Finnair and airberlin to Codeshare

Finnair and airberlin are to codeshare. The cooperation in the first phase covers the routes between Germany and Finland.

Finnair will place its code on airberlin flights between Finland and Germany and beyond to Nürnberg, Hannover, Köln, Salzburg in Austria and Palma de Mallorca in Spain.

airberlin will also place its code on all Finnair services between Germany and Finland.

The codeshare will begin 31 October 2010.

 For Finnair, cooperation with airberlin will provide a stronger foothold in Central Europe, which will support Finnair's Asian strategy significantly.

"airberlin's network covers the area of Europe with the highest purchasing power. For airberlin customers the cooperation will lead to numerous new, fast connections from German-speaking Central Europe via Helsinki to Asia. Finnair will provide for business passengers a competitive alternative, which will boost Finnair´s corporate sales in an important market," said Hannu Sundberg, Finnair's VP, Airline Partnerships.

For Finnair's Finnish customers, closer cooperation with airberlin will also open up new destinations in both German-speaking Europe and the Mediterranean area. airberlin is Germany's second largest airline and Finnair's future oneworld partner.

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