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Mar 09, 2020 (newstodate): Marked by the spread of coronavirus, cargo volumes handled at Finland's Helsinki Airport felt the general downturn in the industry, dropping 4.9 percent, y-o-y, in February 2020.
A total of 14,357 tonnes of cargo was handled at Helsinki, including 29,791 of international cargo and 910 tonnes of international mail, which was a drop by 3.8 and 30.4 percent, respectively, compared to last year.
Volumes of domestic cargo and mail also fell by 8.5 percent, y-o-y.
Finnair has suspended all flights to Guangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing Capital, Beijing Daxing, Shanghai, Xian in Mainland China until April 30, 2020, and in April Finnair will operate the route to Hong Kong with only one daily instead of the normal two daily flights.
Finnair is also cancelling two weekly rotations on the routes from Helsinki to Osaka, operating only 10 instead of earlier 12 weekly rotations during the period March 29 – October 24, 2020.
Services to South Korea will also be cut as Finnair is cancelling its daily flights to Seoul from March 9 to April 16, 2020, and Finnair earlier is to push back the launch of flights between Helsinki and Busan to July 1, 2020.
Juneyao Airlines has cut its flights program from Shanghai to Helsinki to only one weekly rotation, Tibet Airlines has suspended flights on its route between Jinan and Helsinki, and Sichuan Airlines has cancelled flights on its route between Chengdu and Helsinki.
A total of 14,357 tonnes of cargo was handled at Helsinki, including 29,791 of international cargo and 910 tonnes of international mail, which was a drop by 3.8 and 30.4 percent, respectively, compared to last year.
Volumes of domestic cargo and mail also fell by 8.5 percent, y-o-y.
Finnair has suspended all flights to Guangzhou, Nanjing, Beijing Capital, Beijing Daxing, Shanghai, Xian in Mainland China until April 30, 2020, and in April Finnair will operate the route to Hong Kong with only one daily instead of the normal two daily flights.
Finnair is also cancelling two weekly rotations on the routes from Helsinki to Osaka, operating only 10 instead of earlier 12 weekly rotations during the period March 29 – October 24, 2020.
Services to South Korea will also be cut as Finnair is cancelling its daily flights to Seoul from March 9 to April 16, 2020, and Finnair earlier is to push back the launch of flights between Helsinki and Busan to July 1, 2020.
Juneyao Airlines has cut its flights program from Shanghai to Helsinki to only one weekly rotation, Tibet Airlines has suspended flights on its route between Jinan and Helsinki, and Sichuan Airlines has cancelled flights on its route between Chengdu and Helsinki.