Finnair is Finland’s national carrier. Finnair has announced that it will link Helsinki with India’s capital city Mumbai via a direct flight beginning in July of this year. Mumbai will be Finnair’s next destination within India following Delhi and where it’s been operating since.
The scheduled flight Mumbai-Helsinki, and vice versa, will be available for bookings beginning on April 5th, Finnair said in a statement. Finnair will fly from Mumbai and Helsinki as part of the summer 2022 schedule. It will operate three times a week on Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday, according to the airline.
“As the world is opening up to travel, it’s an ideal time to increase operations and improve connections for customers. In addition to Delhi, Mumbai is a major hub for airlines in India and home to top global companies.
“Our innovative services are designed to allow both leisure and business travel within the region, as the global economy slowly recovers from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic,” stated Desmond Chacko, General Manager of Finnair.
Finnair connects its customers to nearly 70 destinations across Europe and five locations in the US which includes Seattle, New York, Chicago, Dallas, and Los Angeles it added.
The airline also announced that it will operate broad-body Airbus A330 aircraft for this route. With the growing relations with India and Europe, The launch of a brand new route demonstrates the increasing importance of the region, according to the.
Helsinki Airport has recently gone through a massive overhaul that offers Asian passengers a seamless and quick transit to other destinations on Finnair’s network according to the airline. Finnair is a network carrier. Finnair is a carrier that connects cargo and passenger transportation across Asia and Europe through a short northern route, according to the airline.