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Aiel
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 Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:09 pm Post subject: Finnair increases flights to India (BOM from June) |
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Finnair flights to India to be quadrupled, Flights to Mumbai all set for June launch
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.”
http://www.kauppalehti.fi/4/i/yritykset/hellink/tiedote.jsp?selected=kaikki&oid=20070101/11694501407680
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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Wonder which aircraft they'll bring....A343?
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Seems like their current flights are doing well - considering this massive increase. More connections available to One world members now at BOM/DEL. |
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Aiel
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 8:58 pm Post subject: |
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The report mentioned that they are getting 340s. Probably those will be used.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 11:16 pm Post subject: |
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Yes they will be bringing the 343 to BOM and the MD-11 to DEL.
This is the BOM schedule:
AY 029
HEL-BOM 20:00-06:10 + 1 day(s)
Non-stop / 343 / 7h40min / Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun
AY 030
BOM-HEL 08:15-13:50
Non-stop / 343 8h05min / Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Early morning departure from BOM.
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:27 am Post subject: |
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very interesting!.. i would really like to see how they do ex-BOM!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Mayank r u sure abt the MD-11 thing because last i heared was that Finnair will upgrade the EQP to A343 once it goes daily from DEL.
Anyone having access to GDS where we can check the eqp
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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| VABBy wrote: | | Mayank r u sure abt the MD-11 thing because last i heared was that Finnair will upgrade the EQP to A343 once it goes daily from DEL. |
The schedule on the Finnair website says the flight shall be operated by the MD-11.I had also heard that the flights shall be operated by the A343.
But the 2 A343 are scheduled for flying to Mumbai,Shanghai and Tokyo.So,DEL to be served by the MD-11.
Good for DEL,we still have atleast one passenger MD-11 operator.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:08 pm Post subject: |
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I wonder how these hub oriented airlines can operate for long.
Finnair is almost exclusively looking at North America traffic and is trying to wean the spill-over traffic (for lack of better words  ) from the likes of LH/AF or even EK.
But when AI and 9W begin direct services (I know 9W is planning but one-stop) I really wonder what yeilds will Finnair get? Not that Finnair has great European connections either!
I wonder whether they operate on the Aeroflot pricing model with dirt-cheap tickets??
I mean, with options like Delta, Continental , AA, AI (nonstop!) 9W, followed by choices like LH,AF,BA,KLM-NW, followed by EK,EY,QR, Finnair really comes LAST in terms of mindspace. |
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DELAPPROACH
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 12:24 am Post subject: |
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| ssbmat wrote: | Finnair is almost exclusively looking at North America traffic and is trying to wean the spill-over traffic (for lack of better words ) from the likes of LH/AF or even EK.
Not that Finnair has great European connections either!
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As far as Finnair's North American destinations go,they have scheduled services to New York only.So I think they arent looking at the North American traffic.Moreover,their BOM flight timings do not provide good connection services to New York.
Finnair has good European connectivity with 35 european destinations served nonstop from Helsinki.Due to the geographical location of Helsinki,the flying time is less as compared to other European hubs and thats the main basis for Finnair to build an extensive Asian network(11 destinations) and provide fast onward connections to Europe.
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| Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:32 pm Post subject: |
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| ssbmat wrote: | I wonder how these hub oriented airlines can operate for long.
Finnair is almost exclusively looking at North America traffic and is trying to wean the spill-over traffic (for lack of better words ) from the likes of LH/AF or even EK.
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I think this is equally to cater to the Scandinavians coming to India - which is increasing these days for both business and tourism. As Mayank mentioned, it's definitely not for connectivity to North America - since they don't offer any convenient connections. They have said they'd like to cater to connecting to secondary points in Europe, where we dont have direct/non-stop flights from India. In such cases, they'd be similar to the existing BA/LH etc. so probably have the same chance of getting business. |
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| Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 8:50 am Post subject: |
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| Could be the same MD-11 which is currently being used on the BKK Helsinki route... |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:36 pm Post subject: |
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Finnair’s decision to quadruple its flights to India has been greeted enthusiastically by its cargo GSSA, Global Aviation Group. Since Finnair commenced direct services from Delhi in October 2006, Global has claimed it could fill as much space as Finnair could give it.
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:43 am Post subject: |
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| DELAPPROACH wrote: | | ssbmat wrote: | Finnair is almost exclusively looking at North America traffic and is trying to wean the spill-over traffic (for lack of better words ) from the likes of LH/AF or even EK.
Not that Finnair has great European connections either!
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As far as Finnair's North American destinations go,they have scheduled services to New York only.So I think they arent looking at the North American traffic.Moreover,their BOM flight timings do not provide good connection services to New York.
Finnair has good European connectivity with 35 european destinations served nonstop from Helsinki.Due to the geographical location of Helsinki,the flying time is less as compared to other European hubs and thats the main basis for Finnair to build an extensive Asian network(11 destinations) and provide fast onward connections to Europe.
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Im going to be flying Finnair late july LHR - DEL costing a measly £362 return thats a good £80 cheaper than the next offering on Alitalia and a whopping £177 cheaper than Jet Airways was a no brainer for me cost wise and the reviews they have on the Airline Quality site arent brilliant but nor are they bad. The timings of flights are good aswell
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| kam wrote: | Im going to be flying Finnair late july LHR - DEL costing a measly £362 return thats a good £80 cheaper than the next offering on Alitalia and a whopping £177 cheaper than Jet Airways was a no brainer for me cost wise and the reviews they have on the Airline Quality site arent brilliant but nor are they bad. The timings of flights are good aswell
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Wow - awesome news! And good for traffic on this route. |
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| Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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well its pretty common that direct flights are more expensive than the ones which are indirect. So i guess Finnair flights can do well frm europe too
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