Finnair

Finnair has bought six Airbus A321s that it formerly leased from BOC Aviation at a cost of over €200 million ($219 million).

Finnair has completed a rights offering, which CEO Topi Manner previously described as “very important” for the airline’s long-term strategy.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), Finnair, and Air India have been chosen for comparison.

Finnair plans to refurbish its fleet of Embraer E190 crossover jets, as it aims to bring them into line with its earlier refit of its widebody fleet.

Finnair’s long-awaited narrowbody renewal is likely to “materialize” over the next couple of years, according to CEO Topi Manner.

Technologies including predictive data analytics and facial recognition help airports offer a more streamlined passenger experience.

Finnair says demand for travel is holding up against a backdrop of high inflation and rising prices, and passengers are tending to book last-minute travel.

European aviation regulators should focus on incentivizing aviation to decarbonize rather than imposing taxes, Finnair’s CEO said Sept. 19.

Key insights from Aviation Week’s MRO BEER conference, which took place in Warsaw in June.

Economics, environment and passenger choice are driving growth in Europe’s air-rail links.

The airline will continue to work with HAECO Hong Kong for maintenance on its widebody aircraft fleet.

Finnair President and CEO Topi Manner said the airline needs to renew its medium- and long-haul fleet in the future.

The Finnair aircraft will operate certain Qantas flights to Bangkok and Singapore.

Finnair's Aaron McGarvey explains how the airline has restructured its operations from Helsinki International since the closure of Russian airspace.

Listen in as Finnair CEO Topi Manner explains how his airline has adapted its strategy and innovated after back-to-back crises laid waste to its business model.

Finnair says load factors were averaging around 35% on the two routes, leading to high per-passenger emissions.

Finnair is seeing favorable trends after the airline was forced to rebalance its network roughly a year ago due to the closure of Russian airspace.

The latest new route announcements, schedule changes and codeshares.

This comes as the airline posted its first quarterly net profit since before the coronavirus pandemic.

While Finnair looks to recover in China, Chinese carriers have a competitive advantage over the airline because they continue to overfly Russia.