Two Finnair A350s are flying high this year with our special 100th birthday Moomin livery. We look at the work that went into it.

Finland’s much-loved storybook friends The Moomins are back on board with Finnair. Two A350 aircraft are now taking to the skies with special Moomin centenary livery.

Increased maximum weight boosts aircraft cargo and customer capacity for flights to the Far East.

The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom) recently launched a public tender procedure for state-subsidised traffic for routes to Kajaani, Kokkola/Kemi, Jyväskylä and Joensuu. Finnair participated in the tendering and won the contracts for all five routes.

Summer is the season for thunderstorms, and sometimes lightning can strike an aircraft that is flying. However, a lightning strike on an aircraft is not dangerous, as aircraft are designed to withstand lightning strikes. For an airline the size of Finnair, lightning typically strikes planes dozens of times a year.

Annika and Antti work in the Internal Digital Development team at Finnair and develop software and applications for Finnair’s employees. When it comes to developing something for our cabin crew and flight crew, their previous experience as a cabin crew member and a pilot is a huge benefit.

From 11 May onwards, you can enjoy our brand-new signature cocktail, created together with Danish Mikropolis Cocktails. Plenty of lingonberries, a splash of gin and a dash of orange peel bring you a whole new form of enjoyment on our long-haul flights.

We’re thrilled to finally get to reveal that Santa Claus has completed his pilot training and will begin his new career as a Finnair long-haul pilot on 1 April.

On 9 March 2022, flight AY073 from Helsinki to Tokyo Narita departed at 17:30 local time. However, instead of heading east, the flight headed towards the North Pole. With this flight, Finnair resumed its service to Tokyo Narita, skirting around Russian airspace that closed on 28 February.

On Monday 28 February 2022 Russia closed its airspace as a countermeasure to EU airspace closure. This meant many changes to Finnair’s Asian services, as most of Finnair’s flights between Europe and Asia have used the shortest, fastest, and most environmentally sound route over Russia.

We are this spring saying goodbye to four of our oldest Airbus A321 aircraft that have reached the end of their economic life cycle.

The past two years have been challenging for air travel and Finnair's customer service has been under a lot of pressure with constant changes and cancellation. Even in the middle of uncertainty Finnair's customer service team members want to help you every step of your way, wherever you are – and always with a smile.

Manage booking is a service on our website that allows you to view and modify your booking. We interviewed Richard Slater, Digital Product Lead at Finnair, who is responsible for the development of Manage booking.

Our second oldest A350, OH-LWB got one of her engines changed at the end of November. We interviewed Reijo Katiska, Powerplant Engineer at Finnair who shares insights about the process of getting the impressive and gigantic 8,000-kilo masterpiece changed.

Koji Moriwaki, a head chef at Finnair Kitchen, comes from a typical Japanese family, in which his stay-at-home mom took care of the cooking and dad was the one who went to work. Being a chef was not originally Koji’s dream job or plan, but rather a happy and convenient coincidence.

Finnair is renewing the recipe for its iconic blueberry juice drink and removing the previously used grape juice concentrate from the juice drink. At first, the renewed juice drink will be available at K-Group's grocery stores in Finland, and in the coming weeks it will be gradually served on Finnair flights.

Finnair is working hard to maintain a traffic program that our customers can depend on and that is feasible for us to fly in the changing environment. Many destinations are now opening gradually, and we are increasing our connections to those markets. So why are we still cancelling flights?

When restrictions around the world begin to ease and Finnair’s network starts to ramp up, getting aircraft primed and ready for action will be a key focus.

With the possibility of restrictions easing around the globe, Finnair is already hard at work getting its cabin crew and pilots primed for a return to the skies. 

The Covid-19 pandemic has heavily affected Finnair’s operations and most of the company's destinations currently have travel restrictions. To respond to its customers desire to travel in this difficult situation, Finnair will today begin commercial flights to Mars, a destination that currently does not have any travel restrictions.

Finnair Shop has amazing deals available on everything from luxury hotel stays to at–home food delivery vouchers and Marimekko homewares to UNICEF donations. Here are the Top 10 hottest items that Finnair Plus members spent their award points and cash on last year.

