Welcome to my 170th weekly routes article! It includes 10 mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off ...

US and European—now fly between the Washington State airport and Europe, the most since 2023. Alaska Airlines will join them ...

Finnair’s long-haul fleet modernisation was initiated in 2007 by ordering several new Airbus A330 and A340 wide-body aircraft to replace its MD-11 fleet 56. In 2007 Finnair was the first airline ...

Finnair is part of the Oneworld Alliance ... The same layout can be found on Brussels Airlines’ A330, Austrian Airlines’ B777, SWISS’ Airbus A330/A340, Delta’s B767, and American’s B767. The staggered ...

Our March issue (out next week) also features Finnair’s new products, as well as interviews with key executives. SWISS has opted for the ZIMprivacy (PC-02) seat from ZIM Aircraft Seating, a model ...

Finnair was the launch customer of the passenger MD-11. Its first example was registered OH-LGA and was delivered just before Christmas 1990, some 31 years ago. The type was used until 2010, after ...

The Helsinki-based airline officially became known as Finnair in 1968. Over the following 53 years, it has variously operated 123 aircraft, including seven A340-300s. For 11 of those years, the ...

In 1983, Finnish airline Finnair began flying the polar route non ... This meant that only four-engine aircraft such as the Boeing 747, Airbus A340 and A380, were allowed to operate routes near ...

Flights BA92 and BA93 will be operated by Air Belgium’s ex-Finnair A340. There are differences of opinion about this aircraft in Business Class – some people complain that it is worn out, but others ...

The Belgian airline’s Airbus A340 aircraft are all over 10 years old, and previously flew for Finnair. Economy passengers on Air Belgium’s scheduled services are invited to pay €20 for a ...