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Apr 09, 2019 (newstodate): Finland has now seen the landing of the first Chinese carrier at Helsinki Airport.
The Airbus A330 from Tibet Airlines performed its first service on April 9, 2019, and is now offering two weekly rotations on the route connecting Jinan, in China's Shandong Province, and Helsinki.
The flights to Helsinki are also the airline's first connection to Europe.
Next to follow is the opening on June 28, 2019, of flights between Helsinki and Shanghai by another Chinese carrier, Juneyao Air, planning for daily services on the route.
Both Juneyao Air and Tibet Airlines have chosen Aviator to provide handling services at Helsinki Airport.
And as reported by newstodate yesterday, Helsinki will be added in 2019 to the route net of Chengdu Airport, in China's Sichuan province.
While the supposed carrier is not named, Lucky Air stands out as the probably operator of the route to Helsinki.
Already in 2017, the HNA Group subsidiary Lucky Air applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China for a license to open a route from Kunming via Chengdu to Helsinki.
The application was approved for flights to commence with two weekly rotations from January 17, 2018, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft - but the airline did not exert the rights.
Lucky Air, set up in 2004, now operates a fleet comprising 55 aircraft including four Airbus A330-300.
The Airbus A330 from Tibet Airlines performed its first service on April 9, 2019, and is now offering two weekly rotations on the route connecting Jinan, in China's Shandong Province, and Helsinki.
The flights to Helsinki are also the airline's first connection to Europe.
Next to follow is the opening on June 28, 2019, of flights between Helsinki and Shanghai by another Chinese carrier, Juneyao Air, planning for daily services on the route.
Both Juneyao Air and Tibet Airlines have chosen Aviator to provide handling services at Helsinki Airport.
And as reported by newstodate yesterday, Helsinki will be added in 2019 to the route net of Chengdu Airport, in China's Sichuan province.
While the supposed carrier is not named, Lucky Air stands out as the probably operator of the route to Helsinki.
Already in 2017, the HNA Group subsidiary Lucky Air applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China for a license to open a route from Kunming via Chengdu to Helsinki.
The application was approved for flights to commence with two weekly rotations from January 17, 2018, using Airbus A330-300 aircraft - but the airline did not exert the rights.
Lucky Air, set up in 2004, now operates a fleet comprising 55 aircraft including four Airbus A330-300.