Finnish operator Finnair enters local market

Finnish airline Finnair will begin operating a flight on the Helsinki-Bucharest route on April 10, with a frequency of four flights a week, according to information on the company’s website. Romania is the third new destination announced by the Finnish operator for this spring, after flight routes to Lisbon (Portugal) and Ljubljana (Slovenia’s capital). A Bucharest-Helsinki roundtrip with Finnair will cost around 888 RON (250 euros) in the economy class, according to information on the company’s website. Another company that operates on the Bucharest-Helsinki route is Hungarian operator Malev. The minimum price for a roundtrip stands at around 200 euros, according to the same sources. Air France also operates Bucharest-Helsinki flights, while KLM operates a Bucharest-Copenhagen route, according to information on the websites of the two companies. The Finnish company transports around 6 million passengers a year, according to the Association of European Airlines (AEA).