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Jun 11, 2019 (newstodate): Talks in Helsinki between Finland' president and the visiting president of South Korea have opened up prospects for new developments in aviation between the two markets.
As the first airline to fly non-stop to South Korea from Northern Europe, Finnair launched flights from Helsinki to Seoul in June, 2008, with five weekly rotations, adding a sixth flight from December 20, 2010, and now providing daily flights on the route.
Finnair has however long been lobbying for launch of flights from Helsinki to a second destination in South Korea - Busan, and the two presidents have now signed a MoU to allow the opening of flights on this route from March 2020.
According to the MoU, the route will start out with three weekly rotations between Helsinki and Busan Gimhae International Airport serving the country's 2nd largest city that is today served only with short-haul regional flights.
The opening of the new route will thus also become the Korean airport's first direct non-stop air link to Europe.
The existing air services agreement between Finland and South Korea allows for only seven weekly rotations, so adding flights to Busan will require a revision of the air services agreement between the two countries.
As the first airline to fly non-stop to South Korea from Northern Europe, Finnair launched flights from Helsinki to Seoul in June, 2008, with five weekly rotations, adding a sixth flight from December 20, 2010, and now providing daily flights on the route.
Finnair has however long been lobbying for launch of flights from Helsinki to a second destination in South Korea - Busan, and the two presidents have now signed a MoU to allow the opening of flights on this route from March 2020.
According to the MoU, the route will start out with three weekly rotations between Helsinki and Busan Gimhae International Airport serving the country's 2nd largest city that is today served only with short-haul regional flights.
The opening of the new route will thus also become the Korean airport's first direct non-stop air link to Europe.
The existing air services agreement between Finland and South Korea allows for only seven weekly rotations, so adding flights to Busan will require a revision of the air services agreement between the two countries.