Finnair to add Mumbai as its new routes

As part of its strategy to focus on Asian countries including India, Finnish carrier Finnair on Sunday said it would launch a new service to Mumbai on June 17 and increase the frequency of flights to the national capital. Mumbai is a completely new destination to be launched, with five days a week service, Finnair said in a statement. Moreover, in mid-May the current three-weekly frequency for flights to national capital will be increased to daily. "Mumbai was chosen as a new long-haul destination because of great demand and in response to requests from Finnish and Indian customers," Petteri Kostermaa, responsible for scheduled route strategy at Finnair, said. Noting that Mumbai was India's centre of business and logistics, Kostermaa said there is big potential for tourist traffic to Europe as country's most affluent people live in the area.

Highlighting the major features of its summer timetable that comes into effect from March 25, the airline said it would include the launch of new routes to Bucharest, Gdansk, Lisbon, Ljubljana and Nuremburg. "Finnair offers Asian customers the fastest and most competitive connections through Helsinki, and thats also the case from these new destinations to Asian," says Kostermaa. The airline said its traffic to China would be boosted in May when flights to Hong Kong increase from four a week to daily and a fourth weekly frequency to Guangzhou would be added. Finnair has acquired a new Airbus A340-300E aircraft in its fleet for flights to Tokyo, Nagoya, Beijing and Shanghai, the release said.

Courtesy: The Hindu

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