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Jun 23, 2021 (newstodate): Finnair and the Chinese carrier Juneyao Air is lifting their cooperation to new levels from July 1, 2021.
   Already code-sharing since July 2019 on the Shanghai-Helsinki route, the two carriers will now cooperate commercially on flights between Helsinki and Shanghai as well points beyond in China and Europe, providing corporate and leisure customers with more flexible routing options, attractive fares and enhanced benefits for frequent flyer members.
   Finnair customers will benefit from improved connectivity to a network of 57 destinations in China from Juneyao Air's Shanghai Pudong hub, and Juneyao Air customers will enjoy better access to Finnair’s network of 65 European destinations via its Helsinki hub.
   In 2019, Finnair and Juneyao Air both operated daily flights between Helsinki and Shanghai; today the frequency is down to two weekly rotations, but the volume of flights will rise as the Covid-19 recedes.
   Juneyao Air started daily flights from Shanghai to Helsinki from June 28, 2019, seasonally reducing frequency to three weekly rotations from October 14, 2019, but planning for daily flights again from the start of the Summer 2020 schedule, while Finnair has been in the air between Helsinki and Shanghai since 2003, until the pandemic with daily rotations.
   Prior to the corona-outbreak, Juneyao Air also planned for using Helsinki as a hub for expanding the flights to Keflavik, Dublin and Manchester, UK, starting from April 2020 - which did not materialize at the time.