November 2009

Finnair cancels also Tuesday’s scheduled flights due to pilots’ strike

November 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Due to Finnair’s pilots’ strike scheduled flights are also cancelled on Tuesday. Altogether Finnair has cancelled over 400 flights because of the strike. The cancelled flights affect 32 000 passengers. Finnair aims to operate all of its leisure flights regardless of the strike. Leisure flights are operated by Finnair’s management pilots and [...]

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Finnair Flights Cancelled Already on Sunday

November 15, 2009

Monday’s scheduled strike of the Finnish airline Finnair has led to the cancellation of many flights already on Sunday. All European and domestic flights from Helsinki, with a scheduled return on Monday have been cancelled, as well as nearly all long-haul departures. Attempts will be made to fly leisure flights to holiday destinations. Nine scheduled [...]

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Finnair pilots reject proposals; strike begins on Monday

November 14, 2009

Image by star5112 via Flickr The Finnish Air Line Pilots’ Association (SLL) representing Finnair pilots has rejected settlement proposals put forward by State appointed mediator Esa Lonka on Friday night. “We are totally stunned and apologise sincerely for the inconvenience this causes to our customers. The SLL has now turned down three settlement proposals within [...]

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FINNAIR SEEKS STRUCTURAL CHANGES IN ITS SUBSIDIARIES

November 12, 2009

Image by e-diot via Flickr Finnair is reviewing opportunities to create business partnerships in operations that support flight traffic. The review will take place in ground handling company Northport, Finnair Cargo Operations and Finnair Catering. Statutory employer-employee (YT) negotiations in Catering, which lasted ten weeks, have ended. During the negotiations, solutions by which the required [...]

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MIKA VEHVILÄINEN TO BE FINNAIR’S NEW PRESIDENT & CEO

November 11, 2009

The Board of Directors of Finnair Plc has appointed Mika Vehviläinen M.Sc.(Econ.), 48, as Finnair’s President and CEO as of 1 February 2010. Vehviläinen will join Finnair on 5 January 2010. Since 1991 Vehviläinen has been employed by Nokia and is currently Chief Operating Officer of Nokia Siemens Networks. He has strong experience of sales [...]

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Low-cost airlines taking long-haul routes

November 10, 2009

Image via Wikipedia When will low cost airlines attack to the long haul destinations? That is one tricky question but maybe not much of a mumbo-jumbo because that day will most likely come, sooner or later. For example, Ryanair said few months ago that British Airways should be aware that they will take more and [...]

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Fear of flying? No iPhone, please.

November 9, 2009

I recently released a post about iPhone application for people who suffer anxiety at the prospect of flying. It brought a hurricane to my inbox from the people who wants to try it and from the people who thinks it a total crap. So, I ended up finding out what alternative options are available in the markets and what actually means “fear of flying”.

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Finnair Announces New Winter Schedule on New York Route

November 5, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Finnair, the national carrier of Finland, today announced its new winter schedule on the New York – Helsinki route. Until December 7, the Nordic airline features daily non-stop A330 service, departing JFK at 5:40 p.m. and arriving in Helsinki the next morning at 8:50 a.m. Flights from Helsinki to JFK depart at [...]

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