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Jun 07, 2022 (newstodate): Bangalore may come up as a new destination served by Finnair, Finnish media claim.
   While no confirmation has been offered by Finnair, the idea of adding flights between Helsinki and Bangalore, India's "silicon valley", have long been circulating, now further accentuated by the closure of Russian airspace leaving Finnair's routes to Asia under stress due to overly long flying times.
   Finnair launched services from Helsinki to Delhi in November 1, 2006, and to Mumbai on June 26, 2007, and was considering opening a third Indian destination, Bangalore or Chennai, by the end of 2008 when the global financial crisis hit the aviation business.
   Finnair's flights to Mumbai were, however, suspended from April 29, 2009, while plans for services to Bangalore/Chennai never materialized.
   Finnair is now to reinstate flights on the route to Mumbai from August 2022, with three weekly frequencies, going up to four weekly rotations during the winter 2022/23 schedule.
   Also marking the growing importance of the Indian market, and after a 10-year lapse, Finnair has again appointed a General Manager India - Jaakko Sakari Romu, who took up the position from June 1, 2022, leaving a similar position for Finnair in Greater China where he served for half a year.
   Mr Romu earlier served with Finnair for almost 15 years from January 2000, last in the position as Director Sales for five years.