While it may not be possible to travel right now, that doesn’t mean you don’t have to dream of luxury flights to far off destinations. For Finnair Plus members, the past year has been an opportunity to buy additional Finnair Plus awards points and get themselves ready for amazing travel experiences when restrictions ease.

After OVER 100 days at sea, the finish line is in sight for Finnair A350 pilot Ari Huusela. Ari has been racing in the Vendee Globe since November 2020.

While the Covid 19 pandemic has seen a reduction in the number of people flying, the amount of cargo being transported by air has remained stable. The past 10 months have seen Finnair Cargo become an even more vital part of our business, showing the power of being able to adapt quickly to meet the demands of the new normal.

Finnair is all set to take a key role in this winter’s biggest Chinese blockbuster, I Remember. The movie, starring Chinese superstar Angelababy and opening in Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing on December 24, follows a young couple’s romantic journey to Lapland, showcasing Finland in all its Nordic glory.

Finnair is taking to the skies virtually this holiday season, with eight special trips to Lapland to see Santa utilizing cutting edge virtual reality (VR) technology.

Finnish cuisine is known for its use of wild berries, and Finnair introduced blueberry juice as its signature drink in 2014. Since then, nearly one million litres of blueberry juice has been served on Finnair flights every year.

Finnair has been the official airline of Santa Claus since 1983. Flying him across the globe from his homeland in Finland, it not only helps promote the image of the country around the world, but more importantly brings joy to thousands of children (and adults too).

When an aircraft reaches the end of its design service goal, Finnair makes sure that as many of its parts as possible are reused or recycled.

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a big drop in air travel and for Finnair this means a temporary need for fewer planes in operation. The Finnish winter with high humidity and snow presents a challenge for long-term parking of aircraft, while the climate in Southern France is more favourable. Four Finnair A330 wide-body aircraft will be flown to Tarbes, France for the winter.

You may have caught a glimpse inside the cockpit when boarding a flight and seen the pilots looking over the flight plan before pushing back and taking off. And there’s every chance you would have assumed that they would have spent the previous few hours putting that plan together themselves.

IATA is right to claim that ‘Safely delivering COVID-19 vaccines will be the mission of the century for the global air cargo industry’. And Finnair Cargo is perfectly placed to help transport millions of vaccine doses as soon as they’re available, helping to bring as swift an end as possible to the coronavirus crisis.

In March, we decreased our network to 3% of normal levels, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The volume of cancelled flights has been exceptional, both in the history of our company and the aviation industry as a whole.

Since the 1980s, Christer Forsman has taken care of cargo markets in Europe and Southeast Asia for Finnair Cargo. But it was in the late 1960s when Christer first joined Finnair Cargo, in the days when the company was headquartered in ‘Kuparitalo’ in Helsinki’s centre.  

Our cabin crew members share their favorite destinations from around the world. Get inspired and find tips for your next trip!

Finnair is increasing traffic volumes in July after flying the minimum network for three months. Pilots are preparing to return to the upper air through training and flight simulator training.

Finnair has modified two Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft for cargo use by removing economy class seats from the cabin. This way the freight can be carried in the cabin in addition to the cargo hold. This doubles the cargo capacity of the aircraft.

With Finnair’s capacity cut by 90 per cent due to coronavirus, aircraft that would usually be flying routes across Europe, Asia and North America have had to be grounded. But parking an airplane isn’t like leaving a car on the drive. It requires extensive maintenance, not to mention lots of space.

On a regular day, Finnair’s Airbus A350 aircraft are full of customers making the journey from Helsinki to major cities across Asia. While they read, sleep or watch a movie, their bags are stashed away beneath them in the hold.

Working in aviation is a passion for many Finnair employees and they may have dreamt about it from a very young age. But many of our employees also have experience from other jobs before they started at Finnair.

Finnair’s A350 captain Ari Huusela is about to make history. He is the first competitor from Finland and the Nordics participating in Vendée Globe.