnair has been one of the airlines most affected by the ban on EU carriers flying over Russian territory since the outbreak of Russia's war with Ukraine. With the ban on flights over Russia, Finnair can now only reach Asia via the southern routes. In other words...

Finnair has already announced its plans for the 2024 summer season by revealing some of the new features already scheduled in its flight programme. These include more frequencies from France. But also between Finland and Germany, Scandinavia and Poland. In France, the carrier will be...

Finnair is overhauling its Finnair Plus loyalty programme by introducing Avios, its new "loyalty currency", at the beginning of 2024. Rewards will then be awarded on the basis of expenditure rather than the number of flights. The allocation of Avios and the accumulation of status points will fluctuate according to travel class, booking class and...

Finnair announced a reduction in its in-flight catering service and the abolition of pillows in economy class just a month ago. And now the Finnish national airline is doing it again. This time, Finnair is attacking cabin baggage and reservations...

If there is one airline in the world that is particularly suffering from a hostile political and economic environment, it is Finnair. The Finnish airline had built its success on a niche positioning, linking Europe and Asia. But three years of Covid have affected traffic in Asia. Not least because of the bans on...

At the end of February, one element of Finnair's in-flight service will disappear: the retail sale of accessories, cosmetics and gifts. What was seen as a plus - for last-minute purchases, for example - will no longer be available from 28 February. However, there will be two exceptions:...

Until 2019, Finnair was the airline specialising in Asia, with a network that included many secondary cities with little or no service from competitors. At the time, the Finnair network included cities such as Sapporo and Fukuoka in Japan and Xian in China. "But the conflict between Russia and Ukraine...

Finnair is now positioning itself on Doha in partnership with Qatar Airways. The two airlines already work together within the Oneworld alliance. The CEOs of Finnair and Qatar Airways have signed an agreement for the joint operation of three daily non-stop flights from Copenhagen, Helsinki and Stockholm. In Doha, passengers will have access to...

Before Covid, China was one of Finnair's flagship destinations, and one where it had great ambitions. The airline served seven destinations there - including Hong Kong. It had also signed a cooperation agreement with China Southern and Juneyao Air, enabling it to serve dozens of cities within the country. China...

Finnish national airline Finnair has grown and prospered in the shadow of its large eastern neighbour. It has benefited from the post-Soviet era from 1991 onwards. An era of opening up to the outside world for Russia, reflected in the development of the travel market and rising living standards...