Finnair to expand its network to more Indian cities

New Delhi: Terming India as a "priority destination", Nordic carrier Finnair on Thursday said that in addition to Delhi, it would soon link more cities directly with Finland.
Important cities like Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad are under consideration for starting Finnair services, Kari Stolbow, Director, Indian Sub-continent, Finnair, told reporters here.
He said, meanwhile, Finnair Cargo will launch services between Mumbai and Helsinki in co-operation with Nordic Global Airlines from September 16 this year.
Terming Delhi-Helsinki route as profitable, he said the airline's commercial income increased by around 25 per cent in the first six months of this year compared to corresponding period last year.
Finnair had launched direct flight between Delhi and Helsinki on October 30, 2007.
It is running a flight on the route six days a week except for Tuesday, Stolbow said.
02/09/11 PTI/Economic Times

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