Finnair adds frequencies to Tokyo and Hong Kong with Airbus A350 in summer 2017
(Warsaw 13.10.2016) Continuing to grow its Asian traffic, next summer season Finnair will supplement its daily service to Tokyo with four additional frequencies per week and the daily service to Hong Kong with three additional weekly flights.
Finnair will add four weekly fights to Tokyo between June 5 and October 27. The additional flights will be operated with Airbus A350 aircraft, and as a joint business operation with Japan Airlines, British Airways and Iberia.
With the additions, Finnair and its partner Japan Airlines will offer 18 weekly connections between Helsinki and Tokyo’s Narita Airport. Finnair also flies to Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka during the summer season 2017, with a total of 35 weekly flights to Japan.
Number of Finnair flights to Hong Kong will also be increased, with three additional weekly frequencies between June 6 and October 28. Currently the carrier
flies to Hong Kong daily, departing both Helsinki and Hong Kong around midnight. With the new frequencies, Finnair will operate 10 weekly flights and offer customers the added option of an afternoon flight from Helsinki and a morning flight from Hong Kong. All of Finnair's Hong Kong flights are operated with the Airbus A350.
flies to Hong Kong daily, departing both Helsinki and Hong Kong around midnight. With the new frequencies, Finnair will operate 10 weekly flights and offer customers the added option of an afternoon flight from Helsinki and a morning flight from Hong Kong. All of Finnair's Hong Kong flights are operated with the Airbus A350.“With increased capacity and frequencies to Tokyo and Hong Kong, we are tapping into the growing traffic between Europe and Asia and increasing our presence in cities that have been popular with our customers in recent years,” says Arunas Skuja, Finnair's General Manager for Eastern Europe and Baltic states. “We received our first Airbus A350 one year ago and have now seven of them operating in our network. We expect four more deliveries next year and by the end of 2023 we will have one of the most modern long-haul fleets in the industry, with 19 A350 aircraft.”
Finnair will continue next summer with its seasonal route to Guangzhou, with four weekly frequencies operated with A330 aircraft. Finnair’s route to Guangzhou opened in 2016 and it is Finnair's fifth destination in mainland China.
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Finnair flies between Asia, Europe and North America with an emphasis on fast connections via Helsinki, carrying more than nine million passengers annually and connecting 17 cities in Asia with more than 60 destinations in Europe. The airline, a pioneer in sustainable flying, is the European launch customer of the next-generation, eco-smart Airbus A350 XWB aircraft and is the first airline listed in the Leadership Index of the worldwide Carbon Disclosure Project. The only Nordic carrier with a 4-star Skytrax ranking, Finnair has also won the World Airline Award for Best Airline Northern Europe for the past seven years running. Finnair is a member of oneworld, the alliance of the world's leading airlines committed to providing the highest level of service and convenience to frequent international travellers.
