Helsinki-based Finnair will cut its frequency by one flight each from both Mumbai and Delhi from next month. As a result, the Delhi-Helsinki service will be reduced to six days a week from a daily service and the Mumbai-Helsinki service will be reduced from six to five days a week. The airline has also introduced a new time-table for the winter months to “make flying to Europe more convenient” for Indian travellers.
The reduction in frequency, according to Desmond Chacko, Sales Manager – Indian Continent, Finnair, will be limited only to the winter months. “We hope that we will be able to resume the original frequency from both Mumbai and Delhi by April/May 2009,” he said. The reason for cutting the frequency, according to Chacko, is the phasing out of the current fleet of MD-11 aircraft by the airline which operated on the Mumbai and Delhi route. These will now be replaced by A-330 aircraft.
Earlier, speaking at a road show organised by Scandinavian Tourism Board (STB) Chacko said that Finnair is the fourth oldest airline in the world with over 80 years of history. |