Originally Posted by
AY011
Agree this is an opportunity for other airlines to take some business from Finnair. Broadly and this is just my own view, if they’re smart with prices and I’m sure they’ll get that right most folks based in Finland will still prefer Finnair as long as Finnair has a direct to where they need to go. For majority of folks airline status and points is not a thing. If there’s no direct with Finnair then anyway there’s plenty of great options out there.
Finnair seems to underestimate the fact that Ryanair came to HEL a few years ago. They will take any opportunity in very short term. Especially Ryanair moves routes and aircraft like a rental company does for car. In a lesser extend Norwegian might jump in. They have many of the routes already in portfolio.
But once again, we don't know the details, so all speculation and waste of time at this moment. What they got from this is as immediate effect, and I would advise everyone to do the same, is that I don't use Finnair as preferred airline anymore. I am booking my flights for Q4 now. For the first time I booked airBaltic and KLM for some routes. My Platinum will probably renewed anyway. I miss like 11 flights before end of January. I signed up for the Kenya status match. And if time comes that they really want to screw us over I will takes the 65 euro/month American Express deal and get just the comfort I am used to apart from priority boarding, but I keep control on my own spending. This is not something Finnair should do for me.
Ryanair is currently not what I consider because I hate how they transformed aviation in a bus service, but if the price difference is big enough I might test it out. My headphones cancel all the commercial noise from the announcements anyway.
Buying stock from Finnair is the last thing I would consider. That is like playing in Vegas at the moment. You might win, but likely not.