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Finnair warns of weaker North Atlantic demand

Finnair warned today that weaker-than-expected demand for North Atlantic flights, falling ticket prices, and the impact of strikes could weigh on its 2025 comparable operating profit, sending its shares down as much as 9%.

Business • 16 Jul

Finnair has today cut its full-year revenue guidance

Finnair swings to Q1 loss due to Finnish strikes

Finnair has today swung to a bigger-than-expected first-quarter comparable operating loss and cut its full-year revenue outlook after weeks of strikes across Finland grounded flights and disrupted the national carrier's operations.

Business • 23 Apr 24

Finnair has posted an operating profit of €184m for 2023, after guiding for a profit of €160-200m in October

Finnair posts annual profit in line with expectations

Finland's national carrier Finnair has today reported its sixth quarter of positive operating earnings in a row, and guided for a more than 10% capacity increase in the current year.

Business • 14 Feb 24

The weigh-ins will take place in February, April and May and are on a voluntary basis, Finnair has said

Finnair weighs passengers in Helsinki study

Finnish carrier Finnair has begun weighing passengers with their carry-on luggage as part of a study aimed at better determining the weight of the aircraft before take-off, it said today.

Business • 07 Feb 24

Finnair said its comparable operating profit rose to €94.3m in the third quarter, a 168% jump from a year earlier

Finnair sees annual sales near pre-Covid levels

Finland's national airline Finnair has today forecast 2023 results at pre-pandemic levels or close to them, saying the Covid-19 impact had faded and the markets had adapted to the closure of Russian airspace.

Business • 24 Oct 23

Finnair said the Finnish state and its other main owners supported the rights issue

Finnair plans share issue to boost finances

Finnish airline Finnair said today it plans a rights issue of up to €600m to strengthen its financial position.

Business • 06 Oct 23

Finnair has been setting up new routes and coming up with new services to make up for Asian routes lost due to the closure of Russian airspace

Finnair swings to profit in Q2 as demand recovers

Finland's national carrier Finnair has today reported a swing to profit in the second quarter, helped by recovering demand.

Business • 21 Jul 23

The company now estimates that its comparable operating profit this year will reach or even exceed 2019's pre-pandemic level of 162.8 million euros, it said.

Finnair raises full-year guidance for operating result

Finnair has raised its full-year 2023 operating profit target and said it expects travel demand to exceed expectations, sending its shares up 3%.

Business • 13 Jun 23

The airline operates on over 80 routes, including one between Dublin and Helsinki

Finnair considers expanding Dublin-Helsinki route

Finnair is always looking at the possibility of expanding its number of daily services between Dublin and Helsinki, a senior executive at the airline has

Business • 11 May 23

Finnair has been working on a new strategy and seeking new commercially feasible routes since the closure of Russian airspace

Finnair to reduce fleet as part of new strategy

Finnair will reduce its fleet and seek to build a geographically more balanced network, the Finnish national carrier said in a new strategy to solve profitability problems stemming from the closure of Russian airspace.

Business • 07 Sep 22

Luxembourg-based General Court today dismissed Ryanair's challenge against EU approval for state aid granted to Finnair

EU court dismisses Ryanair challenge against Finnair

Ryanair today lost its challenge against EU approval for millions of euros in state aid granted to rival Finnair after Europe's second-top court took the side of EU competition regulators.

Business • 22 Jun 22

Airlines across the world are rushing to cut flights and costs as a new virus that started in China spreads

Coronavirus hit to airlines could top $100 billion

The coronavirus epidemic could cost passenger airlines up to $113 billion in lost revenue this year, an industry body warned today.

Business • 05 Mar 20

British Airways, American Airlines, Iberia and Finnair form the Atlantic Joint Business Agreement.

Competition watchdog to study British Airways alliance

The UK's competition watchdog will investigate a partnership between British Airways and other airlines on transatlantic routes ahead of the 2020 expiry of a previous deal, the regulator said today.

Business • 11 Oct 18

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