Finnair to fly from Chennai, plans to add Bangalore

Mumbai: Buoyed by success in Indian sectors, Finnair proposes to start flights from Chennai later this year.
"With the mobile phone giant Nokia setting up its manufacturing facility in Chennai, it is becoming an important destination for Finland," Sakari Romu, vice-president of Finnnair, told IANS here Sunday.
The flag carrier of the Nordic nation is also looking at Bangalore as a possible destination with growth in relations between India and Finnish software companies.
"A good response on our existing sectors has prompted us to add a new destination in India and to increase our flights," Tomu said, referring to the plan to start the sixth Mumbai-Helsinki flight from June.
Several Finish companies like Nokia and elevator major Kone have major expansion plans in India even as Indian software giants like Wipro and Infosys set up bases in Finland.
The load factor on these services is close to 85 per cent, considered remarkable.
Finnair is the only airlines operating between India and northern Europe and takes the minimum time of six and a half hours to fly between Delhi and Helsinki.
02/03/08 Indo-Asian News Service/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Foreign Mar 2008