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Aug 22, 2018 (newstodate): Finland, and notably Finnair, hopes to convince Russia to lift the volume of overflight rights on the Sibir air lanes.
Finnair is today operating up to 76 flights through the Siberian air corridors under the summer schedule, with about 10 less flights during the winter schedule.
This is, however, close to the agreed ceiling allowing for a maximum of 80 flights.
Finnair is therefore hoping to negotiate an increase in overflight rights during the next round of aviation talks with Russia, scheduled for later in 2018.
Finland has been more lucky than its Scandinavian counterparts in securing additional rights to pass through the Sibir and Polar airlines, managing in 2017 to negotiate a rise in the limit from 65 to 80 weekly rotations, which allowed Finnair to increase its volume on these lanes by 15 percent and cleared the sky for Finnair to launch new flights on the route Helsinki-Nanjing from May 13, 2018.
According to CAPA figures, Finnair is the only western carrier that has raised its percentage of route capacity between China and Europe over the last year, from 5.5 to 5.6 percent, year-on-year, by August 2018, while SAS is down from 2.6 to 2.4 percent during the same period.
Finnair is today operating up to 76 flights through the Siberian air corridors under the summer schedule, with about 10 less flights during the winter schedule.
This is, however, close to the agreed ceiling allowing for a maximum of 80 flights.
Finnair is therefore hoping to negotiate an increase in overflight rights during the next round of aviation talks with Russia, scheduled for later in 2018.
Finland has been more lucky than its Scandinavian counterparts in securing additional rights to pass through the Sibir and Polar airlines, managing in 2017 to negotiate a rise in the limit from 65 to 80 weekly rotations, which allowed Finnair to increase its volume on these lanes by 15 percent and cleared the sky for Finnair to launch new flights on the route Helsinki-Nanjing from May 13, 2018.
According to CAPA figures, Finnair is the only western carrier that has raised its percentage of route capacity between China and Europe over the last year, from 5.5 to 5.6 percent, year-on-year, by August 2018, while SAS is down from 2.6 to 2.4 percent during the same period.