{"id":90173,"date":"2019-10-15T14:22:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-15T12:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=90173"},"modified":"2019-10-15T14:29:34","modified_gmt":"2019-10-15T12:29:34","slug":"finnair-japon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/finnair-japon","title":{"rendered":"Finnair targets business travel in Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Finnair continues to expand in Japan. In December, the Finnish carrier will become the <strong>only European carrier to Sapporo<\/strong> with two frequencies per week, on Thursdays and Sundays. Sapporo New Chitose International Airport has not been served by a European airline since the departure of <strong>KLM<\/strong> in 2002. The seasonal flight will operate until April and, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/javier-roig-finnair-2-20190325.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Javier Roig<\/strong><\/a>Finnair's Director for Southern Europe, a majority of passengers are expected to use the new route to go skiing in the mountains of Hokkaido, renowned for the excellent quality of its snow. But Sapporo also offers a <strong>interesting economic potential<\/strong> for businesses. The city has the fifth largest population in Japan (1.95 million) and a high proportion of students. There are almost 70,000 students at 130 local universities. The capital of Hokkaido has become a major centre for <strong>IT<\/strong> and <strong>biotechnology<\/strong> in the country. As Sapporo is one of the few major Japanese cities to be located outside an earthquake zone, it has attracted a number of companies in recent years. French insurer AXA, for example, has had a presence in the city since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Sapporo, next summer the carrier will adjust its flight schedule to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/tendance-tokyo-naime-plus-linsularite-20151001.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Tokyo<\/strong><\/a>. The airline will continue to offer two daily flights, but the second will now be to <strong>Haneda<\/strong>closer to the centre of the Japanese capital. The other daily frequency will continue to serve Tokyo-Narita airport.<\/p>\n<p>Another new feature planned for next spring is the opening of a service between Helsinki and <strong>Busan<\/strong>South Korea's second largest city. The airline will operate three times a week with two-class Airbus A350-900 aircraft. Flights will take off from Helsinki every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. \" <em>Busan is also a major economic centre in Asia, being one of the world's largest cities. <strong>large seaport<\/strong> with major freight companies. These companies will benefit from one of the shortest flights to Europe.<\/em> \"says Javier Roig. At the same time, this winter the carrier is closing its line on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/chongqing-une-megalopole-tout-en-demesure-20120705.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Chongqing<\/strong> <\/a>in China, but was one of the first European companies to enter the Chinese market. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/pekin-daxing-aeroport-20190225.html\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beijing's new Daxing airport<\/a><\/strong> with three flights a week, in addition to its daily flight to Beijing Capital.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finnair is continuing its expansion in Japan. 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