FINNAIR AWARDED BEST AIRLINE IN NORTHERN EUROPE AND MOST PUNCTUAL SHORT HAUL AIRLINE

(Warsaw 8.6.2010) Air passengers have chosen Finnair as the Best Airline in Northern Europe in the 2010 independent Skytrax survey. Brussels Airport in turn   awarded Finnair for being the most punctual airline operating from Brussels in European internal traffic in 2009.

About 18 million passengers from some 100 different countries contributed to the Skytrax research, which was carried out between July 2009 and April 2010, using over 38 different aspects of passenger satisfaction to rank airlines' product and service standards. The oneworld alliance, of which Finnair is an active member, was chosen in the Skytrax awards as the World's Best Airline Alliance for the seventh time.

"We are in good company as a member of the world's best known airline alliance," says Paavo Virkkunen, responsible for Finnair's oneworld alliance relations. "Together with its alliance partners, Finnair has helped determinedly to develop oneworld services and quality criteria."

Skytrax is a recognised research survey company that evaluates commercial airlines and their services. Finnair is rated as a four-star airline in Skytrax assessments.

Finnair also received an award in May from Brussels Airport for being the most punctual airline operating from Brussels in European internal traffic. Measuring the punctuality of each airline, Brussels Airport selected the top five airlines, based on 2009 results. Finnair overcame the other candidates in the Punctuality Award Short Haul Airline category, namely Aeroflot, Austrian Airlines, SAS and TAP.

From Warsaw Finnair flies most days three times a day to Helsinki, having the fastest connection to several Asian key destinations including Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Seoul. The airline also flies between Krakow and Helsinki during the summer season.

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