Danish Air Transport has bought a 60% stake in Nordic Regional Airlines, also known as Norra, from Finnair.

The airline continues to build capacity on its routes to Tokyo, Nagoya, Hong Kong and Guangzhou, for summer 2019.

The new route to LAX will be Finnair’s first to the US to regularly use the airline’s new Airbus A350.

A pilot who turned up for work very intoxicated last week was ready to fly from Helsinki to Rome.

KLM, Finnair and Air France are among those maximising their presence among China’s outbound travellers.

SAS is not the only airline struggling to keep to its timetables this summer, with Icelandair and Norwegian faring worse.

Finnair reported Tuesday 17th July its H1 (January-June) results. The operating result came in 41.9 percent below last year, disturbing the financial markets and Finnair shares fell sharply in early trading at Helsinki stock exchange.

Passengers departing from London Heathrow can get their baggage picked up, transported and checked in.

But there are some variations in capacity on the regions flown to, while the overall load factor decreased.

The Finnish airline is now able to extend its network in Asia, effectively adding several new destinations.

Besides launching its seventh destination in Germany, Finnair adds extra frequencies to popular routes.

Chief executive officer Pekka Vauramo leaves the airline to join a Finnish machinery company.

Airlines are ranked according to the lowest fares for passengers in terms of cost per kilometre.

Deeper cooperation between the two carriers has consequences for scenic Norway, for Asia – and for Billund.

Passengers calling a call centre can now pay for air travel more securely, the tech company says.

A whole range of extra frequencies and routes are boosting HEL’s profile even further, including to Sweden, Norway and Iceland.

Its Light class fare, which includes hand baggage only, is now available on the Helsinki-New York route.

SAS and Finnair get honourable mentions in this year’s TripAdvisor awards – and there are some surprises too.

Travel professionals in China choose Finnair – again – at TTG China Travel Awards.

The Finnish flag carrier needs an extra plane to fly some of its European routes from early June until January.