Nordic Aviation Thread

[staff]

...let's continue here.

(Our Baltic friends seem to have a aviation thread going strong already).

[Ringil]

FlyMe kommer förvärva 51% av River Don, moderbolag till Global supply systems ltdsom bl.a äger tre 747:or. Global Supply Systems Ltd och FlyMe kommer starta ett samarbetsprojekt för att på sikt starta LCC-långdistans passagerartrafik till Asien.

[Joka]

Well you certanly know how make all Nordic people feel welcome to this thread.

[staff]

Perhaps "Nordic Aviation Thread" is a better thread title - maybe the moderators can change it.

[Novak]

Keflavík International Airport (Reykjavík) - Leifur Eiríksson Air Terminal:
2 019 000 passengers in 2006, +11%

http://www.airport.is/english/top/ne...366&Prefix=268

[Joka]

Originally Posted by staff

Perhaps "Nordic Aviation Thread" is a better thread title - maybe the moderators can change it.

Prehaps.

PS. Thread authors can change the title themselves by editing the first post of the thread.

[cphdude]

Originally Posted by staff

...let's continue here.

(Our Baltic friends seem to have a aviation thread going strong already).

since the other one is closed, perhaps you could start this thread with a little bit of fact and stats....Just to awoid questions already answered, if newcomers have any....

[AtlanticaC5]

Fixed the title of the thread

[Ringil]

well done!

[Novak]

India seems to be THE destination and place to go now!

Finnair flights to India to be quadrupled: Flights to Mumbai all set for June launch

Finnair is set for a massive boost to the fast growing Asian market with significant increases in traffic to India and China. In response to strong demand, the number of weekly flights to India will increase from the current three to 12, while there will also be an increase in flights to China.

In June, Finnair will launch a new Indian route with flights to Mumbai, which will be served non-stop from Helsinki five days a week. Moreover, in mid-May the current three-weekly frequency for flights to the Indian capital Delhi will be increased to daily.

"It will be extremely hard, if not impossible for airlines to secure new arrival and departure slots at Indian airports in the coming years," says Henrik Arle, Finnair's Deputy CEO, responsible for Scheduled Passenger Traffic. "By adding to its Indian scheduled traffic just now, Finnair is ensuring its presence in these fast growing markets."

Meanwhile, Finnair's China traffic will increase in mid-May, with the boosting in frequency of non-stop Hong Kong services from four times a week to daily. Non-stop services will continue over the next winter timetable season. The Chinese network will be further strengthened with the addition of a fourth weekly flight to Guangzhou.

"Following these renewals, we will fly to all our long-haul destinations non-stop, without stopovers," says Arle. "Daily flights bring more alternatives for our customers."

The changes about to be implemented also significantly increase the efficiency of the Finnair long-haul fleet usage. The number of weekly long-haul flights from Helsinki will increase from 61 to 66. The monthly passenger kilometre totals offered by Finnair on long-haul traffic will consequently grow by 2,5 per cent.

As a result of the increases in Indian and Chinese traffic, the onward flights from Bangkok to Singapore will no longer be operated. Singapore and the flights previously planned for Kuala Lumpur will be served in cooperation with partner airlines.

All in all Finnair Asian traffic will grow this year by over 30 per cent since Finnair is adding two new Airbus A340 aircraft for the long-haul fleet during May and June.

http://www.finnairgroup.com/en/index.html

[Ringil]

finnair is droign great!

[eat_what_i_poo]

Originally Posted by Ringil

finnair is droign great!

I must say that my experience with Finn air is very bad. uncomfortable old planes, not modern at all and water dripping down on the seats from the vent. Not even on long trip from Singapore to Copenhagen they manage to have a modern and comfortable equipments on board. The service is bad to and i think they use illegal cheap Asian stewardesses.
Before i thought Finn air was very good and high standard, since its a Nordic and a EU country but it more seemed like a eastern Europe company.

[Cafo]

Yeah sounds so. They offer a decent product at a decent price.

[staff]

Apart from that winking smiley-face, I see no indication of that.
Finnair is a great low-cost alternative if you want to fly to Asia from northern Europe - I know tons of Swedish people that have used Finnair this way.
Although AY's long-haul product isn't really on par with the bigger players in Europe, "you get what you pay for". This is what I've heard, as I haven't flown Finnair myself. I prefer SAS's direct services from Copenhagen or one of the Asian Star Alliance carriers such as Singapore Airlines, THAI or ANA.

[Jape]

Originally Posted by staff

Finnair is a great low-cost alternative if you want to fly to Asia from northern Europe - I know tons of Swedish people that have used Finnair this way.

Sure. That's because Finnair has its "orient strategy" due to Finland's location.

But when I've booked flights from Helsinki to central european cities, SAS has always been cheaper than Finnair. Always. That's why we have used it so many times.

Originally Posted by staff

Although AY's long-haul product isn't really on par with the bigger players in Europe, "you get what you pay for". This is what I've heard, as I haven't flown Finnair myself.

I've flown both, Finnar and SAS. And I have to say that according to my own experiences from those flights, Finnair beats SAS in every sense, except the price level. For example, Finnair has LCD-screens showing weather information, etc. - even in budget class seats.

I'm not praising Finnair here (like DW), cause it certainly isn't the best airline on earth. So, I'm not being biased or patriotic here, but calling Finnair a "low-cost airline" sounds just ignorant. Of course those cheap flights to Asia may be different thing than flights between European capitals.

[Conrad]

no, neither would I call Finnair a low cost airline. i´ve travelled with them a couple of times and the service has always been great.

[Novak]

This hasn't been mentioned yet I suppose.

Press Release
24 Jan 2007
Finnair launches daily flights to Osaka

Finnair will begin flying between Helsinki and Osaka, Japan daily from the end of May. Finnair's Helsinki-Nagoya return flights will also increase by one when frequencies are upped to four times a week from mid-June.

"Thanks to the additional frequencies, Finnair becomes the third largest western airline operating between Europe and Japan. Next summer Finnair will have two daily flights to Japan, when the current number of weekly flights goes up from 11 to 15 weekly operations," says Finnair VP Network Strategies and Management Petteri Kostermaa.

The airline doubled its Tokyo flights from two to four a week already last December. Finnair is the only airline in northern Europe with routes to all three most important Japanese cities: Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

Finnair's long-haul fleet is growing as two new wide-bodied Airbus A340s enter traffic towards the end of spring. Tokyo and Nagoya routes will be operated with the large Airbuses, Boeing MD-11s are used on flights to Osaka.

Finnair Plc
Communications
24.1.2007

[skog]

Rygge Airport Opens

Rygge Airport, a military airport outside Moss, southeast of Oslo will open for civilian traffic this fall. The opening of this airport for civilian traffic have been eagerly anticipated, as it is just as close to Oslo as OSL, in fact, it might actually take a few minutes less to get there by car. Torp Airport are probably shaking in fear, as this looks to be an ideal airport for low-fare airlines.

The first service will be a charter flight to Grand Canaria operated by SAS Subsidiary Spanair.



This means that Oslo now has 3 international airports in its vicinity.

[pera]

Ringil, I am jealous!

From my experiences, KLM is a great carrier.

[pera]

Another 747F to Arlanda?

http://www.flygtorget.se/nyheter/nyhetsdetaljer.asp?ID=4793