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Jun 21, 2019 (newstodate): Based on an MoU signed by the presidents of Finland South Korea earlier this month, Finnair's dream of flights to a second destination in Korea is now materializing.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has thus announced that operating authorizations for air services between Finland and the Republic of Korea on the route Helsinki-Busan is now available, with Finnair's application to be at hand on July 2, 2019.
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 is currently operating daily flights on the route.
The Finnish Transport and Communications Agency has thus announced that operating authorizations for air services between Finland and the Republic of Korea on the route Helsinki-Busan is now available, with Finnair's application to be at hand on July 2, 2019.
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 is currently operating daily flights on the route.