Finnair to resume daily flights between Helsinki-Delhi in Jan

Mirroring the return in passenger demand, Nordic carrier Finnair today said it will resume daily service between New Delhi and Helsinki from January next year, up from the six flights a week it operates now.
"We will start daily service between Helsinki and New Delhi from January as there is good demand from the Indian market," Finnair Senior Vice President Public Affairs and Corporate Communications Christer Haglund told reporters here.
Finnair reduced its service to New Delhi from seven to six days a week earlier this year. Two years ago, it suspended the service to Mumbai because of poor demand.
However, Asian routes continue to drive growth in the airline, which plans to increase service to Hong Kong to 12 flights a week from daily now, besides start flying daily to Singapore from next year.
Asia accounts for nearly half of the airline's revenue.
Over 100 Finnish companies have operations in India and several Indian firms have set up shop in Finland. Besides, the carrier hopes to carry traffic between India and the rest of Europe and to the US.
09/09/10 Press Trust of India/Business Standard

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