Finnair adds frequencies and destinations to Europe, Asia and North America

Finnair Airbus A350-941 OH-LWA (msn 018) LHR (Keith Burton). Image: 955017.

Finnair has made this announcement:

As the share of fully vaccinated people continues to increase and societies are opening, travel is picking up in several markets. Finnair is meeting the increased travel demand by adding frequencies and destinations in its network to Europe, Asia and North America for the upcoming winter season.

Finnair continues to serve its key Asian destinations, flying daily to Tokyo, Seoul and Bangkok, and offers multiple weekly frequencies to Singapore and Hong Kong. Finnairโ€™s Osaka service resumes in October, expanding Finnairโ€™s presence back into the Japanese market, with Nagoya joining this route portfolio in February. Finnair will also start serving its Dubai connection with a wide-body aircraft.

Finnair will strengthen its North American services and will serve Chicago, previously a summer route, throughout the winter season. Finnair also serves New York daily from Helsinki and operates three weekly flights to Miami and Los Angeles respectively.

In addition to serving North America from its Helsinki hub, Finnair will introduce direct routes to Los Angeles and New York from Stockholm, Sweden.

Finnair will also introduce direct routes fromย Stockholm to Miami, Phuket and Bangkok, asย previously announced.

Finnairโ€™s European network will rapidly increase in frequencies throughout the winter, with double daily services to key European cities such as Amsterdam, Munich, Dusseldorf, Berlin and Frankfurt, and three daily frequencies to London and Paris. Finnair also increases frequencies to St. Petersburg to support the traffic flows to Finnairโ€™s North American destinations.ย 

Finnair also offers multiple frequencies daily to Scandinavian capitals, and Finnair will introduce Krakow and Gdansk for the winter season.

Finnair will increase frequencies to the popular holiday destinations in Spain, serving Malaga, the Canary Islands, Madrid and Barcelona with multiple weekly frequencies.

Also the Finnish Lapland continues to attract winter travelers and Finnair offers four daily connections to Rovaniemi, Ivalo and Kittilรค, and two daily services to Kuusamo, with smooth connections from Helsinki.

Top Copyright Photo: Finnair Airbus A350-941 OH-LWA (msn 018) LHR (Keith Burton). Image: 955017.

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Jet Airways to resume domestic operations in 2022

Jet Airways is being reborn with the help of the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, the successful bidder to revive the brand.

The new Jet Airways is currently in the process of revalidation.

Previously the new owners issued this statement:

The new version is planning to relaunch operations in the first quarter of 2022. The first route will connect Delhi with Mumbai.

International operations should commence in the second half of 2022.

The first version of Jet Airways shut down in April 17, 2019.

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Air Arabia to fly to Entebbe, Uganda

Air Arabia (UAE) (Sharjah) will add the Sharjah to Entebbe, Uganda route on October 10.

Saudia unveils a 1972 retrojet on HZ-AK28 to celebrate 75 Years

Saudia has introduced a second special logo jet to help it celebrate 75 years of flying.

Boeing 777-368 ER HZ-AK28 (msn 42266) has been repainted in this special 1972 retro livery with a “75 Years” logo.

Photo: Saudia.

PIA restores the Kabul route

PIA-Pakistan International Airlines today (September 13) restored the Islamabad – Kabul route.

From CNN:

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/09/13/asia/afghanistan-first-flight-from-pakistan-intl/index.html?utm_source=twCNNi&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2021-09-13T10%3A00%3A06&utm_term=link

ACCC finds QANTAS and Japan Airlines alliance is not in the public interest

ACCC issued this statement:

Atlas Air Worldwide announces new five-year labor agreement with Atlas Air and Southern Air pilots

Atlas Air Boeing 747-45E (F) N487MC (msn 30609) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 954898.

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has announced that its Atlas Air, Inc. subsidiary has completed a new joint collective bargaining agreement (JCBA) for its Atlas Air and Southern Air pilots, who are represented by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT).

The five-year JCBA is one of the last major steps in completing Atlas Airโ€™s merger with Southern Air, which it acquired in 2016.

The JCBA was achieved through a contractual merger process, which included negotiations followed by binding arbitration to resolve remaining open items. Under this new long-term agreement, Atlas Air and Southern Air pilots will receive higher pay and enhanced benefits as part of the overall competitive package.

Pay increases will be effective in October, with the remaining terms and conditions to be implemented in the coming months in collaboration with the union. Once the new terms, conditions and timing of implementation are fully assessed, the company will provide an updated outlook.

Top Copyright Photo: Atlas Air Boeing 747-45E (F) N487MC (msn 30609) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 954898.

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