Originally Posted by
beachfan
The flights seemed poorly timed for connections in HEL. For example HEL-FCO doesn't run on Tuesdays and the Monday HEL-FCO departure is only a few minutes after the arrival of LAX-HEL. So leaving on Sunday wouldn't get me there until Wednesday..
I think it has been generally established that AY has not much concern for US feeder traffic but is only focusing on serving the Asian destinations so not really surprises there. The geographical position of HEL is neither that well positioned for US feeder traffic for the rest of Europe.