Originally Posted by
mosburger
I would expect AY also try to establish some codeshares on JL metal to NRT and NGO on the days no non-stop flights from HEL are offered. Maybe there will be some additional codeshare destinations in Japan as well. Kagoshima, Komatsu and Niigata being among the JL ex-ICN destinations.
Otherwise, I think AY will rely heavily on Korean biz and leisure pax to Scandinavia, Russia and the Baltics and vice versa. There might be some advantage flying ICN-HEL-ARN instead of ICN-CDG/FRA/LHR-ARN for example.
Anyway, OW could do worse than take a close look at one of the emerging Korean low cost carriers and maybe build up a sort of Korean BMI for domestic connections and routes to China.
Same thing goes for OSL or CPH. Flying ICN-HEL-OSL/CPH instead of ICN-CDG/FRA/LHR-OSL/CPH its a good option. I think its a smart move from Finnair.
True it saves abt 3 hours of time flying, and since Finnair's Asian flights are built so that theyhave a very short connection to other european and scandinavian destinations, its is an excellent option compared to the already mentioned CDG/FRA/LHR and e.g. AMS or any other mayor European hub for that matter when continuing to another destination.