Finnair to Increase Flights to Lapland

Finnair and the biggest tour operators in Lapland have agreed a three-year cooperation arrangement for flights to Lapland as well as cooperation in marketing.

Finnair will significantly add to its Lapland flight schedule in November 2014 with the start of the winter traffic timetable season.

Flights will be added from Helsinki to Kittilä, Ivalo and Kuusamo.

"The demand for traffic to northern Finland comes with the growth in tourism, and by offering more flights we want to offer to Finnish and international passengers the possibility to experience the magic of Finnish Lapland," said Rolf Backman, responsible for Finnair's domestic sales. "Asian tourists represent a growing travel category and they have expressed an interest in the Northern Lights, for instance, as well as other Lapland experiences."

"We have been in regular conversation with local tour operators and we've been trying together to find solutions, with the help of which we can develop Lapland as a travel destination," Backman added. "Cooperation helps us to optimize our traffic for the operating benefit of customers in Finland and those from elsewhere as well as for the whole travel chain. With the help of strong cooperation within that travel chain we can achieve even better sales of Finland as an interesting travel destination."