Boost for Finnair's Beijing Service

Finnair is to add a second flight frequency to its Beijing route schedule on July 21.

The added flight will depart from Helsinki weekly on Mondays at 17.50, arriving at Beijing at 6.35 on Tuesday morning. The return flight will leave from Beijing to Helsinki at 12.00 on Wednesdays, arriving at 15.25.

Finnair explained that demand for flights to Beijing had suffered from the public response to the SARS outbreak, and for this reason the airline was forced to cut back to one weekly flight at the end of May. Now interest in travel to Beijing has picked up, making it possible for the airline to add a frequency at the end of July.