Finnair flies to Miami again in 2015-2016
#16
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: HEL
Programs: *G, used to be with TK but left due to their corruption and political ties
Posts: 4,407
Indeed, when I flew it many passengers we spoke to were connecting to central or south america (even MCO). I myself flew it to connect to MDE.
#17
Join Date: May 2012
Location: GVA (HEL)
Programs: AY Plat (OWE)
Posts: 536
Over the past few years Finnair has had the policy to turn many ex-leisure routes into scheduled flights. This applies e.g. to routes to AGP, TLV, AYT etc. So regardless of the fact that proper AY charter flights still exist, of course, I believe you cannot say anything about the "nature" of the route purely on the basis of the flight number anymore...
#18
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Asia/Europe
Programs: CX, OZ, MU (+AY, DL), Shangri-La, Hilton
Posts: 7,236
Several European hubs are available from almost anywhere on the old continent, only BA requires the annoying trek to LGW from LHR.
Furthermore, also ATL, CLT and even JFK appeal to myself a lot more as a gateway to Florida as MIA really has a miserable reputation as an airport and even worse when connecting.
#19
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 231
MIA is the only airport in USA where my luggage has been transferred directly to the connecting flight (from Equador to LHR-HEL legs, and second time from Honduras to LHR-HEL), never when coming from Europe, though. And the new immigration hall with automated immigration machines is many times better than what they used to have. So nowadays I rather transfer in MIA than e.g. JFK.
#20
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: los angeles, calif.
Programs: Alaska Airlines Gold MVP
Posts: 7,170
#22
Join Date: May 2013
Location: HEL
Programs: AY Plat (OWE), SK EBG (*A Gold), KQ Plat (STE+), Accor Plat
Posts: 3,157
#23
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Helsinki
Programs: AY Platinum, IHG Gold, Diners
Posts: 1,277
I would tend to agree that a group of expats isn't enough to keep a route profitable. I might be simplifying it a bit but isn't the money made on premium pax and cargo?
Interesting fact about the expats, I had thought it would have been somewhere around Toronto.
Interesting fact about the expats, I had thought it would have been somewhere around Toronto.
#24
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: los angeles, calif.
Programs: Alaska Airlines Gold MVP
Posts: 7,170
Is it to serve the expat community? No. But because of the expat community drawing Finns to Miami, the market is quite large.
One can go to Lake Worth and feel right at home in Finland - they even have a Finnish language newspaper.
#25
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Join Date: Mar 1999
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