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Apr 09, 2015 (newstodate): Finnair has now revealed its schedule for the first flights with its new Airbus A3250 XWB aircraft, deliveries of which will start from September 15, 2015.
The first two flights will be performed on Finnish domestic routes on October 5, 2015.
Then follows a number of "first calls" by the new aircraft, with London Heathrow on October 5 as the first international flight.
In a Scandinavian context, Finnair's Airbus A350 XWB will call at Stockholm on October 7, at Copenhagen on October 8, at Oslo on October 9, and at Gothenburg on October 13, 2015.
After this series of crew familiarization flights, long-haul services will start from October 25, 2015, on the route from Helsinki to Shanghai, followed by daily flights on routes from Helsinki to Beijing from November 21, to Bangkok from December 1, to Hong Kong from February 1, 2016, and to Singapore from March 28, 2016.
Finnair has 19 A350 aircraft on order, and expects to receive the first four by the end of this year.
Another seven will be delivered in 2016 and 2017, with the remaining eight to be delivered between 2018 and 2023.
Finnair plans to phase out its A340 aircraft by the end of 2017, leaving the entire widebody fleet comprised only of Airbus A330 and A350 aircraft.
The first two flights will be performed on Finnish domestic routes on October 5, 2015.
Then follows a number of "first calls" by the new aircraft, with London Heathrow on October 5 as the first international flight.
In a Scandinavian context, Finnair's Airbus A350 XWB will call at Stockholm on October 7, at Copenhagen on October 8, at Oslo on October 9, and at Gothenburg on October 13, 2015.
After this series of crew familiarization flights, long-haul services will start from October 25, 2015, on the route from Helsinki to Shanghai, followed by daily flights on routes from Helsinki to Beijing from November 21, to Bangkok from December 1, to Hong Kong from February 1, 2016, and to Singapore from March 28, 2016.
Finnair has 19 A350 aircraft on order, and expects to receive the first four by the end of this year.
Another seven will be delivered in 2016 and 2017, with the remaining eight to be delivered between 2018 and 2023.
Finnair plans to phase out its A340 aircraft by the end of 2017, leaving the entire widebody fleet comprised only of Airbus A330 and A350 aircraft.