Finnair's flights to New York revert to their daily frequency as of Sunday,
March 31. After September 11, 2001, flights to New York were cut to a
five-weekly frequency, with the North Atlantic over-capacity switched to
Finnair's flights to Bangkok and leisure traffic.
The demand for flights to New York has returned to the level of previous
years after an immediate decline last September of almost a quarter. The
decline in October and November was down by as much as 37 per cent. A
reverse in the decline was seen in December, when demand was down on that of
December 2000 by 18 per cent.
In January 2002 a three per cent increase was already recorded, and in
February sales in terms of revenue passenger kilometres were up by 4.7 per
cent. Cabin factor increased to 75-80 per cent.
Finnair's daily flights to New York leave Helsinki at 14.15 in the afternoon
and arrive at New York's JFK at 15.55 local time (until 6.4. at 14.55).
Eastward flights from New York leave at 17.55 (until 6.4. at 16.55),
arriving at Helsinki at 08.50 the next morning.
In other news, some Finnish news media reported this morning on a possible
merger between SAS and Finnair.
There has not been any negotiations and there are no negotiations on that
matter, says Finnair's CEO and President Mr. Keijo Suila. |