Finnair and Cathay Pacific cooperate

Now Finnair can sell Cathay Pacific operated flights with Finnair flight numbers to Brisbane. Finnair and Cathay Pacific have cooperated earlier on routes between Hong Kong and Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

Director, Commercial Partnerships, from Finnair´s Alliances department ," Mikko Komi announced "Thanks to the cooperation, Finnair will be able to offer even more schedule, destination and route choices for customers travelling to Australia, "The connections at Hong Kong airport are convenient and the increased number of destinations in Australia gives flexibility in travel plans for Finnair customers."

Finnair flies to Hong Kong daily with Airbus A340 aircraft.

Cathay Pacific can sell tickets with its own flight number to Finnair flights from Paris, Rome, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and London as a connection to its own flights to Australia.


(c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 13-May-09

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