Finnair to increase flights to India

Finland's national airline Finnair, which plans to acquire five new Airbus A330 this year to renew its fleet and cut emission levels, will fly one of the new aircraft to India. "We will be inducting five Airbus A330 aircraft this year and will fly one of them to India by April-May," Finnair Vice President Sustainable Development Kati Ihamaki told reporters in New Delhi on Monday (February 23).
Finnair has been flying to India since 2006 with daily flights to Delhi and five flights in a week to Mumbai. The airline plans to replace its McDonnell Douglas aircraft with the new fleet in an attempt to achieve greater fuel efficiency and reduce emission levels. "We will replace all our McDonnell Douglas aircraft by January 2010. We also plan to acquire Airbus A350 by 2014," Ihamaki said adding that the number of A350 aircraft will depend on the situation.
Finnair's fleet has an average age of five years. With the deployment of A340s, the airline has cut emission by 11% and by the year-end emission will come down to 80% due to A330s. "The induction of extra wide body aircraft Airbus A350 will bring down the emission level to 69 per cent," she said. The global aviation industry, contributing 2 per cent to the carbon emission and growing, has taken up the initiative for zero emission by 2050, she said.
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