Finnair Expands Asian Routes by 2022

Finnair has been giving some incredible deals to Asia from the United Kingdom. Because of the rapid polar routes from Helsinki to Asia, flying through Helsinki does not add much time to your journey. Finnair’s A330 and A350 aircraft have modern business class seats.

For the first time, the Finnish flag carrier’s summer 2022 schedule includes new Asian long-haul services to Busan, South Korea, Tokyo Haneda, and Sapporo, Japan. Haneda is my preferred airport over Narita because it is closer to the city and has the JAL First lounge, which I enjoy.

Finnair’s focus on Japan will see the airline restart service to all five locations it operated before to the epidemic, including Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Sapporo – as well as a sixth new flight to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, if travel restrictions allow.

Finnair will begin flying up to 40 flights per week between Helsinki and Japan on 27th March 2022. Customers will be able to fly to Tokyo Narita and Haneda airports on a daily basis, for a total of 14 weekly trips to the Japanese capital. Finnair will also fly daily to Nagoya and Osaka, with double daily service to Osaka beginning in June.

Sapporo will be supplied with two weekly frequencies for the first time during the summer season, and Fukuoka in Southern Japan will be served with three weekly flights.

Finnair has daily flights to Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, and Bangkok, as well as twice-weekly flights to Shanghai (subject to regulatory approval). Daily flights to Delhi will begin in June, and a new three-times-weekly service to Busan, South Korea, will begin in May/March.

Flights from Heathrow to Helsinki will increase to four per week in Summer 2022, but Finnair is dramatically increasing capacity by placing wide-bodied Airbus A350 and A330 aircraft on two of the four daily routes between the two cities to cope with the predicted increase in demand. This is also good news because it opens up more alternatives for long-haul flights on the initial part of your journey if you’re connecting to Asia. Flying aboard a long-haul plane on a short-haul flight is always a treat.

Helsinki Airport is also growing, with new arrival and departure halls set to open in December 2021, as well as a new security control and check-in area set to open in May 2022. Helsinki has a modern airport with fantastic lounges and even a sauna. It’s also really straightforward and quick to join through.