Finnair opens routes to Kazan, Samara and Nizhny Novgorod in Russia

(Warsaw 9.6.2014) This summer Finnair will open new routes to Samara, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod, three prominent and historic regional centres on the Volga River in the Russian Federation.

Services to Nizhny Novgorod International Airport (airport code GOJ) begin from July 25, while Samara’s Kurumoch International Airport (KUF) is served from August 7 and Kazan International Airport (KZN) from August 18. Flights run three times per week. Timetables for the routes connect well with flights to various European destinations and are as follows:

All times local   DepartureArrivalDuration

Helsinki-Nizhny Novgorod 23:55            03:05 (next day)  2 hours 10 minutes
(Mon, Wed, Fri)

Nizhny Novgorod-Helsinki 04:55     06:10          2 hours 15 minutes
(Tue, Thu, Sat)

Helsinki-Samara    23:40      03:15 (next day)        2 hours 35 minutes
(Tue, Thu, Sun)

Samara-Helsinki    04:05     06:00    2 hours 55 minutes
(Mon, Wed, Fri)

Helsinki-Kazan      23:55      03:25 (next day)  2 hours 30 minutes
(Mon, Wed, Fri)

Kazan-Helsinki      04:25      06:05     2 hours 40 minutes
(Tue, Thu, Sat)

“Our new routes and frequencies will help meet demand for outbound Russian travel not only to Finland, but to other destinations throughout Finnair’s European network thanks to our compact and efficient hub in Helsinki”, says Juhani Nuoramo, Finnair's Sales Director for Europe East. “All three destinations have excellent connections from Warsaw. We hope the new routes prompt also Polish and other Europeans travelers to discover three historic cities on the Volga, each growing in commercial importance”, Nuoramo continues.

Nizhny Novgorod, with 1.2 million inhabitants, is a growing IT hub and the administrative centre of the Volga Federal District. Kazan, population 1.1 million, is the multi-ethnic capital of the Republic of Tatarstan and the world’s centre of Tatar Muslim culture. Samara, also with population of 1.1 million, is an industrial hub of southern Russia noted for its aerospace industries and Samara State Aerospace University.

Elsewhere in the Russian Federation, Finnair flies double daily to St. Petersburg, 9 weekly flights to Moscow (Sheremetyevo) and four times per week to Yekaterinburg. Through oneworld partner S7 Airlines Finnair also offers codeshare connections to Moscow (Domodedovo) and onward to Kazan, Novosibirsk, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Ufa and Yekaterinburg.

Routes to Samara, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod are flown with Embraer 190 aircraft operated on behalf of Finnair by Flybe Finland.

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Finnair is specialised in fast connections between Europe and Asia via Helsinki. The airline carries more than eight million passengers annually and connects 13 cities in Asia with more than 60 destinations in Europe. A pioneer in sustainable flying, Finnair operates a young, modern fleet and has the highest score of any publically disclosing airline in 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 four years running. Finnair has been a member of the oneworld alliance since its founding in 1999.