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Finnair is opening Shanghai as its new destination at the beginning of
September. Flights to Shanghai will be operated non-stop three times a week
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday from Helsinki with return flights on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
Finnair is also adding a third frequency
to its Beijing route from the start of August. As of August, flights will be
operated from Helsinki on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays with return flights on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
A fourth frequency to Beijing will be added at the beginning of September.
"At that point Finnair will have 26 weekly services to the most important
cities in Asia," says Finnair VP Corporate Communications Christer
Haglund.
Finnair will return to normal three weekly frequencies to Hong Kong at the
start of July. At the same time, the Bangkok route will also return to daily
frequencies. Flights from Bangkok continue to Hong Kong three times a week
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On other days the flights carry on to
Singapore.
Finnair had to cut back its Asian operations in May because of a drop in
demand due to the SARS epidemic. As travel advisories have been lifted, interest in travel to the area is growing again.
Starting from September, Finnair's Asian destinations are Tokyo, Osaka,
Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. |
