Manufacturing Industry

Finnair to add new aircraft to its Asian fleet

Airline Industry Information, Oct 6, 2005

AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-(C)1997-2005 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

Finnish airline Finnair Plc said on Thursday (6 October) that its Asian traffic fleet would be joined by a seventh Boeing MD-11 wide-body aircraft in December 2005.

The company also aims to acquire an eighth MD-11 aircraft next year.

"We need more capacity as we open new routes in Asia and add frequencies to our current destinations. A month ago we opened Guangzhou in China. Next summer we will launch our third route to Japan as we begin operating between Nagoya and Helsinki," said Keijo Suila, CEO of Finnair.

Asian traffic makes up a quarter of Finnair scheduled traffic passenger and cargo revenue, the company said.

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