Finnair to increase Dublin-Helsinki frequency

Finnair is to increase its service between Dublin and Helsinki, adding an extra 1,800 seats on the route over the summer. The carrier currently offers a daily service between the two capitals, but will add new Wednesday and Sunday frequencies from the start of the summer schedules, bringing the total to nine flights per week. The revised schedules departing Dublin for summer 2016 are:

• Monday: depart Dublin 0915, arrive 1415
• Tuesday: depart Dublin 1805, arrive 2305
• Wednesday: depart Dublin 0915 and 1810, arrive 1415 and 2305 respectively
• Thursday: depart Dublin 1805, arrive 2305
• Friday: depart Dublin 0915, arrive 1415
• Saturday: depart Dublin 1805, arrive 2305
• Sunday: depart Dublin 0915 and 1840, arrive 1415 and 2340 respectively

Finnair operates the Dublin-Helsinki route with 100-seater Embraer 190 aircraft, and offers Far East connections to Beijing (total flight time 14 hours), Bangkok (14 hours), Tokyo and Hong Kong (both just over 15 hours). The carrier recently took delivery of its first Airbus A350 aircraft – for a review of the delivery flight between Toulouse and Helsinki, click here. finnair.com Mark Caswell