Originally Posted by
intuition
Maybe they are hoping to fulfil the "Asian strategy" that Finnair only dreams of

HU (Hainan Airlines) is set to start a PEK-OSL direct route this year, so maybe the Chinese side sees Nordics as a big growth market?
OSL has kind of neglected Asia outside of BKK due to stronger competition from ARN, CPH and HEL, so I don't mind