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Mar 31, 2020 (newstodate): Finnair is to operate a series of cargo charter flights to South Korea, with the first flight on April 1, 2020.
The Airbus A350 will bring up to 1,500 coronavirus test samples performed by the healthcare company Mehilainen from Helsinki to a lab in Seoul, South Korea, support by a group of leading Finnish companies including Fazer, Kesko, Ensto, Kone, Metso, Metsa Group, Neste, OP, UPM, Wartsilä, Tieto-Evry and Valmet, all with large number of employees.
Finland's own capacity to process coronavirus tests is already exhausted, and no additional capacity could be sourced in Europe, making the contract with the South Korean lab the prime solution to boost the volume of tests.
Finnair has actually already performed its first all-cargo Airbus A350 flights between Helsinki and Seoul last week.
The Airbus A350 will bring up to 1,500 coronavirus test samples performed by the healthcare company Mehilainen from Helsinki to a lab in Seoul, South Korea, support by a group of leading Finnish companies including Fazer, Kesko, Ensto, Kone, Metso, Metsa Group, Neste, OP, UPM, Wartsilä, Tieto-Evry and Valmet, all with large number of employees.
Finland's own capacity to process coronavirus tests is already exhausted, and no additional capacity could be sourced in Europe, making the contract with the South Korean lab the prime solution to boost the volume of tests.
Finnair has actually already performed its first all-cargo Airbus A350 flights between Helsinki and Seoul last week.