Daily Flights to Bangkok HONG KONG UNVEILED AS NEW FINNAIR DESTINATION

Finnair, the national airline of Finland, will inaugurate a new long haul flight service between Helsinki and Hong Kong on February 7, 2002. The new flights will be operated four times a week via Bangkok, which means that the current Bangkok route will be increased to a daily frequency.

On days when Finnair is not flying to Hong Kong the flights will continue from Bangkok to Singapore, as is already the case. All flights will be operated with MD11 wide-bodied aircraft, which are to be refurbished with an expanded Business Class and repainted in the new Finnair brand livery.

Daily departure from Helsinki will be at 23.40 and arrival in Bangkok 14:30 (next day). Flights departing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays will continue to Hong Kong where they arrive the following day at 19.20. Flights departing Helsinki on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays will continue to Singapore where they arrive the following day at 18.55.

From Hong Kong the flights depart on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 22.05 and from Singapore Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 22.35.

From Bangkok flights depart daily at 00.20 and arrive in Helsinki at 07.00 the same day.

The schedules have been designed to enhance good connections with Finnair's oneworld partners Qantas through Bangkok and Singapore and with Cathay Pacific through Hong Kong. The departure and arrival times at Helsinki are designed for good connections from Scandinavia, the Baltics and Western Europe to and from South East Asia, Hong Kong and Australia.

The ideal geographical position of award winning Helsinki airport as a gateway between East and West will make this new routing a competitive and comfortable choice for travellers.