Fuinnair Airlines :

Finnair to cut frequency to Mumbai and Delhi for winter :

Helsinki-based Finnair will cut its frequency by one flight each from both Mumbai and Delhi from next month. As a result, the Delhi-Helsinki service will be reduced to six days a week from a daily service and the Mumbai-Helsinki service will be reduced from six to five days a week. The Finnair airline has also introduced a new time-table for the winter months to "make flying to Europe more convenient" for Indian travellers.

The reduction in frequency, according to Desmond Chacko, Sales Manager - Indian Continent, Finnair Airlines , will be limited only to the winter months. "We hope that we will be able to resume the original frequency from both Mumbai and Delhi by April/May 2009," he said. The reason for cutting the frequency, according to Chacko, is the phasing out of the current fleet of MD-11 aircraft by the airline which operated on the Mumbai and Delhi route. These will now be replaced by A-330 aircraft.


Earlier, speaking at a road show organised by Scandinavian Tourism Board (STB) Chacko said that Finnair Airlines is the fourth oldest airline in the world with over 80 years of history. He added that Finnair was by far the fastest airline to connect Delhi with some of the European capitals and cities, viz. Oslo, Stockholm, Gothenburg, Copenhagen, etc. He added that travellers flying on Finnair from India also have the choice of Indian meals. He informed that the renovation of Vantaa Airport will see opening of a state-of-the-art spa lounge in 2009.