Finnair opens route to Svalbard in Norway in summer 2016
(Warsaw 26.8.2015) Finnair increases frequencies and opens four new routes for the 2016 summer season including to Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean.
Finnair will be the first airline to offer scheduled international services to Svalbard. From 1 June to 27 August 2016 there will be three weekly flights from Helsinki to the northernmost airport in the world. Svalbard - located between Norway and the North Pole, is a land of untouched arctic wilderness.
"During Midsummer we will provide three weekly flights to Svalbard, which is mainly aimed at European customers, but can be also be connected from our Asian flights," says Petri Vuori, Finnair's Vice-President of Global Sales.
Finnair will start flying to Edinburgh from 18 April to 27 October 2016 and Billund in Jutland, Denmark, will become a year round destination as of April 4th, 2016. New scheduled summer flights will replace previously chartered flights to the Greek islands of Zakynthos, Skiathos, Santorini, Mytilene and Preveza. The same will apply to Rimini and Verona in Italy and to Varna in Bulgaria.
Finnair will continue to increase its Croatia service with two weekly flights between Helsinki and Pula, from 20 June to 12 August 2016 and will increase its Split service with two additional weekly flights. Finnair also flies to Dubrovnik, offering a total of 14 weekly flights to Croatia. All of Finnair's Croatia flights connect with Asian destinations to cater to the increasing demand from Asia to the Adriatic Sea.
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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 15 cities in Asia with more than 60 destinations in Europe. The airline, a pioneer in sustainable flying, will be 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 six 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.
