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Finnair is answering returning demand for its flights to China by increasing
the number of frequencies to Beijing. Finnair's number of flights to Beijing will
quadruple within a month when a second weekly frequency was added last week,
a third one starts on Friday and a fourth in mid-August. Most passengers
between Helsinki and Beijing use connecting flights between Helsinki and
other European destinations, which is expected to result in greater passenger numbers in European traffic as well.
"Demand for the route has improved especially in China. Tourist class has at
times been sold to the last seat and the advance booking situation on the
route is also looking good," smiles VP Network Strategy and Planning Petteri
Kostermaa. Finnair had to cut its Beijing route to a single weekly flight in
May due to a drop in demand.
At the moment, Finnair flies to Beijing on Mondays and Wednesdays. The third
frequency will commence this Friday. The fourth frequency will be operated
on Thursdays starting in mid-August. At the beginning of September, the day
the fourth frequency is operated will change from Thursday to Sunday. The
return flights from Beijing to Helsinki are always on the next day.
In September, Finnair is launching its new destination Shanghai with three
weekly flights. As of September, the airline will have altogether 26 weekly
flights to the most important destinations in Asia: Tokyo, Osaka, Beijing,
Shanghai, Hong Kong, Bangkok and Singapore. |
