Finnair

Finnair expects to offer around 275 fewer daily flights this winter compared with last but hopes to boost frequencies during spring 2021.

In October, Finnair will operate about 70-80 flights a day instead of last year’s figure of more than 350.

Five months after agreeing to deepen ties with Finnair, Shanghai-based Juneyao Airlines is launching a second route to Finland’s capital city.

The number of routes to be operated is way down on the more than 100 in October 2019.

Finland’s flag carrier will fly fewer frequencies to European destinations in September than previously planned.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports continue to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Routes analyzes some of the services returning as well as new routes being launched. This week we look at the resumption of Finnair flights to China, OWG's debut services and KLM's adjustments in the Persian Gulf.

A weekly round-up of the latest news from the aviation industry as airlines and airports begin to recover from the COVID-19 crisis.

Routes' weekly update on how airlines and airports across Europe are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ryanair expects “the majority” of its fleet will be grounded while Finnair and SAS are among the latest airlines to stop almost all flights. Air France is also grounding its entire Airbus A380 fleet and KLM its entire Boeing 747 fleet.

Carriers on both sides of the Atlantic are assessing the potential impact of the temporary travel restrictions to the US from more than two-dozen European countries in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

After growing capacity by 8% in 2019, Serbia’s national air carrier is launching six new routes in 2020.

Governments are seeking to contain the spread of coronavirus.

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A focus on increasing frequencies to megacities in Asia, rather than adding new destinations in the continent, will be core to Finnair’s strategy over the next six years. Chief executive Topi Manner has also revealed plans to spend up to €4bn on new aircraft by 2025.

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Finnair is adding a second destination in South Korea to its network as it continues to pursue its Europe-Asia connecting strategy.

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