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Jan 25, 2022 (newstodate): Finnair has named a new top-exec to steer the sales and marketing of the company in "Greater China".
   Taking up the position as Finnair General Manager Greater China from this month is Jaakko Sakari Romu based in Shanghai and leaving his earlier position as Business Consultant with Business Japan.
   Mr Romu is however no newcomer to Finnair, having served the company for almost 16 years till 2014, last as Director Sales.
   In "Greater China", Finnair is present with own offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Xi’an, Nanjing, Guangzhou, and Hong Kong
   In his new capacity, Mr Rome succeeds Robert Ohrnberg who held the seat during 2016-2022, but has now relocated to Finland to take up a new role in Finnair.
   In this winter schedule, Finnair has returned flights from November 2, 2021, on the route from Helsinki to Guangzhou with two weekly rotations, and flights from Helsinki to Nanjing were resumed from November 9, also with two weekly rotations - both routes served with Airbus A330-300 aircraft.
   Finnair first launched flights to Guangzhou from September 2, 2005, while flights to Nanjing were opened from May 13, 2018, both with three weekly rotations for a start.
   In October, Finnair returned on its route to Beijing with two weekly rotations, while flights to Shanghai have been increased to seven weekly rotations in W'21.
   Before the coronavirus pandemic, Finnair was also online with flights from Helsinki to Chongqing from May 9, 2012, and to Xian from June 14, 2013.